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Academic Year 2002/2003


The United States and Japan in World War II
HIST 238 FA

Crosslistings:
EAST 237
AMST 227
Clusters:

Christian Studies

World War II was a watershed event in world history that set much of the course for the rest of the 20th-century. This comparative history course explores the impact of World War II on the United States and Japan. Looking at the war in the Pacific from both the American and Japanese perspectives, we will examine why the two nations went to war in 1941, how each society mobilized for the war, what the combat experience in the Pacific was like for American and Japanese soldiers, and how the war transformed American and Japanese societies, respectively. Team-taught by a historian of the United States and a historian of Japan, the class will focus on the significance and legacies of the war for both Japanese and American history.

MAJOR READINGS

Haniko Cook and Theodore Cook, JAPAN AT WAR: AN ORAL HISTORY
John Dower, WAR WITHOUT MERCY: RACE AND POWER IN THE PACIFIC WAR
John Dower, EMBRACING DEFEAT: JAPAN IN THE WAKE OF WWII
Lewis Erenberg and Susan Hirsch, THE WAR IN AMERICAN CULTURE
Robert Love, PEARL HARBOR REVISITED
Ronald Spector, EAGLE AGAINST THE SUN: THE AMERICAN WAR WITH JAPAN
Abe Nornes and Fukushima Yukio, THE JAPAN/AMERICA FILM WARS: WORLD WAR II PROPOGANDA AND ITS CULTURAL CONTEXTS
John Tateishi, AND JU STICE FOR ALL: AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE AMERICAN DETENTION CAMPS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two papers, midterm, final exam.

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: SBS HIST    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Romano,Renee Christine   
Times: .M.W... 02:40PM-04:00PM;     Location: PAC002
Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: 60)
SR. major: 10   Jr. major: 10
SR. non-major: 5   Jr. non-major: 5   SO: 15   FR: 15

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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003


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