Term Paper Topics 13th Waves 2008 Oct.
(Due Date Nov. 1st)
Military History (in Europe; focus on history 1200-1800)
(1) Cellmate Naval Warfare
(2) KSJ Warfare on Land : Battles
(3) Smurf Sieges in Europe, 1400-1700
(4) Wars and the Civilian Population
(5) CJY Burgundy and the Hundred Years War
(6) Amazon Peasant Revolts
(7) AJW The Composition of Armies
(8) The History of Major Military Powers : Burgundy
(9) DHY The History of Major Military Powers : Spain
(10) Aschenputtel The History of Major Military Powers : Sweden
(11) The Hanseatic League as a Military Power
(12) The Republic of Venice as a Military Power
(13) The Dutch Republic as a Military Power
(14) CHY Women and War
(15) JYK Crusades in Europe
(16) KMS The Counterreformation and Wars
(17) Nemeses : Denmark and Sweden
(18) LYJ Nemeses : France and Spain
(19) KYR Nemeses : England and Scotland
(20) KJY Nemeses : England and France
(21) The History of Major Military Powers : Ottoman Empire
(22) Nemeses : Muscovy (Russia) and the Tatars
(23) YSH Nemeses : Russia and Poland-Lithuania
(24) LSH Rebellious Minorities : France's Huguenots
(26) PHR Tenacious Rebels : Scotland's Jacobites
(27) SJH Tenacious Rebels : the Irish
(28) Tenacious Rebels : the Corsicans
(29) KHI Europe and the Barbary Coast Pirates
(30) KJW Turning Points in History : the Gran Armada 1588
(31) PSW Turning Points in History : the Battle of Kahlenberg (Vienna) 1683
(32) HDE The History of Defensive Architecture : from Castle to Fortress
(33) YWS The Military History of Switzerland
(34) NB Battleground Belgium
(35) LES Battleground Italy
(36) SJE Battleground Bohemia
(37) Nemeses : Poland and Sweden
(38) KJS History of Military Academies
(39) JYJ The History of Artillery in European Warfare
(40) History of Recruitment
(41) KIJ The Treatment of Prisoners of War in History
(42) SDE Under the White Flag : Communication between Enemies
Sample Students' papers on Military history
Han, Chang Hee, Greek Civil War (2007; research paper)
Chung, Habin Economic Factors in 19th Century Chinese Rebellions (2005, term paper)
Kwak, Suk Chun, Development, Deployment & Impact of Airborne Infantry during WWII (2005, research paper)
Kim, Kyung Mook, History of the Civil War in Sri Lanka since 1983 (2006, term paper)
Cho, Namje, The War of Spanish Succession 1701-1714 (2007, term paper)
Kim, Hyun Kyu, Sieges in Medieval Warfare : the First and Fourth Crusade
A number of the sample papers are rather detailed and lengthy. For the term papers for October 2008, perhaps the best 'role model'
to look at is the last one. Hyun Kyu's paper stresses analysis over a narration of facts, and is of reasonable length and depth.
The papers for October should give a narrative survey and should contain an independent analysis.
First claim, by email or verbal, gets the topic; every topic only once.
September 24th 2008
Alexander Ganse
