HIST2120 - 01 - Europe in the Era of World War

(HI) Historical Inquiry (H) Historical Consciousness(DM) Diversity and Multiculturalism

This course begins with Europe at its zenith and the background to the Great War. The devestation of that war, and the troubled international relations and radicalization of domestic politics that followed from it, are major topics, as are the Russian Revolutions of 1917 and subsequent development of the Soviet Union, the actions of the fascist parties and states, especially the ascendancy of Nazism in Germany, and the causes and course of World War II. Film and personal accounts are a prominent part of the course.