HIST 263 - World War II

Credits: (3)
This course explores the causes, course, and consequences of World War II, with an emphasis on the formulation and execution of grand political and military strategy, the role of senior leadership on both sides, and the impact of total war on a global scale. While the course focuses on the higher levels of military command and strategy, selected military campaigns are examined in more detail, and the experience of war is explored at the lowest military echelons through the readings of two classic memoirs of the conflict.