All Undergraduate Syllabi
If you are looking for inspiration for your next undergraduate military history course, you will find sample syllabi below covering topics ranging from Ancient and Medieval warfare, to the Second World War, to Peace and Security Studies. While many have been taught at civilian universities, several come from West Point’s curriculum.
You can also send us your own syllabi to complete our collection.

Kevin Adams: War and Society

Rosella Cappella: War, State, and Society in the Modern Era

Rosella Cappella: Nuclear Security

Martin Clemis: Research Methods

Martin Clemis: The Civil War and Reconstruction

Martin Clemis: Military Force and U.S. Foreign Policy since 1945

Martin Clemis: The Cold War

Martin Clemis: America in Vietnam – A Political and Military History, 1950-1975

Martin Clemis: Violent Politics: Irregular War and Western Response from Mao to the Islamic State

Martin Clemis: Soldiers, War, and the Combat Experience in American History

Martin Clemis: An Environmental History of Warfare

Martin Clemis: American Military History

Martin Clemis: War and the American Presidency

Kate Epstein: War and the United States, 1898–Present

William Hitchcock: The Second World War

William Hitchcock: War and Society in the Twentieth Century

William Hitchcock: Europe at War, 1939-1945: Occupation, Genocide, Resistance

Andrew Huebner: How America Fights: War and Society since 1898

Ian Isherwood: The Great War

David Kieran: The United States' War in Vietnam

David Kieran: War & Society in U.S. Culture

David Kieran: 9/11 & the War on Terror in U.S. Culture

Wayne Lee: Global History of Warfare

Wayne Lee: Introduction to Peace and Security Studies

Brian Linn: American Military History

Matt McDonough: The Civil War and Reconstruction

Matt McDonough: American Military History

Abby Mullen: American Naval History

Amanda Nagel: Total War and the United States, 1860-1950

Michael Neiberg: World War I

Michael Neiberg: World War II

Mary Louise Roberts: The Second World War

Mary Louise Roberts: Gender, Sex, and War in the European Twentieth Century

Clifford Rogers: Ancient and Medieval Warfare

Ingo Trauschweizer: American Military History

Ingo Trauschweizer: The United States in the Vietnam War

Ingo Trauschweizer: War, Violence, and Modernity
Jennifer Weber: War and Society

Mark Wilson: American Military History
