POLI 360 Study Guide - Peacekeeping, Dexter Filkins, Filkins
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War is the father of all, king of all, Who manifested some as gods and some as men, War has not gone away in the intervening 2500 years. Indeed, people have found ever more creative ways to kill each other. Whether or not we can stop war, we know a lot more about it. This class will approach the study of war by analyzing two types of conflict: interstate wars and intrastate wars. In each case, we will evaluate the causes (why wars happen), the process of wars (how they are fought, how they end), and policy options for dealing with war (how to stop war, or fight them better). We will test these explanations on actual conflicts. We will follow a different format from the usual lecture course. In some weeks, the lectures will be uploaded and you will be required to watch them online.
