Teacher
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FILIPPI Stefano
(syllabus)
Although in the past the word "strategy" was usually confined to the military world, this term is currently common within numerous fields from economy to sport. This course covers the concept of strategy as it relates to security, with a special focus on how the military armed forces are used strategically for political purposes. The course is designed to provide the analytical tools required for a clear understanding of modern strategy issues and deepens the rationale related to the use of military force for political purposes. Students are encouraged to attend lessons in order to enhance their understanding of this complex topic and to increase their ability to evaluate the use of military armed forces by the political establishment within the broad context of the modern world. The course is divided into two parts: the first focusing on the key concepts of strategy and security, the latter aiming to describe the evolution of the military instrument during modern history.
THIS COURSE IS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS: PART 1) THE KEY CONCEPTS OF STRATEGY: *War, peace and politics *War from Carl von Clausewitz's perspective *Conflicts and strategy *Strategic forces and space-time dimensions *Attack and defense *Principles of military art, strategy, geography and technology.
PART 2) UNDERSTANDING OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE MILITARY IN RECENT TIME *Use of Force: from Napoleon to Clausewitz; the World Wars. *The Cold War confrontation: from the German rearmament question after WWII and the European Defense Community to the search for a new way. *War amongst people: modern operations; setting the purpose for the use of force; using force amongst the people.
(reference books)
Testi di riferimento: 1. Rupert Smith, L'arte della guerra nel mondo contemporaneo, Il Mulino, Bologna 2009 (ISBN 9788815132604). Gli studenti Erasmus possono utilizzare il testo di R. Smith nella versione in lingua inglese: Rupert Smith, The utility of force: the art of war in the Modern World, Penguin, Londra, 2006 (ISBN 9780141020440). 2. Stefano Filippi, Alleati contro, Bruno Mondadori, Milano 2016 (ISBN 9788867741700).
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