Course Description: Civil-Military Relations bridges the gap between political and military sciences, explaining relationships and interactions between politicians and top-level military professionals. It analyzes how decisions on war vs. peace were made, and provides insight beyond the actual decisions - the implications for American foreign policy and military strategy. Learning objective for this course: informed citizens will learn CMR theories and examine case studies to examine their beliefs of good governance and national policy/strategy development. They can become opinion leaders and transcend the shallow news reporting that obscures this critical area. This course builds on "Political-Military Events in the 20th Century, America Dominates the World Stage." Six segments fill two weeks.

Course Instructor: Mark Schwartz has a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and twenty-two years in US Air Force, Lt. Colonel as an aviator and war plans specialist/emergency actions. He taught at SaddleBrooke Institute for Learning in Retirement and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and taught courses at Utah State University Summer Citizen Program in 2019. He lectures at the Pima Air Museum, Friends of the SaddleBrooke Library, SaddleBrooke Great Decisions & SaddleBrooke Rotary. He has published papers on military and political topics. Has completed numerous professional military schools and thirty years’ experience in aerospace industry.
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