Spring 2027

The American Military Experience Since 1899

Survey of American military experience since 1899, examining how warfare influenced all aspects of American society in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · John Hall

The course was rated as moderately difficult, and past students advised that attending lectures was essential.

What you’ll be able to do

  • Analyze the United States' rise as a global economic and military power.

  • Explain how political, cultural, economic, and technological factors influenced American military institutions, decisions to go to war, and the conduct of military operations.

  • Explain how and why American military policies, institutions, and practices changed or remained consistent over time and assess if there are persistent themes or areas of continuity that constitute a distinctly "American way of war."

  • Analyze the "national security state" that emerged after World War II and its subsequent development.

  • Explain the United States’s transition to an all-volunteer force.

  • 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.

  • Assess significant work in the historiography of twentieth- and/or twenty-first-century American military history.

Source: UW Guide

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Prerequisites

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Sophomore standing. Not open to students with credit forHISTORY 345.

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HISTORY 428

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

JOHN HALL is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Student experience

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Past student reviews · John Hall

John Hall was described as an amazing, knowledgeable professor who made the course a favorite for a history major with a European breadth.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2019: 3.80 GPA, 86.2% A/AB (n=58 letter grades); Spring 2020: 3.82 GPA, 97.6% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Spring 2022: 3.78 GPA, 92.7% A/AB (n=41 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · John Hall

The course was rated as moderately difficult, and past students advised that attending lectures was essential.

Past student reviews · John Hall

The professor was noted as approachable and helpful, despite having a severe appearance.

Topics

  • U.S. rise as a global economic and military power
  • Warfare as a human experience across battlefield, sea, air, home front, and government
  • Historiography of twentieth- and twenty-first-century American military history

Skills

  • Assess historiography of modern American military history
  • Explain political, cultural, economic, and technological influences on military institutions and operations

Grades

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1168 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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