Global History of Military Occupation

Prerequisites: First Year Writing Seminar (e.g., CASWR 100 or WR 120). - Analyzes the theory and practice of military occupation from the Napoleonic Wars through the Russian occupation of Ukraine. Considers political, legal, cultural, and military aspects of military occupation through comparative examination of a series of case studies. "Occupation" is be used a conceptual category to examine diverse phenomena in nineteenth and twentieth century international history including the expansion and collapse of modern empires and the rise of national states.