17.482 | Spring 2015 | Undergraduate, Graduate

U.S. Military Power

Course Description

The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with the missions, capabilities, and costs of the largely non-nuclear forces that make up the bulk of the U.S. military establishment. The course will also introduce the student to basic techniques for the assessment of relative military capabilities between …
The purpose of this course is to acquaint the student with the missions, capabilities, and costs of the largely non-nuclear forces that make up the bulk of the U.S. military establishment. The course will also introduce the student to basic techniques for the assessment of relative military capabilities between adversaries in given theaters of military action. Central to the course will be an examination of historical cases of military action that shed light on current defence issues. Many of these cases are recent.
Learning Resource Types
Written Assignments
A photograph of a line of Marines wearing camouflage walking across a grass field to board a large helicopter.
Marines board a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter as part of a training drill. (Image courtesy of the Marine Corps on Flickr. CC BY-NC 2.0.)