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How does the history of American war look when viewed through the lens of decolonial approaches to the past? This is the animating question for 鈥淭he United States at War,鈥� a 15-credit postgraduate module that covers the chronological period from the Philippine-American War to the War on Terror. After an introductory week discussing decolonial perspectives on U.S. history, the module moves chronologically, covering the following topics: the Philippine-American War, occupations and imperialism in Latin America and the Caribbean between 1898 and 1933, World War I, World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the domestic reverberations of war between the 1970s and the 1990s, and the War on Terror. Each week, students will read and engage with the latest historiography on these topics, all of which seeks to revise and challenge traditional approaches to the study of military and diplomatic history. Classes will focus on questions of race, indigeneity, gender, and empire, prompting students to think about how the reality of American war was so often experienced as a colonial encounter 鈥� something that was possible both 鈥渁broad鈥� in the international locations where the U.S. waged its wars and stationed its troops, and 鈥渁t home鈥� in the domestic spaces consumed by the logics of conflict.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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