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HI358 (Version: 2025 1) COURSE DETAILS


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
HI358 POLICY, STRATEGY & GENERALSHIP 2025 1 History 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
This course focuses on the evolution of generalship in the western military experience and the performance of general officers who have sought to translate success at different levels of war into achieving policy & strategic goals. The course examines how generals have crafted and executed military strategy from the early modern era to the present. It explores various factors that shaped strategic thinking and influenced the way generals commanded their forces in these different historical eras and analyzes the application of those ideas and systems in selected case studies.
LESSONS: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
A 1500-word research paper.

HI358 COURSE REQUISITES


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HI358 (Version 2025-1) COURSE OFFERINGS


AYT #SECT/SIZE CPBLTY ENRLD WAIT SEATS CLOSED DETAILS
2026 - 1 3 18 54 32 0 22 N Hours

2027 - 1 3 18 54 15 0 39 N Hours

2028 - 1 3 18 54 0 0 54 N Hours


HI358 (Version: 2021 1) COURSE DETAILS (ARCHIVED)


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
HI358 POLICY, STRATEGY & GENERALSHIP 2021 1 History 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
This course examines how political and military leaders develop and execute policy and strategy. The course begins with an examination of the rise of military professionalism and the creation of military staffs in the nineteenth century. It explores how political and military leaders integrate not only military power, but also diplomatic, economic, technological, social, and political resources to achieve a nation's goals. In particular, the course examines the often contentious issues of civil-military relations, joint and coalition warfare, and organizational and doctrinal change. Cadets study the strategic challenges faced by senior civilians and military leaders, thus allowing them to analyze warfare within a broader political-military context.
LESSONS: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
A 1500-word research paper.

HI358 COURSE REQUISITES


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HI358 (Version: 2020 2) COURSE DETAILS (ARCHIVED)


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
HI358 STRATEGY, POLICY & GENERALSHIP 2020 2 History 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
This course examines how political and military leaders develop and execute policy and strategy. The course begins with an examination of the rise of military professionalism and the creation of military staffs in the nineteenth century. It explores how political and military leaders integrate not only military power, but also diplomatic, economic, technological, social, and political resources to achieve a nation's goals. In particular, the course examines the often contentious issues of civil-military relations, joint and coalition warfare, and organizational and doctrinal change. Cadets study the strategic challenges faced by senior civilians and military leaders, thus allowing them to analyze warfare within a broader political-military context.
LESSONS: 30 @ 75 min (2.000 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
A 1500-word research paper.

HI358 COURSE REQUISITES


None

HI358 (Version: 2008 1) COURSE DETAILS (ARCHIVED)


COURSE TITLE EFF YEAR EFF TERM DEPARTMENT CREDIT HOURS
HI358 STRATEGY, POLICY & GENERALSHIP 2008 1 History 3.0 (BS=0.0, ET=0.0, MA=0.0)
SCOPE
This course examines how political and military leaders develop and execute policy and strategy. The course begins with an examination of the rise of military professionalism and the creation of military staffs in the nineteenth century. It explores how political and military leaders integrate not only military power, but also diplomatic, economic, technological, social, and political resources to achieve a nation's goals. In particular, the course examines the often contentious issues of civil-military relations, joint and coalition warfare, and organizational and doctrinal change. Cadets study the strategic challenges faced by senior civilians and military leaders, thus allowing them to analyze warfare within a broader political-military context.
LESSONS: 40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk) LABS: 0 @ 0 min
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
A 1500-word research paper.

HI358 COURSE REQUISITES


None