Dirty Wars: Course Handbook
Prerequisites
0.1
Auditing
0.2
Tasks to Complete Before The First Class
0.3
Version History
Course Outline
1
Introduction
1.1
The Idea
The Course
Project Work
Assessments
1.2
Course Expectations
1.3
Privacy
1.4
Learning Resources
Tools
Accessing Learning Resources
1.5
How To Use This Course Handbook
2
Physical Teaching Arrangements
Introduction
2.1
Course Structure & Delivery
2.2
Blended Learning
Lectures
Seminars
3
Online Teaching Arrangements
For Reference Purposes Only
Introduction
3.1
Course Structure & Delivery
Lectures
Seminars
4
Reading and Preparation
Introduction
4.1
Before You Start
Do I Need to Buy Anything?
Preparing for the Course
4.2
Preparing for Teaching Sessions
Weekly Checklist
4.3
Reading for the Course
The Idea
Okay, So How Do We Explore That?
The Problem and Legitimacy of Violence
Power Structures and Objects of Analysis
Knowledge and Uncertainty
Ideas and Objectivity
Dirty Wars: Course Guide
5
Teaching Staff
Introduction
5.1
Jack McDonald
5.2
Mark Condos
5.3
David Bicknell
5.4
Anna Plunkett
6
Course Overview
Introduction
The Core Lecture Series: What Makes a War a ‘Dirty’ War?
Research Projects Workshop
Research Lecture Series: Dirty Wars and Contemporary Warfare
6.1
Applied Lectures
7
Course Week-By-Week Guide
Introduction
7.1
Week 1 (w/c September 27th)
Course Notes
Lecture: War and Dirty Wars
Seminar: War as a Concept
7.2
Week 2 (w/c October 4th)
Course Notes
Lecture: War and Political Order
Seminar: Conceptualising Civil War
7.3
Week 3 (w/c October 11th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Restraint in War
Seminar: Classifying Conflicts
7.4
Week 4 (w/c October 18th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Strategy and Population Control
Case: Concentration Camps
Seminar: Manipulating Conflict Thresholds
7.5
Week 5 (w/c October 25th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Historicising Dirty Wars
Seminar: (In)Security and The Garrison State
7.6
Week 6 (w/c November 1st)
Course Notes
Lecture: Political Warfare and Political Repression
Case: Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam
Seminar: Executive Authority and Emergency
7.7
Week 7 (w/c November 8th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Half Light Wars and Clandestine Warfare
Seminar: From ‘Fanatics’ to Terrorists
7.8
Week 8 (w/c November 15th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Human Dignity and Political Community in War and National Security
Case: The Coalition Campaign Against ISIS
Seminar: Policing Global Protest
7.9
Week 9 (w/c November 22nd)
Course Notes
Lecture: Citizenship in War and National Security
Seminar: Intelligence Ethics
7.10
Week 10 (w/c November 29th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Status in War & Sexual Violence in Conflict
Seminar: Just and Unjust Intelligence
7.11
Week 11 (w/c December 6th)
Course Notes
Lecture: The Shock of the Old
Seminar: Intelligence Harms
7.12
Week 12 (w/c January 17th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Identity, Identification, and Intelligence Organisations
Seminar: Privacy and Intelligence
7.13
Week 13 (w/c January 24th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Targeted Killings
Seminar: Self Defence: Theory in armed conflicts
7.14
Week 14 (w/c January 31st)
Course Notes
Lecture: Detention
Seminar: Self Defence: The use of force by States
7.15
Week 15 (w/c February 7th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Torture
Seminar: Self Defence: The use of force by individuals
7.16
Week 16 (w/c February 7th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Research Projects Workshop
Seminar: Self Defence: Case Study - Iraq
7.17
Week 17 (w/c February 21st)
Course Notes
Lecture: Sovereign Violence and Legitimacy in Myanmar: Is Myanmar at War?
Seminar: Minority Rights
7.18
Week 18 (w/c February 28th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Revenge, Retribution, and Reciprocity in War
Seminar: Split Sovereignty
7.19
Week 19 (w/c March 7th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Martial Law and Occupation
Seminar: Politics of Migration (Workshop)
7.20
Week 20 (w/c March 14th)
Course Notes
Lecture: War Powers and Contemporary Warfare
Seminar: War and Peace in Myanmar
7.21
Week 21 (w/c March 21st)
Course Notes
Applied Lecture: Dirty War and National Security
Seminar: Course Wrap Up and Reflections
7.22
Week 22 (w/c March 28th)
Course Notes
Lecture: Applied Lecture: War and Dirty War
Seminar: No Seminar This Week
Assessments & Project Work
8
Projects
Introduction
8.1
The Projects
Aims
8.2
Book Reading
8.3
Research Design Prototype
9
Assessment
9.1
Literature Reviews
9.2
Research Essay
Further Material
10
Skills Development
10.1
A Roadmap for Skills Development
10.2
Track Your Progress
10.3
The Basic Structure of Academic Work
10.4
Iteration
10.5
Building and Reducing an Argument
10.6
Supporting Your Argument
10.7
Academic Writing
10.8
Acting Upon Feedback
10.9
Tracking Your Skills Development
11
Case Studies
11.1
Argentina
11.2
Britain, Ireland, and Northern Ireland
11.3
The Vietnam Wars
11.4
The Global War on Terror
11.5
The Second Congo War
12
Further Reading
Introduction
12.1
Human Dignity and Political Community in War and National Security
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.2
Regulating War and Warfare
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.3
Reasons for Restraint
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.4
Is Any War Clean?
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.5
Treason, Political Community, and National Security
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.6
Strategy and Population Control
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.7
Political Warfare and Political Emergencies
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
12.8
Identity, Identification, and Intelligence Institutions
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.9
Torture
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
12.10
Targeted Killing and One-Sided Violence
Introduction
Introductory Readings
Case Study Readings
Theme Readings
Further Reading
13
Extended Learning
13.1
Ethics, Technology & Conflict Lab
13.2
Research Projects for 2021/22
References
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Assessments & Project Work