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HIST263
Sophomore Seminar: Appeasement and the Origins of the Second World War
HIST263 SP
Spring 97 Availability (Last Updated on Sat Mar 8 05:00:06 EST 1997
)
Section Limit Enrollment Available
01 15 13 2
A study of Europe's crisis, 1933-1939, from Hitler's
appointment as Chancellor of Germany to the outbreak of the
Second World War. Attention will focus upon the reassertion
of German power and its effects upon the diplomacy and
politics of Great Britain and France. Specific topics will
include: Hitler's aims and actions; critical events
concerning the Rhineland, Spain, Czechoslovakia, and Poland;
pacifism and the French Left; Neville Chamberlain and
British conservatism; and the debate over the immediate
origins of the war in 1939. Readings will include memoirs
and contemporary diplomatic documents, newspapers and
journals.
MAJOR READINGS
Gerhard Weinberg, THE FOREIGN POLICY OF
HITLER'S GERMANY: STARTING WORLD WAR II, 1937-1939
A.J.P. Taylor, THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Telford Taylor, MUNICH: THE PRICE OF PEACE
Martin Kitchen, EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS
Graham Ross, THE GREAT POWERS AND THE DECLINE OF THE
EUROPEAN STATE SYSTEM, 1914-1945
Andreas Hillgruber, GERMANY AND THE TWO WORLD WARS
Donald Cameron Watt, HOW WAR CAME: THE IMMEDIATE ORIGINS OF
THE SECOND WORLD WAR
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Four short papers (5-6 pages)
on a subject assigned by the instructor plus a major
research paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
COURSE FORMAT: Seminar
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
- Section 01
- Greene, N
- Times: M...... 1:10PM;
- Grading Mode: A/F
- Registration Preference (1 high to 6 low, 0=Excluded) Sr: 3, Jr: 2, So: 1, Fr: 4
- No Major Preference Given
Last Updated on MAR-10-1997
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