HST 702 Lecture Notes - George Robb, Totalitarianism, William Rubinstein
15 Sep 2014
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Fall 2014 - section 1 mondays 11-1; fridays 9-10. Office: jor 530 phone: (416) 979-5000 x 2132. The first world war was a struggle of unprecedented proportions - - a conflict so transformative and so devastating that diplomat and historian george kennan characterized it as the seminal catastrophe of the twentieth century. This course will explore the first world war as the first total war, a war that mobilized entire societies and fundamentally transformed them in the process. Therefore, while this course will examine the causes and major developments of this conflict in its various theatres, it will focus not only on the fighting fronts, but on the home fronts and on the civilian experience. By drawing on social, cultural, political, economic and gender history, this course will explore the totality of the war from diverse angles and perspectives. The course will combine lectures and seminars, and will also draw upon film and other visual materials.
