History 03
War and Revolution
in the Western World

Professor Hugh Dubrulle
Class Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00AM-11:15 AM
Classroom: 13 Alumni Hall
Office: 206 Bradley House
Office hours: Tuesdays 2:30PM-4:00PM; Wednesdays 1:00PM-3:00PM
E-mail: hdubrull@anselm.edu
Telephone: (603) 641-7046
website: http://www.anselm.edu/academic/history/homepage.html

Themes of the Course

In her work, On Revolution, Hannah Arendt claimed, "Wars and revolutions . . . have thus far determined the physiognomy of the twentieth century" and that "war and revolution still constitute its two central political issues." During the twentieth century, wars and revolutions became frequent, protracted, and sweeping, rendering the era an "age of extremes," as Eric Hobsbawm put it. War and revolution, however, are not exclusively twentieth-century phenomena; they have a long and interwoven history.

In this course, we will survey the history of war and revolution in the West from about the 16th century onward. We will attempt to define what the words "war" and "revolution" mean, while investigating the relationship between the two. How did war influence revolution and vice versa? How did they both contribute to the world in which we live today?

Required Readings

Michael Howard, War in European History
Richard Preston, Alex Roland, and Sydney Wise, Men in Arms
William Doyle, The French Revolution
Sheila Fitzpatrick, The Russian Revolution
Primary and Secondary Sources
Web Gallery
Web Links
Movies

Student Requirements and Assignments

My Policy regarding Academic Honesty

According to the American Historical Association's Statement on the Standards of Professional Conduct, "the expropriation of another author's text, and the presentation of it as one's own, constitutes plagiarism and is a serious violation of the ethics of scholarship." The Statement goes on to assert the following: "Plagiarism includes more subtle and perhaps more pernicious abuses than simply expropriating the exact wording of another author without attribution. Plagiarism also includes the limited borrowing, without attribution, of another person's distinctive and significant research findings, hypotheses, theories, rhetorical strategies, or interpretations, or an extended borrowing even with attribution." So what exactly does plagiarism look like? The Statement continues by stating that "the clearest abuse is the use of another's language without quotation marks and citation. More subtle abuses include the appropriation of concepts, data, or notes all disguised as newly crafted sentences, or reference to a borrowed work in an early note and then extensive further use without attribution." If you would like more information on this topic, please refer to the AHA's statement on plagiarism (http://www. theaha.org/standard_02.htm).

Plagiarism is reprehensible. If I find you have plagiarized another person's work, I will show you no mercy: you can expect anything from a zero on a particular assignment to an F in the class. These penalties serve not only to punish the guilty, but even more important, to deter those who might feel tempted to engage in unethical behavior.

Class Participation (20%)

I will base your class participation grade on the frequency and quality of your contribution to classroom discussion. Positive contributions consist not merely of answering the professor's questions. They also include:

• Asking questions concerning the reading, the discussion, or the themes of the course in general
• Challenging what either the professor or your peers have said
• Making pertinent observations of all sorts
• Visiting me during office hours
• Displaying a positive attitude toward learning and the course

Furthermore, if you are a student, your job consists of learning. I expect you to come to class prepared to learn.

• Come to class having completed the readings assigned for that day (including the textbook readings).
• If we are scheduled to discuss a book or an excerpt out of the coursepack, bring the reading to class so that you can refer to it.
• Bring the textbook to class.
• Also, please arrive on time if not a little early. If you must leave class early, let me know in advance.

Remember, if you are not attending class, you are not participating.

Quizzes (20%)

In anticipation of each class meeting, I will post three or four questions associated with the reading for that particular day. These questions will appear in the "Food for Thought" section of the website. While you read, pay attention to these questions. At the beginning of every class meeting, I will give you a five-minute open-note quiz on one of the three or four posted questions.

Five minutes will probably not provide you with enough time to scan the reading and write a meaningful answer. I highly recommend that you jot down notes as you read so that you have some sort of prepared answer when you take the quiz.

If you arrive late, you will only have what remains of the five minutes to complete your quiz. If you miss the quiz completely, you will have no opportunity to make it up.

Essays (30%)

During the semester, I will provide more information about both of these assignments.

• Essay 1 (due Thursday, February 13) (15%)
• Essay 2 (due Tuesday, April 24) (15%)

Extensions: I will grant NO extensions on or after the due date. I will provide an extension only if you produce the necessary documentation from the academic dean's office.

Turning in Papers: I will not accept papers submitted to me via e-mail. You must give the paper to me in person on the day it is due—before I leave campus.

Late Papers:  Late papers will suffer a penalty of 10% for each day they are late. Thus, a B- paper turned in a day late will become a C- paper. The meter runs on weekends just as on weekdays. If a paper is due on a Friday, it will be one day late on Saturday (10% off), two days late on Sunday (20% off), and three days late on Monday (30% off). The meter also keeps running during holidays and breaks. It is your responsibility to get the paper to me in such a manner that I can verify you completed it by a certain time.

I will not grade late papers until finals week, so not only will you suffer a penalty, you will also remain ignorant of your paper grade until the end of the semester.

Examinations (30%)

Both examinations in this class will consist of a short identification section followed by a series of essays questions.

• Midterm Examination (10%): This examination will take place on Thursday, February 27.
  
• Final Examination (20%): TBA

Schedule

WEEK 1

Tuesday, January 14

Thursday, January 16

WEEK 2

Tuesday, January 21

Thursday, January 23

WEEK 3

Tuesday, January 28

Thursday, January 30

WEEK 4

Tuesday, February 4

Thursday, February 6

WEEK 5

Tuesday, February 11

Thursday, February 13: Essay 1 due

WEEK 6

Tuesday, February 18

Thursday, February 20

WEEK 7

Tuesday, February 25

Tuesday, February 27: MIDTERM

March 3-7: Spring Break

WEEK 8

Tuesday, March 11

Thursday, March 13

WEEK 9

Tuesday, March 18

Thursday, March 20

WEEK 10

Tuesday, March 25

Thursday, March 27

WEEK 11

Tuesday, April 1

Thursday, April 3

WEEK 12

Tuesday, April 8

Thursday, April 10

WEEK 13

Tuesday, April 15

Thursday, April 17: Easter Break

WEEK 14

Tuesday, April 22: Monday classes meet today

Thursday, April 24: Essay 2 due

WEEK 15

Tuesday, April 29

FINAL EXAMINATION: TBA