A survey of America's wars from the Colonial Era to the 1990s, covering their impact on the national and international scene. The course also examines the attitudes of the American people toward its armed forces, and the American style of waging war. Special emphasis is given Hitler and the World War II era. The course will first briefly study the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV and will then closely examine developments from the French Revolution to the present. The course will begin with a brief consideration of the Tudor, Stuart, and Georgian periods and will then closely examine English life in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Special emphasis is placed on the violence that has plagued Northern Ireland.
The course will begin with a brief consideration of the early modern period and will then examine events of the 19th and 20th centuries, especially the struggle for unification and Mussolini's fascist dictatorship. Attention will also be paid to the Italian influx into America and the reception that the immigrants received. An examination of the experiences of the major immigrant groups from the Puritans to the Third World peoples of the present day. A survey of the organization, development, and effects of the American economic achievements. Emphasis is placed upon the analysis of the roles of economic factors in our social and political life.