The history of the operations will be used to provide bases for examining the two widely held beliefs. An independent student paper will be required. The analytic framework used for the comparison can be the one outlined in this syllabus and used in the course or an alternative of equal or superior capability. The paper should follow the standards of graduate student effort but no format is dictated. The needs of the topic dictate that the size will be not less than 15 pages, but length is not a critical evaluation characteristic.
Overhead viewgraphs are the preferred medium for the briefings.
The paper will represent the final examination in the course. A mid-term examination will be required. Richard E. Neustadt and Ernest R. May, Thinking in Time. Frank N. Schubert, ed., The Nation Builders. A Sesquicentennial History of the Corps of Topographical Engineers.