| 1 | Introduction: The Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Force Structure | |
| 2 | U.S. Grand Strategy | |
| 3 | The Fundamentals of Campaign Analysis | Paper Topic due |
| 4 | History and Role of Airpower | |
| 5 | The Last Fair Fight? The Battle of the Bulge, 1944 | Preliminary Paper Outline due |
| 6 | Intelligence and Military Operations | Mid-term Exam |
| 7 | Naval Power and Power Projection | |
| 8 | The Guadalcanal Campaign | Detailed Paper Outline due |
| 9 | The New U.S. Way of War: Desert Storm to Operation Iraqi Freedom | |
| 10 | Afghanistan, Iraq, and Counter-insurgency: An Old Problem Returns | |
| 11 | "Humanitarian Military Intervention": Kosovo and Related Applications | Campaign Analysis Paper due |
| 12 | The Nuclear Age and Nuclear Proliferation | |
