Military+Conflict+Theory



//**When should a government lead its people into military conflict?**//

**Military Conflict Hypothesis -** Identify the three conditions you would use to determine whether the government's actions leading the nation into a military conflict are justifiable.

**Military Conflict Research** - Test and strengthen your military conflict hypothesis by researching the three historical conflict cases listed below.


 * Conflict Analysis Case No.1 - American Foreign Policy (1796 - 1825) [February 27th - March 13th]


 * Conflict Analysis Case No.2 - Manifest Destiny (Native American Removal, War w/ Mexico) [March 14th - April 6th]


 * Conflict Analysis Case No.3 - Events leading to the American Civil War [April 16th - April 27th]

**Analysis & Revision** - After each case study, do an analysis of the government's actions based on the conditions you established in your "Military Conflict Hypothesis." Do the events of the case study strengthen your original hypothesis or do the events of the past cause you to have to make changes and revisions? Update and revise your hypothesis as necessary before moving on to the next case study.
 * // "Jus ad bellum" // - Perspectives of the "Right to War" theory by Stanford University & the Catholic Church ([|Word] / [|Pages])
 * [|Conflict Theory Research Graphic Organizer] (Word)
 * [|Conflict Theory Research Graphic Organizer] (Pages)

**Final Project: Personal Military Conflict Doctrine** - Prepare your final military conflict theory. The media presentation will state the basis/conditions you will use for deciding whether or not the government's actions leading people into conflict are justifiable. The theory will be supported by the research you have gathered from the repeated testing of your hypothesis through the use of the Conflict Analysis Case studies.
 * Military Conflict Theory Sentence Outline ([|Word] / [|Pages])
 * ** Military Conflict Theory - Final Project Page **