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2023-2024 CGC Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MLTH 501 - Strategic Thinkers and Military Intellectuals

Credit Hours: 3

An examination of the masters of the military art and key military strategists and intellectuals throughout history, including Thucydides, Sun Tzu, Machiavelli, Jomini, Clausewitz, Mahan, Douhet, Eisenhower, and Mao Zedong. It introduces students to the theories and practices of war; the interrelationships among politics, strategy, technology, and society; and current thought on the future of war.