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