Seminar: Insurgency & Counterinsurgency

Course Restrictions: Restricted to students in the Master of Arts in Diplomacy and Military Studies program, Master of Arts in Diplomacy and Global Security program, Master of Arts in Sustainability program, Graduate Certificate in Sustainability and Security Studies, or Graduate Certificate in National Security & Strategic Studies program. Restricted to Graduate students.

This seminar examines the interrelated historical phenomena of insurgency and counterinsurgency and the challenges both have posed in the past, currently pose in the present, and may pose in the future. Students will consider historical case studies of insurgency/counterinsurgency and read and discuss major theorists, including Mao Tse-tung, Che Guevara, David Galula, and current U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps COIN doctrine.

Credit: 3