| Program Detail |
: This course is a study of the political leadership that defined the Allied powers of the United States, Great Britain, and Russia before, during, and post-World War II. The many different political leaders and dynamics are studied in their relation to the enormity of the war effort itself; key in this study is a focus on ?lesser? political leaders and dynamics that have escaped a thorough examination of their contributions (or lack thereof) in lieu of the dominance of the ?big three?: Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt. Course topics will address include study of the political situations of the occupied countries, and those situations? contributions to the occupied countries defeats at the hands of Germany. The course will conclude with the politics and political personalities that defined the post-war world, with an examination of the strengths and weaknesses of post-war political contributions in lieu of one-half century of history. |
