(Set) Assessing America’s National Security Threats & War in the Modern World

Travel to the front lines of modern warfare with this two-course set that brings together Assessing America’s National Security Threats and War in the Modern World. First, explore the history and current scope of threats to US national security and evaluate how America can counter them effectively. Then, examine modern war through modern conflicts, exploring decades of violent conflicts between and within nation-states.

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