Poli 378 - American National Security Policy

Spring, 2009

News Items

• Here is a copy of the final exam from 2000.
• The scheduled final exam will be Monday, April 27 at 9 AM in BB 116.
• The alternative final exam will be Wednesday, April 22 at 1 PM in BB 102.
• Sign the list on my office door by Thursday, April 16 at 2 PM if you want the option of taking the alternative final.

3/30/3009. Assignment 3 is posted. It is due Wednesday, April 29

3/19/2009. Conversion of scores to letter grades for the midterm:

Information About the Class

• Syllabus
• Poli 378 Topic Outline
• Written assignments
• Reading assignments

• Additional Information on Some of the Topics of the Course
  • The Gulf War
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction
  • Operations Other Than War

• Simulation Programs
  • Blitz Simulator
  • Nuclear blast calculator Thanks to Joel Allan.
  • Source for PC version of kp program
  • Source for kp program that does not print (writes to a file; a good idea if you running the program on a UNIX box). Thanks to Eric Rechlin.

Some Links to Sites of General Interest to the Class

• Strategypage.com. This is a very good source of information on military and national security news. Accessing the website is free. For a fee, you can get a daily e-mail with new items (note: the e-mailed items are posted on the webpage).

• What's it like to deploy on an aircraft carrier for six months to support US forces fighting in Iraq? The PBS series "Carrier" will let you see. And by the way, Mark Brice (Rice class of 1980) was one of the cinematographers and won an Emmy for Outstanding Cinematography for Reality Programming for his work on this project.

• DoD DefenseLINK Site. This is the official website of the Department of Defense.
• DoD Web Site on Bosnia. Yes, we're still there...
• DOD 101 - An Introduction to the Military. From the Federation of American Scientists.
• What's the difference between a POW and an unlawful combatant?
• What's a "dirty bomb?"

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