Listed in: History, as HIST-24
Catherine A. Epstein (Sections 01 and 03)
Trent E. Maxey (Sections 02 and 04)
Kevin M. Sweeney (Section 05)
[C] This course will explore World War II in global perspective. Historians of Europe, Japan, and the United States will join together to teach the history of the world’s most destructive war. Topics include the rise of militant regimes in Germany and Japan; German and Japanese aggression in the 1930s; the attack on Pearl Harbor; famous battles of the war; the Holocaust; German and Japanese occupation practices; civilian life in the Allied and Axis countries; and the later memory of the war. The course will also address moral controversies raised by the war, including the Anglo-American firebombing of Germany and the decision to drop the atomic bomb. Texts for the course will include film, memoirs, government documents, graphic and other novels, and secondary accounts of the war. Class will consist of two lectures and one discussion section per week.
Spring semester. Professors Epstein, Maxey, and K. Sweeney.
Section 01
M 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
W 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
Section 02
M 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
W 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
Section 03
M 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
W 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
Section 04
M 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
W 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
Section 05
M 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
W 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CONV 108
Section 01
F 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CHAP 101
Section 02
F 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CHAP 201
Section 03
F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CHAP 101
Section 04
F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CHAP 201
Section 05
F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CHAP 203