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Instructional Materials

Case Studies

Case instruction offers students an opportunity to develop analytic, decision-making, and discussion skills to a much greater extent than is possible in other teaching formats. CSE case studies include appendices (for example, chronologies, biographical sketches, photographs, and documents), as well as extensive teaching notes.

CS-01 - "A Firm and Commensurate Response":  U.S. Retaliation for the Bush Assassination Attempt
Dr. Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston University

CS-02 - Generals Versus the President
Dr. Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston University

CS-03 - Obligations of Leadership. The Khobar Towers' Bombing and its Aftermath
Dr. Eliot A. Cohen, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies

CS-04 - "Rotation from Hell": The 48th Infantry Brigade, Georgia Army National Guard in DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM
Dr. Eliot A. Cohen, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies

CS-05 - The UN-NATO Coalition: Diplomatic and Military Interaction in Bosnia
Dr. Thomas A. Keaney, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies; and
Mr. Scott F.C. Douglas, Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University

All case studies are $4.00 each.

If you are interested in writing a case study for the Merrill Center, please see the Request for Proposals .

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Film Guides

Movies offer vivid insight into the realities of combat, wartime leadership, and the nature of military subcultures. The Merrill Center has developed film guides with teaching notes for the following movies.  For more information on a particular movie or the themes which it addresses, please click on the movie's title.

All film guides are $1.00 each for the electronic version and $1.50 each for the printed version.

If you are interested in writing a film guide for the Merrill Center, please see the Request for Proposals .

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Research Guides

RG-01 - National Security Research on the Internet
by William M. Arkin

A compact, practical, easy-to-comprehend guide to using the internet for researchers interested in security studies, contemporary military affairs, military history, conflict management, and arms control and disarmament. Develops skills and offers practical tips on how to exploit the mushrooming resources of the Internet.

The guide is available in hard copy from the Merrill Center. 

$2.00 (includes postage costs)

"Bill Arkin is a serious scholar first, and a webhead second. His excellent book will teach national security researchers invaluable tricks for Web searching, and remind them that experiences, smart guesses, and persistence still matter a lot."

Stephen P. Rosen, Associate Director
Olin Institute for Strategic Studies
Harvard University

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Exercises & Simulations

ES-01 - Carrier Requirements Exercise
This exercise explores the nature of technological tradeoffs, ways of coping with technological uncertainty, and the relationship between strategic, operational, and tactical requirements on the one hand, and design possibilities on the other.
by Thomas Hone

ES-02 - The July 1965 Decision to Escalate
This exercise explores the circumstances, options, and risks addressed in the U.S. decision to escalate dramatically the commitment of U.S. ground troops in Vietnam.
by Dr. Thomas A. Keaney, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies

ES-03 - Choosing Sides in South Asia:  The 1971 Crisis
This exercise explores the 1971 India-Pakistan War.
by Dr. Thomas A. Keaney, Merrill Center for Strategic Studies; and
Mr. Hans R. Davies, SAIS graduate 2003

$4.00 (includes postage costs)

If you are interested in writing an exercise or simulation for the Center, please see the Request for Proposals .

You may contact Ms. Thayer McKell, Program Coordinator, to order or if you would like more information on Merrill Center instructional materials. 

The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies
The Johns Hopkins University
1619 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20036

To order instructional materials, contact the Program Coordinator,
Ms. Thayer McKell at 202-663-5774 or twmckell@jhu.edu.