IGA-452: World War I, World War II, and World War III?

Semester: Not Offered

Credit: 1.0

Faculty: Richard Rosecrance

Schedule

Day Time Location
First Day
Meet Day
Review

Description

Looks at the causes of World Wars I and II (theoretical, economic, social, political, and military) to see if they might apply to war between China (or some other Great Power) and the United States in the 2020s or afterward. Prior to World War I, one Great Power

was in the process of passing another, assumptions of warfare permitted offensive strategies, strong economic interdependence existed, and domestic unrest led some leaders to believe they might gain internal support from a successful war. Britain went to great lengths to appease the United States at the very time it was opposing Germany. Will the United States be willing to make similar obeisance to a nondemocratic China a generation from now? Prior to Worl