Lecture Notes

LEC # TOPICS
1 Introduction (PDF)
Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives
2 Is War "Natural"? (PDF)
3 War and Sociobiology
4 Experiences of War and Violence I (PDF)
5 Experiences of War and Violence II (PDF)
6-8 Civil War and Genocide in Rwanda (PDF 1) (PDF 2)
9 Darfur
10 Reconciliation After War? (PDF)
Part II: America at War
11 Vietnam I (PDF)
12 After Vietnam (PDF)
13-14 The First Gulf War (PDF)
15 Media and the First Gulf War (PDF)
16 September 11
17 For and Against Invading Iraq I (PDF)
18 For and Against Invading Iraq II
19 Manufacturing Consent for War
20 Media and the War on Terror
21 Behind Enemy Lines
22 Abu Ghraib
23 Class Presentations
24 Class Presentations (cont.)