First-year Seminar 056
Middlebury College
Spring Semester 2002

Whether it is maps employed in the defense of the Han dynasty in the second century B.C. or the logistic support for cruise missiles in the Gulf War, geography has always been associated with war and the exercise of power. The course will examine how geography and geographers were involved in the propagation, justification, and administration of territorial conquest and control. Students will be actively involved in unraveling the story of geography and war through research projects, fieldtrips, and the preparation of an on-line exhibition on contemporary wars.