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Updated as of 2 October 05
Today in History:
On October 2, 1780, Major John
André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was
executed on this day in history.
Quote of the Day:
"In my view we are much worse
off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted
for these guys."
A senior figure at a
military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in
The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004)
Was the 2004 Election Stolen?
Take the Ann Coulter
Quiz
Where are you politically? Take
the
Neocon Quiz and find out.
"History
is Far too Important to be left to History Professors"
Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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Age of Despotism
Age of Total War
Current History
Dictators and Dems
DDE in War & Peace
Splendid Little
Wars
Terrorism Online
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Bioterrorism
Contemporary Terrorist Organizations
How to Write an Essay
Map of Islamic
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Reading Assignments
The table below is designed to help
students read along in the text as we cover each topic in the course or get a
jump start on the readings before the course begins.
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Date |
Topic |
Readings |
Film |
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June 28, 2004 |
Background |
Brendon, 1-49 |
The Great
War and the Shaping of the Twentieth Century Part,
The War Without End |
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June 29, 2004 |
The Great Depression |
Brendon, 50-101 |
The Great
Depression:
A Job at Fords |
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June 30, 2004 |
The Coming of the Fuhrer |
Brendon, 102-125 |
Max |
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July 1, 2004 |
The First Fascist |
Brendon, 126-148 |
The 1920s: A Decade of Contradictions |
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July 5, 2004 |
No Class |
Brendon, 149-202 |
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July 6, 2004 |
Threat in the Far East |
Brendon, 203-229 |
The
1930s: The Great Depression |
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July 7, 2004 |
Stalin and Soviet Russia |
Brendon, 230-256 |
Joseph
Stalin: The Red Terror |
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July 8, 2004 |
FDR and the New Deal/The Nazi Revolution |
Brendon, 257-280,
281-306 |
The
American Experience FDR:
Fear Itself |
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July 12, 2004 |
Fascism on the Move -- Ethiopia and Elsewhere |
Brendon, 307-331,
359-385 |
Between the Wars: The Italian-Ethiopian War
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Cambridge Spies |
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July 13, 2004 |
The Crimes of Stalin |
Brendon, 465-493 |
Yanks for Stalin |
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July 14, 2004 |
Japanese Militarism |
Brendon, 438-464 |
The World
at War:
Banzai! - Japan 1932-1942 |
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July 15, 2004 |
American Isolationism |
Brendon, 494-520 |
The World
at War: On Our Way -
U.S.A 1932-1942 /
Dear, I'll Be Back In A Year |
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