| 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 |