WORLD WAR I
Course Lectures
Topic 1 -- Introduction and Background
Introductory Lecture
Reading: Europe and the
World (from: Theodore von Laue, Why Lenin? Why Stalin?,
Chapter 1)
Essay: A Brief Introduction
to German History by L. J. Andrew Villalon (Background to unification)
Topic 2 -- German Unification
(1862-1871)
Topic 3 -- Austria-Hungary and
the Nationality Problem
Test 1: Study Guide
Topic 4 -- The Age of Bismarck
(1871-1890)
Topic 5 -- The Kaiser takes the
Reins (1890-1905)
Topic 6 -- A Decade of Crises
(1905-1914)
Topic 7 -- 1914: Europe on the
Brink
Topic 8 -- The Final Crisis
(Summer, 1914): Shots are Fired and the Lights Go Out
Topic 9 -- Who was Responsible?
Test 2 -- Readings
Test 2: Study Guide
Topic 10 -- The Campaign of
1914: From Liege to Tannenberg and the Marne
Topic 11 -- Stalemate in the
Trenches (1915-1917)
Topic 12 -- Attempting to Break
the Stalemate
Topic 13 -- 1917: Year of
Agony, Year of Hope
Topic 14 -- The Russian
Revolutions of 1917
Topic 15 -- The Blockade, the
Submarine, and America's Entry into the War
Topic 16 -- The Campaign of
1918: Germany's Final Gamble
Topic 17 -- The Peace
Settlement and Seeds for the Future
Final Exam -- Readings
Final Exam: Study Guide
Erich Maria Remarque,
All Quiet on the Western Front
(Questions on the Final Exam)
Robert Graves,
Goodbye To All That
(Questions on the Final Exam)
Vera Britton, Testament of Youth (Optional)