HISTORY 210 (WAR IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION)
FALL 2003
Professor John J. Hurt
208 John Munroe Hall, 831-2388
Office Hours: T, Th:
Mr. Patrick Shea, Teaching Assistant
128 John Munroe Hall, Desk 1
Office Hours: T, Th:
patshea@udel.edu
Required Books:
Ambrose, Stephen. D-Day.
Keegan, John. The Face
of
Walter, Jakob. The
Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier.
Winter, Denis. Death’s Men.
4—Introduction; the
Greek Style of War
9—Roman Warfare
11—Medieval Warfare
16-CLASS DISCUSSION
(POP QUIZ?): Keegan, “
SPECIAL NOTE: Class begins at
18—The Gunpowder Revolution, 1300-1600
23—Firepower on the
Battlefield, 1600-1789
25—Napoleonic
Warfare
BOOK REVIEW DUE: 500-750 words, Jacob
Walter, Diary.
THIS DEADLINE IS ABSOLUTE. IF YOU DON’T
HAND IN YOUR PAPER, YOU ARE DEEMED TO HAVE DROPPED THE COURSE.
30—CLASS DISCUSSION
(POP QUIZ?): Keegan, “
OCTOBER
2—FIRST TEST
Assgn: All of the Above
7—Military
Technology and the Path to World War I
9—1914
14—Tanks, Planes,
and Poison Gas
16—
21—CLASS DISCUSSION
(POP QUIZ?): Keegan, “The
23—TO BE ANNOUNCED
28—Victory (?) in
World War I
30—CLASS DISCUSSION:
Denis Winter, Death’s Men.
BOOK REVIEW DUE: 1,000 words on Winter.
NO EXCUSES; ABSOLUTE DEADLINE; SEE ABOVE
NOVEMBER
4—Towards World War
II
6—SECOND TEST
Assgn: Everything since First Test
11—The
13—The
18—
20—
25—Air Power
2—DISCUSSION
(POP QUIZ?): Ambrose, D-Day.
BOOK REVIEW DUE: 1,000 words on Ambrose
NO EXCUSES; ABSOLUTE DEADLINE; SEE ABOVE
4—The
Campaign in
9—Victory in
COMPREHENSIVE
FINAL EXAMINATION: DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED
Class attendance
is obligatory. You may have two
unexcused absences, but every unexcused absence above two will reduce your
final grade by one increment (e.g., from a B+ to a B, and so on). Excused absences are, in principle,
unlimited, but a substantial number of them will make it impossible for you to
succeed in this course. The University
defines excused absences as those resulting from medical emergencies, religious
observances, representing the University on an athletic team, and the
like. These must be documented. Leaving class early without permission counts as an absence.
PUNCTUALITY
You are also required to come to class on time. If unusual circumstances make you a few minutes late, please let me know after class what happened to you. Tardiness constitutes disruptive behavior. Anyone who is chronically tardy will be asked to drop the course.
These must be handed in on time, and they
must be exclusively your own work. Don’t copy material from the web.
Concentrate on the texts assigned; no need for extra research or reading. If
you miss the book review deadline, you are deemed to have dropped the course:
we just don’t grade your papers after that.
TESTS, FINAL EXAMINATION, AND GRADING
The tests and the final examination each
count 25%; book reviews and pop tests, if any, count the last 25%. The tests
and the examination are essay in character.
Bring a blue book to class.
Read the books
thoroughly. You should know the themes
that the authors treat, as well as the information and evidence that they use
to explain those themes. You are to
complete the readings by the day of class discussion, and you are expected to
participate fully in the discussion.
Turn them off when
entering the classroom. If your cell phone rings during class, it will seized and sold at auction.