History
Answer one question from each section in proper essay format.
Section A
1) During the French Revolution the revolutionary regime attempted to mobilize the entire population of France to fight the invader. Surveying the development of warfare from 1789 into the early twentieth century, how was their idea of total mobilization only finally brought to fruition during the Second World War?
Section B
1. What challenges have been posed to Western military forces in the war on terror since 2001? Framing your answer as a policy document outline these problems and suggest ways in which they can be solved.
Resources
Geoffrey Parker, ed. The Cambridge History of Warfare. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Peter Paret, ed. Makers of Modern Strategy. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986.
John Lynn, Battle: A History of Culture and Combat New York: Basic Books, 2004
Jurgen Brauer and Hubert van Tuyll. Castles, Battles and Bombs: How Economics Explains Military History. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008.
While no citations are required in the exam answers you should be in a position to point to specific examples to back up your points.
