Schedule for Splendid Little Wars

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Updated as of 2 October 05

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Schedule for Splendid Little Wars

Date	Topic	Readings	Film
Monday, July 7	Introduction the Barbary Wars	Boot, Chapter 1	Frontline: The War Behind Closed Doors
Tuesday, July 8	The Sikh Wars	Farwell, Chapters 3-5	CNN's The War Room
Wed, July 9	The Crimean War	Farwell, Chapter 7	*Frontline: The Gulf War, Pt. 1*
Thursday, July 10	The Early Afghan Wars	Farwell, Chapter 19	*Frontline: The Gulf War, Part 2*
Monday July 14	Wars for American Empire	Boot, Chapters 4-5	PBS: The Splendid Little War
Tuesday, July 15	The Wars for the Sudan	Farwell, Chapters, 24-25 and 29	Four Feathers
Wed, July 16	The Boer Wars	Farwell, Chapters 30-31	Breaker Morant
Thursday, July 17	The Banana Wars	Boot, 6-7 and 10	THC: The True Story of Black Hawk Down
Monday, July 21	Fighting in China by Bluff	Boot, Chapter 11-12	Frontline: Ambush in Mogadishu
Tuesday, July 22	Trip to Iola for Visit to the	Home of Fighting	Fred Funston
Wed. July 23	Small Wars Since Vietnam and the Powell Doctrine	Boot, Chapters 13-14	Black Hawk Down
Thursday, July 24	Post Test	Group Presentations