War in the Modern World

Offered By: The Great Courses Plus

Course Description

Overview

<p>Dive into military history and strategy with this 24-episode course focused on the geopolitical conflicts, weapons, strategies, and personalities that have defined war since 1945.</p>

Syllabus

By This Professor
01: Afghanistan and the Nature of Modern War
02: Nightmare Scenarios of Modern War
03: The Tools of Modern Warfare
04: From World War to Cold War
05: Europe’s Exit from Colonial Asia
06: China’s Civil War
07: The Unfinished Korean War
08: Britain’s Exit from Palestine, Malaya, and Kenya
09: France’s Vietnam War
10: Insurgency and Counterinsurgency
11: The Arab-Israeli Wars: Israel’s String of Triumphs
12: The Arab-Israeli Wars: Victory without Peace
13: India-Pakistan: The Enduring Rivalry
14: The World War That Never Happened
15: America’s Vietnam War
16: The Soviet War in Afghanistan
17: Latin America’s Revolutionary Wars
18: The War for the Falklands
19: Africa’s Modern World War: Rwanda and Congo
20: The Iraq-Iran War
21: Desert Storm: The US versus Iraq
22: Yugoslavia’s Civil Wars
23: A New Russian Empire?
24: Iraq and ISIS in the War on Terror

Taught by

David R. Stone

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