COURSE NUMBER: | HIST 399 | ||||||||||
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COURSE TITLE: | Special Topics in History - 2009/10 Winter - The Second
World War |
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NAME OF INSTRUCTOR: | Dr Mark Sandle | ||||||||||
CREDIT WEIGHT AND WEEKLY TIME DISTRIBUTION: | credits 3(hrs lect 3 - hrs sem 0 - hrs lab 0) | ||||||||||
COURSE DESCRIPTION: | A course on a topic of figure of special interest to a
member of the history faculty and offered on a non-recurring basis.
Prerequisites: HIST 202 or 204 2009/10 Winter This module examines the history of the Second World War, adopting a thematic and a comparative approach in order to explore some of the contested issues in our understanding of this key moment in twentieth century history, and of subsequent ways in which this war has been interpreted and represented by historians commentators and politicians. The module will also engage with the historiographical debates which run at the heart of this topic, and will introduce students to the contested interpretations of key moments, individuals and documents and will explore why such divergent interpretations have emerged and assess the relative strengths and weaknesses of these interpretations. In this course we will examine a range of different source material as we explore some of these questions – visual, textual, official – and seek to understand the forces which continue to shape our world today. Throughout the course we will debate and reflect upon what it means to study the past as Christians, and seek to develop a Christian perspective on key issues and developments. |
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REQUIRED TEXTS: | Weinberg, Gerhard L., A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005). | ||||||||||
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COURSE OBJECTIVES: | By the end of this course students will:
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COURSE OUTLINE: |
BLOC
ONE Jan 5-Feb 8 War and Warfare
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Required texts, assignments, and grade distributions
may vary
from one offering of this course to the next. Please consult
the course instructor for up to date details.
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