History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett
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History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett |
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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) 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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VI. The Naval War. A. Introduction. B. Opening Rounds. C. Here Comes the Submarines. D. The Lusitania Affair. E. The American and German Responses. F. Jutland and After. QUESTIONS: 1. How did the Dreadnought class of new supper battleships revolutionize naval war? What advance did the new warships give the British? How did this affect the Germans? Explain. 2. If fleet actions were impossible, since neither side was willing to give battle, what was the status of the belligerents in the early days of World War I? 3. What was the status of the Royal Navy on the eve of World War I? 4. The Royal Navy was designed for major fleet engagements; however, the Germans were not willing to take the bait. How did the British attempt to force a major naval battle in order to destroy the German navy? 5. Why were the traditional naval rules, written in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, not realistic in light of the new weapon systems used during World War I? 6. How the German submarine campaign dramatize the weakness of the cruiser rules of naval war? How did the Germans conduct submarine operations during World War I? How did the British respond? 7. The sinking of the Lusitania dramatized the complexity of naval war during World War I. Was the Lusitania a legitimate target? Was she carrying contraband? How did the sinking alter U.S.-German relations? 8. How important was the Battle of Jutland? What did it prove? What impact did the battle have on both Germany and Britain? Explain. TERMS: Lusitania Deutschland Hugo von Pohl Dreadnought Queen Mary Sir John JellicoeJohn Holland Mauritania Sir David Beatty U-20 William Jennings Bryan Fritz von Hipper CSS Hunley Strict Accountability Jutland Jacky Fisher Reinhart von Sheer Battle of the Falklands |
