His class is great. He is not. His class was extremely easy and straight forward. But he himself, if you talk to him through email, is really mean.

One of my favorite classes at UCSB. If you have any interest in the history of the America's wars you will love this class. Lt. Col. Stokes was very knowledgeable and helpful. Boosted my GPA and learned a lot

By far one of the best professors on the UCSB campus. One of the great thinkers in Military History.

This class is easy, but he is getting harder, there is no review anymore. Theres a midterm, an 1800 word research paper, and a Final. The rules for the paper and the grading are very straightforward. Its an easy topic: explain how a piece of technology changed warfare. He highlights all the information that will be on the test on his powerpoints.

This class is a great GPA booster. Your grade consists of two exams and an essay. The essay is straightforward and if you attend all the lectures you will know ALL the answers to the tests. Lectures can be long and boring, but are definitely worth going to. I would recommend this class.

lectures were excrutiatingly boring. i liked stokes a lot and his powerpoints but the subject was painfully uninteresting. easy enough to get an A, he told the class that 80% pull an A. attendance not taken but vital to learning the material although there is a review before the midterm and the final. good for GEs.