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two World Wars, the New Deal, civil rights, the Warren court, the Watergate affair, and
the recent transition to conservative constitutionalism. Prerequisite: HI 300.
HI 342 French Revolution and Napoleon (1)
Analysis of the causes and course of the Revolution in France and the spread of
revolutionary ideas and institutions in Europe, 1789-1815. Prerequisite: HI 300.
HI 344 Europe, 1914-1945 (1)
The development of the major European countries and of international relations in the era
of the world wars. Prerequisite: HI 300.
HI 345 Topics in the History of Terrorism (1)
An exploration of terrorism through focused study of four to six episodes in its history.
Following an historical and methodological introduction, possible subjects include the
Sicarii, the Carbonari, Russian revolutionary terrorism, the Ku Klux Klan, the Irish
Troubles, Israel/Palestine, the Malayan Emergency, the Weather Underground, anti-
abortion violence, eco-terrorism, and September 11. A Leadership Studies designated
course. Prerequisite: HI 300.
HI 346 Russia in the Twentieth Century (1)
A study of Russia and its transition in the twentieth century from a backward behemoth
to the world’s first socialist state and finally to a struggling post-communist nation.
Topics include the crises of late Imperial Russia, the Russian Revolution, Stalinism,
official and popular culture in the Soviet Union, the construction of “mature socialism,”
and the collapse of the U.S.S.R. Prerequisite: HI 300.
HI 347 Britain in the Twentieth Century (1)
Transition from empire to commonwealth, the Irish problem, two world wars and their
consequences, reform, life and letters in England from 1901 to the recent past.
Prerequisite: HI 300.
HI 349 The Cold War: American and Soviet Perspectives (1)
A study of the Cold War from both the U.S. and Soviet perspectives, from its origins
during the closing days of World War II to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Emphasis is placed on the Cold War’s political and cultural impact on the home fronts, as
well as the interrelationship between foreign and domestic policy. Prerequisite: HI 300.
HI 385 The People’s Republic of China (1)
An assessment of the history of the Chinese Communist Revolutionary movement from
its inception to the present. Key topics include the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution,
the Democracy Movement, and various attempts by the Chinese Communist Party to
transform the economic, social, intellectual, and political landscape of “traditional” China
according to the competing visions of the nature, means, and goals of Marxist-Leninist
Revolution. Prerequisite: HI 300.