| Lec # | Topics |
|---|---|
| 1 | Introductory Class |
| 2 | General Issues I |
| 3 | General Issues II |
| Cases | |
| 4 | The United States |
| 5 | The Soviet Union I The Case of the Great Purge |
| 6 | The Soviet Union II - Transition, Attempted Coup, and the Post-Soviet Military |
| 7 | Latin America I |
| 8 | Latin America II |
| 9 | Turkey and Pakistan |
| 10 | Japan (Prof. Richard Samuels to lead the class) |
| 11 | Africa |
| 12 | The Military in Multiethnic States |
| 13 | The Military and Social Change I |
| 14 | The Military and Social Change II |