Wars' Impact on America

Catalog description

A twentieth-century U.S. history course, emphasizing social, economic, and cultural implications of American involvement in wars from the First World War through the Gulf War of 1991. The course addresses, from comparative perspective, mobilization, and conscription issues, societal implications on the American homefront, and civil liberties issues in wartime from the 1910s to the 1990s. Prerequisites: 3 hours History or consent.