- Thinking in Time Analysis Operation Forward Pass: The Pope, Dutch, and Lech
- Brinksmanship: Berlin Air-Drops and Cuban Missile Crisis
- Thinking in Time Analysis of the USMC CAP efforts vs. the shift to McNamara’s attrition
- Afghanistan Analysis: Analyzing Wilson’s War and the USSR defeat in Afghanistan
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Analysis vs. re-evaluation of "Ways of War" Poland and Operation Forward Pass: the Pope, Dutch and Lech.
- Examine Brinkmanship with regard to Berlin air drops, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the fall of the USSR.
- Compare and contrast the USMC Cap efforts vs. attrition(ism) then & now, with emphasis on Zinni's upgade to small war prosecution.
- Synthesize and discuss Wilson's War and the USSR defeat in Afghanistan.
