History Courses For Dr. Christopher C. Lovett

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

Announcements

Age of Despotism

Age of Total War

Current  History

Dictators and Dems

DDE in War & Peace

Splendid Little Wars

Terrorism Online

World War II Online

Bibliography: History of Disease

Bioterrorism

Contemporary Terrorist Organizations

How to Write an Essay

Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.

PowerPoint Notes

Reaction Papers

TASK Information Updates

Terrorism Cybrary

Terrorism Filmography

Terrorism Glossary

Yahoo! Groups TASK Teachers

World War I Texts

The following are the books that will be used in the course. The professor recommends that you check some of the online sources for the texts at very reasonable prices.

C. S. Forester. The General. Charleston: Nautical and Aviation Publishing, 1982 (Seventh Printing 1999). Paper.

Hew Strachan. The First World War. New York: Viking, 2005. Paper. (The Text)

Ernest Junger. Storm of Steel. New York: Penguin, 1961.(Paper)

Robin Prior and Trevor Wilson. Passchendaele: The Untold Story. New Haven: Yale, 2002. (Paper)

Denis Winter. Death's Men: Soldiers of the Great War. New York: Penguin, 1978.

David Fromkin. Europe's Last Summer. New York: Vintage, 2005.(Paper)

Modris Ecksteins. Rites of Spring: The Great War and the Birth of the Modern Era. New York: Mariner Books, 2000.