Introductory description

Leon Trotsky was famously reputed to have said, ‘You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you’. In the early twenty-first century, this statement seems to be more relevant than ever. Since 11 September 2001, conflict has spread or intensified across Asia and Africa with increasing terrorist attacks in Europe. These conflicts have accentuated the trend, traceable to the end of the Cold War, when conventional interstate warfare has been increasingly replaced by global ethnic and religious and hybrid conflict often conducted by sub-national groupings, typically in urban setting. This course examines the transformation of war and the armed forces in the twenty-first century.

Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

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Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Display a wide knowledge of contemporary conflict
• Have a critical understanding of key themes on war and the armed forces in the 21st century and be able to discuss them.
• Understand and analyse the key literature thereon.

Indicative reading list

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Subject specific skills

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Transferable skills

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