- Docente: Giampiero Giacomello
- Credits: 9
- SSD: SPS/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (cod. 8046)
Learning outcomes
Students are required to have a background in international relations and history. ASome knowledge of military history also helps.
Readings/Bibliography
Mandatory for all students
- Peter Paret (ed) Makers of Modern Strategy , Princeton Univerity Press, 1986, chapters: 1, 2 (pp.32/37 e 55/ 63), 3, 4 (pp.91/105)--13, 15--22, 26,27.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War , (any edition).
- Carl Von Clausewitz, On War , (edited by M. Howard and P. Paret, Princeton U. Press, 1976).
- Snyder, G.H. and P. Diesing, Conflict Among Nations (Princeton University Press, 1977: pg.33-181).
Assessment methods
(a) a final exam (30 questions)
OR
(b) a final exam (10 questions instead of 30) AND end paper (25 pages, double spaced, font 12).
Teaching tools
Important : All students are required to regularly consult the following relevant websites (answering all questions in the final exam will be possible only be studying the material contained in these websites).
Office hours
See the website of Giampiero Giacomello