War and American Society

John Worsencroft, Louisiana Tech University

This is a graduate-level reading seminar on the history of the relationship between war and American society from (roughly) the Civil War to the present. We will focus on the intersections of war and the social, political, cultural, and economic engines of American life. This is a course that will focus on historiography (the study of how and why historical methods, concepts, and interpretations change over time) and how the public commemorates/memorializes war. This will not be a traditional military history course that focuses on battles, campaigns, or changes to military technology, strategy, or tactics.