MERLOT Materials

War Studies Primer (http://www.warstudiesprimer.org) is an introductory course on the study of war and military history.... see more

This page introduces military strategic studies as the disciplined analysis of how armed forces plan and conduct... see more

This seminar has three purposes. One, it inquires into the causes of military innovation by examining a number of the... see more

This course explores organizational concepts and research methods that explain the performance and development of... see more

Explore Military History: core skills, uni-ready projects, and career pathways.

This page traces how military technology — from bronze weapons and siege engines through gunpowder, industrialised... see more

This course will conduct a comparative study of the grand strategies of the great powers (Britain, France, Germany and... see more

This page traces the development of air power from the earliest military uses of aviation through strategic bombing, Cold... see more

The National Defence University Malaysia (NDUM) Kuala Lumpur provides an undergraduate education to the future officers... see more

This page explores the history of naval power from ancient seafaring states to modern maritime strategy, examining how... see more

This page examines war not only as a military event but as a transformative social and cultural force. It explores how... see more

This is a free textbook that is offered by Amazon for reading on a Kindle. Anybody can read Kindle books—even without a... see more

This page examines how war has been financed, supplied, and sustained across history, and how armed conflict has in turn... see more

This video was recorded at MIT Industrial Liaison Program. Corporate Access to MIT Innovation is your lifeblood. Your... see more

This page introduces peace studies and conflict resolution as an interdisciplinary field that investigates the causes of... see more

Although attention will be devoted to the causes and long-term consequences of the Civil War, this class will focus... see more

This video was recorded at Security and Technology @ Carnegie Council. Michael O'Hanlon explains how military modeling... see more

Today many people assume that technological change is the major factor in historical change and that it tends to lead to... see more

The National Archives holds a wealth of material documenting the African American experience and highlights these... see more

Writing in the wake of the Civil War, poet Walt Whitman insisted that "the real war will never get in the books."... see more

History of the Samurai in Japan

This video was recorded at HIST 119 - The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877. Professor Blight lectures on the... see more

Today many people assume that technological change is the major factor in historical change and that it tends to lead to... see more

This page examines guerrilla warfare and insurgency as forms of asymmetric conflict in which smaller or less powerful... see more