War Studies Primer is an introductory course on the study of war: 28 lectures and over 1,250 slides.

The purpose of the War Studies Primer is to provide a primer, or introduction, to the study of war.

In its current form, the War Studies Primer is presented as a lecture curriculum for a university course that is an introduction to war studies. It is a non-credit, self-study course.

War Studies Primer was begun in 2004, is a work in progress, and will be updated on a yearly basis.

War Studies Primer is made available for your use and reuse and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported License.

Please contact me with your comments and feedback about the War Studies Primer.
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NOSI is taking a short break and will next update on Saturday March 29th. I apologize for posting this so late, I had intended to post it on March 14th???I will see you again on March 29th!
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Reuters – LTC John Nagl comments on the situation in Afghanistan.
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