Spring 2027

Military History of the United States

This course examines the founding and growth of the US military establishment, the exercise of military art, and military policies in connection with political, social, and economic factors.

offering recorded3–4 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 John Hall4.0/5

Summary

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.58 GPA, 78.1% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.57 GPA, 81.7% A/AB (n=71 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.62 GPA, 79.3% A/AB (n=82 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Identify and describe the diverse military traditions that collided in colonial North America and how they evolved in response to each other and technological developments.

  • Explain how the United States has attempted to use military power to advance its interests and ideals around the world and to what effect.

  • Explain how and why American military policies, establishments, and practices evolved over time.

  • Explain how concepts of identity (to include race, ethnicity, kinship, gender, and religion) influence the character of war and how war has, in turn, influenced identity.

  • Analyze warfare as a human experience endured on the battlefield, at sea, in the sky, on the home front, at desolate outposts, and in councils of government.

  • Analyze the significance and persistence of expansion - physical, commercial, and ideological - to American (military) history.

  • Assess significant work in the historiography of American military history.

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing. Not open to students with credit forHISTORY 427 or 428.

HISTORY 345

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Professors

Spring 2027

John Hall

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Raw average: 4.42/5 from 19 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.58 GPA, 78.1% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.57 GPA, 81.7% A/AB (n=71 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.62 GPA, 79.3% A/AB (n=82 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JOHN HALL is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 900
DIS 301Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 302Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 303Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 304Classroom Instruction0 / 180
DIS 305Classroom Instruction0 / 180

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2024: 3.58 GPA, 78.1% A/AB (n=73 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.57 GPA, 81.7% A/AB (n=71 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.62 GPA, 79.3% A/AB (n=82 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Founding and growth of the military establishment.
  • Exercise of the military art.
  • Military policies and relevant political, social, and economic factors.
  • Identity concepts including race, ethnicity, kinship, gender, and religion in war.
  • Significance and persistence of physical, commercial, and ideological expansion.
  • Historiography of American military history.

Skills

  • Identifying and describing diverse military traditions and their evolution.
  • Explaining the use of US military power to advance interests and ideals.
  • Analyzing the reciprocal influence of identity concepts and war.
  • Analyzing warfare as a human experience across various settings.
  • Assessing significant work in the historiography of American military history.

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HISTORY 345 · Spring 2027

Military History of the United States

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Recorded 2026-10-14

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