Listed in: History, as HIST-101
Formerly listed as: HIST-24
Catherine A. Epstein (Section 01)
Trent E. Maxey (Section 01)
Kevin M. Sweeney (Section 01)
[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 01
F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CHAP 203
Section 02
F 01:00 PM - 01:50 PM CHAP 101
This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.
| ISBN | Title | Publisher | Author(s) | Comment | Book Store | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (Reprint ed.) | Harper Perennial, 1998 | Browning, Christopher R. | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| The Second World War (Reprint ed.) | Penguin Books, 2005 | Keegan, John | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Nine Lives | Serif Publishing, 2000 | Lotnik, Waldemar | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths | Drawn and Quarterly, 2011 | Mizuki, Shigeru | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| From Munich to Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt's America and the Origins of the Second World War | Ivan R. Dee, 2002 | Reynolds, David | Amherst Books | TBD | ||
| With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa | Presidio Press, 2007 | Sledge, E. B. | Amherst Books | TBD |
These books are available locally at Amherst Books.