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Week 1      Introduction to the Course
                  No Readings

Week 2      Ideology and the Decision to go to War-Iraq
                  Record, Chapters 1-5;  Packer, Chaps 1-4
                  (Please note that the class will not meet on January 21, MLK Day)

Week 3      The War and Aftermath- A Viewpoint
                  Record, Chaps 6-9

Week 4      The War : Actors, Decisionmakers and Prelude to War - Iraq
                  Ricks, Chaps 1-6

Week 5     The ‘War’ and the War – Iraq
                 Ricks, Chaps 7-12

Week 6     The Real War – Iraq
                 Ricks, Chaps 13 – Postscript

Week 7    Players in Iraq
                Packer, Chaps 5-8
                Mid-term Exam : February 25

Week 8    The Insurgency : Iraq
                Packer, Chaps 9-Epilogue
                Class:  Video will be shown in class.

Week 9   The Insurgency : Iraq
               Begin reading USA/USMC ‘Counterinsurgency Manual’
               http://www.fas.org/irp/doddir/army/fm3-24fd.pdf

Week  10  The Insurgency – Iraq, Part 2
              Complete reading the USA/USMC ‘Counterinsurgency Manual.’

Week  11  Nation Building : Iraq
               Stewart, Introduction and Parts 1 and 2

Week 12   Nation Building: 2
               Stewart, Parts 3, 4 and 5

Week 13  Afghanistan :   OEF and the Early War
               Handouts
 
Week 14  Afghanistan :  The Long War and Resurgent Taleban
                 Handouts

Week 15  Lessons Learned and Review
                Review of all readings.