Europe in Turmoil 1900-1945.

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The first half of the twentieth century was a period of turmoil for Europe. The First World War left the continent in ashes and devastated the political, social and economic order of Europe. The communist revolution in Russia shook the world. The new ideologies of Fascism and Nazism took root in several countries, while the democracies struggled with economic crisis and tried to hold on to their empires. We will explore how a half century of unprecedented political, cultural, and technological innovation and experimentation culminated in a second world war and in genocide. Through lectures, readings and discussions of a wide range of historical sources we will try to understand the origins of the conflicts, the sequence of events and the human behavior and values that lie beneath them. ( GE1C , GESO )