War on Terror

Catalog description

This course provides students an historical grounding to the contemporary Global War on Terror. Guided by the process and method of historical inquiry, we will consider the policies and precedents that have informed the GWOT's undertaking from well before the attacks of September 11, 2001. By studying these antecedents, we will develop a deeper, more sophisticated understanding of this present-day conflict. Using both primary and secondary sources, we will focus principally on threats and activities abroad, including engagements against al Qaeda and ISIS as well as the 21st-century wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.