Calendar for April

Tuesday, April 25th: Total War - World War I

Reading Assignment:

• Hunt, pp. 863-873 & 878-885;
• Lualdi, pp. 87-91;
• Weisner, pp. 321-322 & 329-330.

Thursday, April 27th: The Rise of Totalitarianism and WWII (+ quiz!)

Reading Assignment:

• Hunt, pp. 918-930 & 933-949;
• Lualdi, pp. 91-99 & 102-106;
• Weisner, pp. 351-352;
• Browning, "German Killers in the Holocaust," in Social Dimensions.

Tuesday, May 2: Is there such a thing as a Cold War? (Discussion & Essay due!)

Reading Assignment:

• Hunt, pp. 874-878; 951-960; 984-989; 1012-101 & 1043-1054.
• Weisner, "Berlin and the Crux of the Cold War;"
• Essay on the following questions from Weisner, p. 373: "What were the origins of the Cold War? How did the Berlin Crises develop out of wartime agreements? What strategic considerations made Berlin so essential to both the Western allies and the Soviets?"

Thursday, May 4: September 11th and the Post-Cold-War World

• Hunt, pp. 1054-1068.