THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN GLOBAL CONTEXT

Undergraduate

This course combines lectures and class discussions and covers the history of the Second World War, its causes, conduct, and impact on twentieth century history. Topics include the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi movement in Germany; the international crises of the 1930s; the war on land, on sea, and in the air in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East; the Holocaust; the wartime conferences of Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt; the use of atomic weapons against Japan; the post-war Nuremberg Trials; the origins of the Cold War; and the impact of the war on society and the home front. PREREQUISITES: Second Year standing or above, or permission of the instructor Lecture/Seminar: Three hours a week