HI259
War in Asia
0.5 Credit
Hours per week:
- Lecture/Discussion: 3
Is there a distinctive Asian way of war? HI259 answers this question by introducing students to the major philosophers and military thinkers in Asian history. Using important conflicts over a 1200 year period it examines Asian military history in the context of the effects of war on society, and war as a driver of social, political and technological change.{G}