HIST224

This course introduces students to the history of the second World War.
Besides a brief introduction to the origins and effects of the war, this
course will cover such topics as Fascist and Nazi movements; the grand
strategies of the great powers: Great Britain, the Soviet Union, the United
States, Germany, and Japan; the appeasement and the origins of the war; the
resistance movements in Europe; China's role in the war; war-time
international relations; and the founding of the Yalta System. The Holocaust
and genocide, the slaughters in China, and the tragedy of atomic bombing in
Japan will also be studied. Documentary films, videotape materials, and guest
speakers will be included in the course.