184 Summer Second Set of Readings

What is War?
Clausewitz, Whole On War Book
Selection on What is War?
Bremer, Dangerous Dyads

Lawrence of Arabia
T.E. Lawrence's Proposed Map of the Middle East
Lawrence the Peril's of State Building

Detterence (Dr. Strangelove)
Herman Kahn's Doomsday Machine
Nuclear Deterrence Theory: Book Review
Deterrence and Dr. Strangelove Teaching Guide
Carol Cohn: Sex and Death in the Rational World of Defense Intellectuals

Gandhi
Means and Ends
Passive Resistance

Cold War Diplomacy
Diplomacy of the Korean Conflict

13 Days (Cuban Missile Crisis)
Cuban Missile Crisis Docs
Conceptual Models of Decision Making

New Territorial Dispute

Dispute between Cambodia and Thailand over a World Heritage Site.

McNamara's 11 Eleven Lessons

Here are the 11 Lessons from Fog of War that I have listed. I am not sure why there are different versions of the lessons listed.

Lesson #1: Empathize with your enemy.

Lesson #2: Rationality will not save us.

Lesson #3: There’s something beyond one’s self.

Lesson #4: Maximize efficiency.

Lesson #5: Proportionality should be a guideline in war.

Lesson #6: Get the data.

Lesson #7: Belief and seeing are both often wrong.

Lesson #8: Be prepared to reexamine your reasoning.

Lesson #9: In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil.

Lesson #10: Never say never.

Lesson #11: You can’t change human nature

War Powers Act

There is a new debate about War Powers Act and how to reform it. Here is an op-ed piece in the NYTimes and here is the link to the full report produced by Warren Christopher and James Baker.

Rice's New Realism

Here is a follow up to an old article Condi Rice wrote about American FP goals. This article advances a form of the national interest that includes the spread of democracy, even before capitalism, as a necessary element of the national interest.

War of the World

This new documentary on PBS that explores the World Wars and morality. Extra credit option for summer class. The documentary and book it is based on deals with morality, suffering, and the continuous warfare that Europe experience in the 20th century.
In Chicago, the first episode is on Wed (technically Thurs) at 3:30am on Channel 11. Second episode is at 10pm on Monday. Listed under War of the World if you do a search.