
A United States Armed Forces Joint-Service Color Guard marches. (Image by mark6mauno on Flickr. License: CC BY.)
Instructor(s)
Sara Plana
MIT Course Number
17.S916
As Taught In
January IAP 2020
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
Course Features
Course Description
This course introduces the unique characteristics of militaries and explores the roles they play in the societies they are constructed to defend, with a special focus on the relationships between the military and their civilian leaders and popular publics. Topics include a modern history of relations between US presidents and the military, coups and military governments, public trust in the military, racial integration of the military, and the military-industrial (and tech!) complex.