<p>I've looked through three or so course catalogues, and it infuriates me there was only one class that is focused on the military (about the Byzantine army). Why are history classes so dominated by cultural/social histories? I mean, I can respect the trend in the history community today, but come on, offer at least 5 or so courses about the military!</p>
<p>I've thought about how military history isn't all too relevant to the modern world, but that obviously doesn't matter to colleges as I've see courses about the history of university itself or about equally irrelevant subjects such as "Asian-American Women's history." Nevermind ancient and Eastern warfare (which is my niche), finding a class about strategy, weaponry and tactics in motherf'n WWII is like trying to find people in Antartica. </p>
<p>WHY GOD WHY?</p>
<p>Sorry about the rant, but I'm just ****ed off.</p>
<p>They might not be in under the history course designation - I believe that my school has some that are under military science. They're supposed to be for ROTC kids, but if you get special permission from the ROTC director and professor of the course, then regular students can get into certain ones - like military history.</p>
<p>It's like this at my university as well. In my view, it's basically because liberals are running the history department (as if they don't run everything), and they don't see studying military and war as valuable. They'd much rather have students study "The Gay Experience in Contemporary Japan" or whatever.</p>
<p>I agree that a good university should have courses on everything when it comes to history, including the military side of it. And I do agree liberals, or progressives, have more influence in universities than is needed to educate us students. Balance is the key. On that note, a military history course with a timeline after WWII should include reference to the disgusting act of corporate and military marriage when discussing the effects on civilian society and how to alleviate it (like taking away the profit motive through heavy taxation for private companies that choose to "rebuild" war-torn countries, leaving only the most patriotic bidders to share the sacrifice of war, or having the government do it.).</p>