- 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. Some knowledge of military history also helps.
Course contents
The main purpose of this course is to introduce students to
strategic theory and the study of armed conflicts
Readings/Bibliography
Mandatory for all students
- Peter Paret (ed) Makers of Modern Strategy , Princeton Univerity Press, Princeton (NJ) 1986.
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War (any edition).
- Carl Von Clausewitz, On War , edited by M. Howard and P. Paret, Princeton U. Press, Princeton (NJ) 1976.
- R. Smith, The Use of Force: The Art of War in the Modern
World, London, Penguin Books 2006.
- Students not attending class will have to include: G.
Giacomello, R.C. Nation (eds) Security in the West: Evolution of
a Concept, Vita & Pensiero, Milano 2009 (outside Europe the
volume is available from Cornell University Press).
Teaching methods
Students are expected to attend all the classes and regularly
participate in the discussion
Assessment methods
(a) a final exam: 30 questions on the material covered
for the whole course. Time: 2h
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