| Lec # | Topics |
|---|---|
| I. Introduction: Framing, Testing and Using Theories | |
| 1 | Hypotheses, Laws, Theories and Case Studies |
| II. Hypotheses on the Causes of War | |
| 2-3 | Propositional Inventories on War, and Military Causes of War |
| 4 | Hypotheses on Systemic Power Factors, and Hypotheses on National Misperception |
| 5 | Hypotheses on Domestic Political and Social Structure: Democracy, Revolution, Culture, Gender, Social Equality and Social Justice, Minority Rights and Human Rights, Prosperity, Economic Interdependence, Capitalism, Communism, Imperial Decline and Collapse, Cultural Learning, Religion as a Cause of Peace and War |
| 6 | Hypotheses on Strategic Interaction; Applications of Theories of War to explain History; Causes of Civil War; Case Study Method |
| III. Case Studies | |
| 7 | The Seven Years War and the Korean War |
| 8-9 | World War I |
| 10 | The Second World War in Europe |
| 11 | The Pacific War |
| 12 | The Arab-Israeli War 1967; The 1991 Persian Gulf War; The Peloponnesian War |
| IV. The Future of War | |
| 13 | The Future of War: Using Theory to Predict and Prescribe; The Field Agenda in War Studies |