| LEC # | ASSIGNMENTS | FILES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Course overview | (PDF) |
| 2-3 | Military policy and the causes of war: Eight hypotheses | (PDF) |
| 4-7 |
National misperception and the causes of war The "Spiral Model" vs. The "Deterrence Model" |
(PDF) (PDF) |
| 8-9 | More causes of war and peace | (PDF) |
| 10 | The Anglo-French Seven Years' war, 1756-1763: An inadvertent war? | (PDF) |
| 11 | The Austro-Prussian war of 1866 | (PDF) |
| 12-14 | The origins of the First World War | (PDF) |
| 15 |
Weapons of mass destruction and world politics The causes of intense war |
(PDF) (PDF) |
| 16-19 | Origins of the Second World War | (PDF) |
| 20-21 | The Cold War and Korea | (PDF) |
| 22-23 | Causes of the Israel-Arab conflict | (PDF) |
| 24 | The Peloponnesian War, 460-404 BCE | (PDF) |
| 25-26 | The future of war and solutions to war | (PDF) |
