Readings:

Kagan: ch. 26, (939-944), 27 (965-985, 987-991), 28, 29 (1033-1058), 30 (1072-1080)p-source excerpts: pp.869, 1074, 1152, 1162-1163

WWW: propaganda images from Nazi Germany, WWII & Cold War; Goldhagen essay,

- Russian Revolution & USSR (1917-1924): 2 Revolutions-Feb. & October, 1917-est. of Provisional govt. & then Bolshevik regime - what is the sig. of WWI on the Russian Revolution? - "peace, land, bread," - Civil War: "reds vs. whites," War Communism, New Economic Policy, Comintern-Bolshevik ideology, role of key individuals - to death of Lenin

- the end of World War I & Europe in the 1920's: Versailles treaty: stipulations & significance - relevance of 14 points, est. of Weimar Republic, economic problems & political conflicts in early 1920's - inflation, Ruhr occupation, Mussolini & Fascist Italy

- 1930's totalitarianism - rise of Stalinist Soviet Union: 5-year plans for industrialization, "de-kulakization," use of terror & purges, cult of personality, ascendancy of Adolf Hitler & National Socialism in Germany-sig of depression, reaction against Weimar,---who did Hitler appeal to and why? How did Nazis build popular support? - Nazi Germany: ideology & methods - use of propaganda - Fascist Italy corporatism & aggression

- World War II - road to war: totalitarian aggression in 1930's, Spanish Civil War, Munich Pact & appeasement, German invasion of Poland, 9/1939 - war: 1939-1942: Axis (IT/GER/JP) victory & momentum, 1942-1945: slow defeat of Axis power by Allies (GB/US/USSR) - USSR--most fighting & suffering in war--why? how? - Holocaust: key themes, events, meaning for past & present

- early Cold War (1945-1973): beg. of Cold War rooted in end of WWII--Allied agreements for post-war Europe- ideology: communism vs. non-communism, domino theory, "containment" - sig. of "Iron Curtain" rhetoric, nuclear arms race- MAD - (deterrence) - specific "hot" points of early conflict: Berlin, Korea, Suez Canal, Hungary, Cuba, Czechoslovakia - conflict & resolution - post-WWII western world

Essay Questions:

- Explain some key aspects of the totalitarian regimes in Europe in the early 20^th century. Common features? Differences? Why were they effective in building popular support? Explain.

- "World War II was the begining of a new era, and the end of an old era in western civilization." React to and explain this statement using specific evidence from the war.