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MIT OpenCourseWare
Civil-Military Relations
- Instructor
- Prof. Roger Petersen
- Term
- Spring 2003
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 11 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 17.584 Civil-Military Relations, Spring 2003, Prof. Roger Petersen — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Before you start
Prerequisites are not listed here. Check MIT's own syllabus for this course.
How this course was organized
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- A lecture sequence of 14 items is confirmed. It stays as organized materials rather than a full course order.
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Materials by section
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Lecture Notes
11 files
- General Issues I Download
- General Issues II Download
- The United States Download
- The Soviet Union I Download
- The Soviet Union II - Transition, Attempted Coup, and the Post-Soviet Military Download
- Latin America I Download
- Latin America II Download
- Turkey and Pakistan Download
- Japan (Courtesy of guest lecturer: Richard Samuels. Used with permission.) Download
- Africa Download
- The Military in Multiethnic States Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: General Issues I
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Lecture 3: General Issues II
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Lecture 4: The United States
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Lecture 5: The Soviet Union I The Case of the Great Purge
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Lecture 6: The Soviet Union II - Transition, Attempted Coup, and the Post-Soviet Military
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Lecture 7: Latin America I
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Lecture 8: Latin America II
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Lecture 9: Turkey and Pakistan
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Lecture 10: Japan (Prof. Richard Samuels to lead the class)
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Lecture 11: Africa
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Lecture 12: The Military in Multiethnic States
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Lecture 13: The Military and Social Change I
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Lecture 14: The Military and Social Change II
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Roger Petersen, 17.584 Civil-Military Relations, Spring 2003.
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