BA (Hons) Military History Bachelor's degree at the University of Kent

Introduces the key themes and historiographical debates that have shaped the study of war. Covers the 'war and society' approach to military history, considering the nature of armies as institutions and the degree to which they reflect their parent societies. Engages with social history, cultural history, political and diplomatic history, race and war, gender and war, and environmental history.

Explores the concept of battle as the defining characteristic of military history. Examines famous battles including Agincourt (1415), Waterloo (1815), D-Day (1944), Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift (1879), and Tsushima (1905). Considers the nature of armies, strategic context, commanders' abilities, and the legacies of battles.

Examines various aspects of the British army since its formation in 1660. Explores how the army recruited soldiers, the composition of the officer corps, political interventions by the army, and the role of the army in shaping the British state. Uses a 'new military history' approach to understand the army as both an institution and part of British society.

Explores the evolving composition, role, and performance of the British Army in the 20th and early 21st centuries. Focuses on historiographical debates surrounding civil-military relations, generalship, technology, discipline and morale, the role of women, and combat motivation. Covers both world wars, the interwar years, preparation for potential nuclear war, and counter-insurgency.

Explores the expansion and collapse of imperialism over recent centuries and how empires have shaped the world. Examines the economic, political, cultural and social histories of empire through their structures, instruments and consequences. Develops understanding of modern economic and cultural globalisation and its relationship with protectionism, nationalism and xenophobia.

Examines how people in the past experienced health and illness and how professional medicine came to dominate discussions of health and treatments. With particular focus on Britain and Western Europe in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, explores themes such as epidemic disease, mental health, health environments, welfare states, the relationship between medicine and war, sexuality, and colonialism.

Surveys major events, themes, and historiographical debates in early modern history (c. 1450-1750). Covers the Renaissance, the advent of print, the Reformations, the rise of empires, the Enlightenment, the rise of slavery and an explosion of commodities and trade. Explores new encounters between civilisations spurred on by trade, empire and Christianity.

Comparative study of wars in Europe from the French Revolutionary Wars to the Second World War. Adopts the 'war and society' approach, focusing on social composition and combat effectiveness of armies, causes of wars, and civil-military relations. Considers the French Revolutionary Wars, Napoleonic Wars, mid-19th Century Wars of Unification, First World War, Spanish Civil War, and Second World War.

Examines the formation of modern political culture, democracy, party politics, ideological divides, enlightenment, and secularisation between 1700 and 1990. Evaluates revolution, reform and the Cold War as key themes in humanity's struggle to exit the crisis of the Ancien Régime and create a better world.

Guides students through identifying a workable dissertation topic, formulating research questions, defining structure, locating sources, and identifying a potential supervisor. Prepares students to produce a fully-fledged dissertation proposal.