BSS475 History of Strategy and Security

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2019
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Jakub Morávek, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Fri 5. 4. 14:00–17:40 bude_upresneno, Fri 3. 5. 14:00–17:40 bude_upresneno, Fri 17. 5. 14:00–17:40 bude_upresneno
Prerequisites (in Czech)
SOUHLAS
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The students will visit three South Moravian sites where events of strategic or security significance took place. The course consists of four field trips, (general requirement is active participation at three of them). The field trips will take the whole day, the students and lecturer will visit former battlefields, towns, museums etc. in the South Moravian region. The students will learn about the Slavkov (Austerlitz) battlefield, the response of the army and gendarmerie to the violent strike in Oslavany in 1920, and the Iron Curtain separating communist Czechoslovakia from Austria. The course develops competences in analysing military and security issues.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will be able to: - understand specific issues in the history of defence and strategy
- appreciate how terrain and other circumstances influence military strategy
- describe and analyze selected military and security issues
Syllabus
  • Syllabus: 1. Field trip to the Slavkov battlefield 2. Field trip to the site of the Oslavany industrial unrest 3. Field trip to the artillery fortification Hůrka/Bouda 4. Field trip to explore the Iron Curtain The students should wear outdoor clothing appropriate for the actual weather, hiking shoes and have to be able to walk minimum 10 - 15 km. Detailed travel plans will be distributed by email one week before each field trip.
Literature
    required literature
  • • Kaufmann, J. E., Kaufmann, H. W. 2014. The Forts and Fortifications of Europe, 1815-1945: The Central States: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley South Yorkshire.
  • • Duffy, Christopher. 1977. Austerlitz 1805. London: Seeley Service, pp. 84-151.
    recommended literature
  • • Applebaum, Anne: Iron curtain: the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944 - 1956. Doubleday, New York 2012.
  • • Kuhn, Gabriel. 2012 (ed). All Power to the Councils! Pontypool: Merlin Press, pp. 279-303.
Teaching methods
lectures, guided tour, field trip presentations by professionals in the sectors, homework, reading.
Assessment methods
To complete the course, students have to submit three position paper which have to be accepted by the teachers and adequate. Each position paper has 3 standard pages (1 standard page = 1800 characters, including spaces), ± 20%. Position papers are not graded, only accepted or not accepted. If not accepted, each position paper can be re-submitted once.
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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