Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 17.582 (Spring 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Civil War 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Political Science 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Roger Petersen 
• Course Introduction:
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  17.582 Civil War
  
  
  
  

  Spring 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features an extensive readings section.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  This course surveys the social science literature on civil war. It studies the origins of civil war, discusses variables affecting duration, and examines termination of conflict. This subject is highly interdisciplinary and covers a wide variety of cases, although with concentration on various Balkan civil wars.