LEAD 135
The Great War, 1914-1918
Fall 2013
Division II
Writing Skills
Cross-listed
HIST 135
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Class Details
During the nineteenth and early twentieth century Europeans and their immediate offspring created the modern world. European industry, science, trade, weapons, and culture dominated the globe. After a century of general peace the continual “progress” of Western Civilization seemed assured. Then, in August, 1914, the major European powers went to war with one another. After four years of unprecedented carnage, violence, and destruction, Europe was left exhausted and bitter, its previous optimism replaced by pessimism, its world position undermined, and its future clouded by a deeply flawed peace settlement.
What were the fundamental causes of the Great War? How and why did it break out when it did and who was responsible? Why was it so long, ferocious, wasteful, and, until the very end, indecisive? Why did the Allies, rather than the Central Powers, emerge victorious? What did the peace settlement settle? How was Europe changed? What is the historical significance of the conflict?
The Class:
Format: tutorial
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 1385
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Limit: 10
Expected: 10
Class#: 1385
Grading: no pass/fail option, no fifth course option
Requirements/Evaluation:
paper or critique every week
Extra Info:
may not be taken on a pass/fail basis; not available for the Gaudino option
Prerequisites:
first-year or sophomore standing; juniors or seniors with permission of the instructor
Enrollment Preferences:
first-year students, and then sophomores, who have not previously taken a 100-level tutorial
Distributions:
Division II
Writing Skills
Notes:
This course is cross-listed and the prefixes carry the following divisional credit:
LEAD 135 Division II HIST 135 Division II
LEAD 135 Division II HIST 135 Division II
Attributes:
HIST Group C Electives - Europe and Russia
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LEAD 135 - T1 (F) TUT The Great War, 1914-1918
LEAD 135 - T1 (F) TUT The Great War, 1914-1918Division II Writing SkillsJames B. WoodTBA1385
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