HIST 385 — War and Peace in the Middle East
This course will examine the ongoing crises and conflicts of the Modem Middle East and the possibility of their resolution. We will start with background readings about the Middle East in the foundational periods of Islam and during the Ottoman period. Next we will look at a series of conflicts in the Middle East over the past century and examine them from religious, political, and military perspectives, and see how conflict resolution strategies have been or could be used to resolve these conflicts.