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Academic Year 2002/2003

America at War: The United States and the Second World War
HIST 315 SP

World War II had a profound effect on American society, the economy, and America's global status. This course examines the many ways in which World War II influenced and transformed America through a study of the military, social and political history of the United States during World War II. Topics we will discuss include the influence of the war on gender and race relations; the impact of the war on American social and sexual culture; the ways in which democracies mobilize for war and the "selling" of the war to the American people; the military conduct of the war; the internment of Japanese-Americans; current debates about how the war should be remembered; and the cultural depictions of the war, from CASABLANCA to SAVING PRIVATE RYAN. This is an upper-level research seminar. Students will be required to undertake independent research and to write a major research paper for the course.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

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: Seminar

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-18-2003

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