This course provides an in-depth study of European history from 1900 through 1945, with emphasis on Britain, France, Germany, and Russia. Topics include Belle Epoque politics, society, and culture; the Great War of 1914; the politics of peace-making and the Treaty of Versailles; he 1917 revolutions in Russia, the civil war, and Stalin’s Revolution; inter-war culture and society; the depression of 1929; fascism, with special emphasis on the Nazi Movement in Germany; the diplomacy of the 1930s; and the Second World War.
Offered for 3 Semester hours.