The Teaching of Military History at Portuguese Universities

This article seeks to answer a very concrete question: should Military History be taught at university? It is, first and foremost, about contextualising the evolution of this field of studies in recent decades, in order to ascertain its scientific dignity. Then, based on the experience registered at three of the main Portuguese universities (especially in Coimbra) since the turn of the millennium, it seeks to present the most important arguments for the inclusion of Military History in the undergraduate curricula. Finally, this paper evokes a set of circumstances that, in Portugal but also in Spain, have made this area of teaching and research very appealing

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