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Academic Year 2004/2005

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

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.

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EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture/Discussion

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-21-2005

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