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Western Civilization II
1648 to the Present
Unit 6: Europe between the Wars; World War 2; Contemporary Europe
Updated October, 2006 Freeuniv home Europe between the wars 7-9%
Stalin's five-year plans and purges
International politics, 1919-1939
The Great Depression
Italy and Germany between the wars
Interwar cultural development

The Second World War and contemporary Europe (8-10%)

The causes and course of the Second World War
Postwar Europe
Science, philosphy, the arts, and religion
Contemporary social and political developments
Video
From: The Western Tradition
The Second World War
World War II was a war of new tactics and strategies. Civilian populations became targets as the Nazi holocaust exterminated millions of people. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

The Cold War
The U.S. and Soviet Union dominated Europe and confronted each other in Korea. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

Europe and the Third World
Burdened with the legacy of colonial imperialism, the Third World rushed development to catch up with its Western counterparts. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

The Technological Revolution
Keeping up with the ever-increasing pace of change became the standard of the day. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

Toward the Future
Modern medicine, atomic energy, computers, and new concepts of time, energy, and matter all have an important effect on life in the 20th century. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

From: Art of the Western World
In Our Own Time
Part I: The Abstract Expressionist movement established New York as a center for the visual arts. Works by Pollock, Warhol, Lichtenstein, and the sculptor Oldenburg are examined. Part II: With many of the rules tested and discarded, the art world has become international. Art is now accessible to everyone to create and appreciate. Host Michael Wood looks over the past and forward to implications for the future. (Broadband Video on Demand) 

Text

The Interwar Years (1919-1938) (Sparknotes)
World War II (1939-1945) (Sparknotes)

Chapter 6 Recent Developments in Europe (1945 - 1997) (Pink Monkey)

      6.0 Introduction
      6.1 North Atlantic Treaty Organization
      6.2 The Collapse of Communism in Russia
      6.3 Decolonization
      6.4 European Monetary Union
      6.5 The Re-unification of Germany
      6.6 Points to Remember

General Conclusion (Pink Monkey)

Lectures

From The History Guide by Steven Kreis:
Lectures on 20th Century
Lecture 8: The Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920s Part 1
Lecture 9: The Age of Anxiety: Europe in the 1920s Part 2
Lecture 10: The Age of Totalitarianism: Stalin and Hitler
Lecture 11: Hitler and World War Two

From The History Guide by Steven Kreis:
Lectures on 20th Century Europe
Lecture 12: The Existentialist Frame of Mind
Lecture 13: George Orwell and "The Last Man in Europe"
Lecture 14: The Origins of the Cold War
Lecture 15: 1968: The Year of the Barricades
Lecture 16: 1989: The Walls Came Tumbling Down

Quiz

Take the Sparknotes quiz associated with each unit.
Questions (Pink Monkey)

Library

Bibliography (Pink Monkey)

Resources

Hyperhistory Text

Companion Website: Western Civilization: A Social and Cultural History Combined Brief Edition
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Chap. 28. The End of Imperialism.
Chap. 29. Back from Armageddon.
Chap. 30. Epilogue.

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