HIST 3007 - The First World War and its Aftermath in Memoirs and Films CI

3 hours

The First World War, or the “Great War” became a watershed in world history; the destruction of many cities, the death of millions of men on the battlefields of the war and the sufferings of the millions of civilians were unprecedented. After the end of the war, contemporaries including many war veterans became engaged in the construction of the memories of the Great War. Depending on ways how the Great War was remembered in interwar decades, different political choices were made, choices that led to the Second World War and deeply affected the lives of millions people.When Offered: Fall, Spring or Summer Every Three Years