This is a special topics course that offers the opportunity to examine an aspect of international history that does not align with regularly-scheduled international history elective courses. Topics will vary from one iteration to the next. Consult the Department of History Academic Counselors for more information.
This course examines the Second World War from a global perspective while using a thematic approach to compare the different experiences of each of the major belligerents. Whether covering the home front or the Holocaust, the cadets in the course will examine the social, political, cultural, and economic factors that contributed to how belligerents waged war, and, in turn, how war affected each of these four factors across the globe. The course covers how and why the belligerents planned and executed particular strategies and operations in the European, Pacific, and China-Burma-India theaters in order to achieve their coalition and national goals. Finally, this course examines the interrelationship of sea, air, and land forces, and the complexities of providing logistical support to joint and combined operations on an unprecedented scale.
Lessons
40 @ 55 min (2.500 Att/wk)
Labs
0 @ 0 min
Special requirements
A 1500-word research paper; compensatory time provided.
