MA Military History and Strategic Studies

The MA Military History and Strategic Studies marries the approaches of two distinct yet overlapping disciplines to the same theme: war.  The disciplines are (Military) History and Strategic Studies, a sub-discipline of Politics/International Relations drawing strongly upon History for its case studies.  The programme aims to help students learn about the origins, purposes, effects and conduct of war.

Core modules

• Skills and Resources in Military History and Strategic Studies
• Themes and Issues in Military History and Strategic Studies

Optional modules

Any combination to a total of 60 credits from those available any year but which may include:

• The Crusades
• The Hundred Years War
• Intelligence and Propaganda
• Early Modern Warfare
• Evacuees
• Castle Building
• Art and War, 18-19th centuries
• Art and War, 20th century
• Cold War Culture
• The Practice of Strategy in History
• Strategic Theory
• The Origins of War
• War, Memory and the Politics of National Identity

For details of each module, see here.

For more information please download the programme specification for MA Military History and Strategic Studies (PDF).