HIST209 - Europe in the Age of Violence, 1914-1945

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Academic Year 2003/2004

Europe in the Age of Violence, 1914-1945
HIST 209 SP

This course studies the history of Europe during a period of unprecedented conflict and nearly uninterrupted turmoil. Two world wars, revolutions, social and national antagonisms, ideological combat, racial hatreds, and extraordinary political leaders, such as Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler, Churchill, and de Gaulle, determined the lives and destinies of Europeans during these three intense and dangerous decades. Very close attention will be given to the origins, conduct, and consequences of both world wars; Communism, Fascism and Nazism; and the crises of democracy in Britain, France, and Spain.

MAJOR READINGS

James Joll, THE ORIGINS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR
Sheila Fitzpatrick, THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION R.J.B. Bosworth, MUSSOLINI
Stanley G. Payne, A HISTORY OF FASCISM
Eugene Weber, THE HOLLOW YEARS
P.M.H. Bell, THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN EUROPE
Martin Kitchen, EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS
Paul Preston, THE COMING OF THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR
George Orwell, HOMAGE TO CATALONIA
Julian Jackson France, THE DARK YEARS, 1940-1944
Ian Kershaw, HITLER 1936-1945: NEMESIS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Two papers and a final examination, or two hour examinations and a final examination.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

There is no prerequisite for this course.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Greene,Nathanael

Times: .M.W.F. 10:00AM-10:50AM; Location: PAC001

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 60)

SR. major: 10 Jr. major: 10

SR. non-major: 10 Jr. non-major: 10 SO: 10 FR: 10

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Writing

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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004