Devry HIST410 All Weeks Discussions Latest 2019 JULY
HIST410 Contemporary History
Week 1 Discussion
The First Total War
World War I is
different from most other wars in that it was not a direct result of aggression
by one entity towards another, notwithstanding the assassination of Austrian
Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Serbian elements. Instead, it was a consequence of
a number of forces amidst a disruption of the tenuous balance of power in
Europe. What were these forces and how did they contribute to the outbreak of
WWI?
Week 2 Discussion
DQ1 The Rise of
Communism and Fascism
Compare and contrast
the two types of authoritarian governments that arose after 1917, that is,
communism and fascism. What were the origins of these governments, their
accomplishments, and their failures? What accounts for the fact that the masses
mobilized to support these movements? Elaborate.
DQ2 Nationalism and
the Treaty of Versailles
What were reasons that
led to the ultimate failure of the Treaty of Versailles? What were the
challenges facing the newly-formed League of Nations, and why was it so
difficult to form a lasting agreement that would prevent another war?
Elaborate.
Week 3 Discussion
The Rise of Fascism,
World War II and the Holocaust
Analyze Adolph
Hitler’s rise to power and the policies he used to rule Germany. The following
statement was taken from a contemporary account of Germany in 1939:
“Though the
Fuhrer’s anti-Semitic program furnished the National Socialist party in the
first instances with a nucleus and a rallying-cry, it was swept into office by
two things with which the ‘Jewish Problem’ did not have the slightest
connection. On the one side was economic distress and the revulsion against
Versailles: on the other, chicanery and intrigue…Hitler and his party
promised the unhappy Germans a new heaven and a new earth, coupled with the
persecution of the Jews. Unfortunately, a new heaven and earth cannot be
manufactured to order. But a persecution of the Jews can…”
How do you interpret
this contemporary account of the persecution of people who are Jewish?
Elaborate.
Week 4 Discussion
The Cold War: Who Shot
First?
The United States
accused the Soviet Union of breaking all its wartime pledges and holding
Eastern Europe hostage while trying to subvert governments in the West. The
Soviet Union accused the US and its allies of trying to surround, and
ultimately destroy it. War of words? Or was somebody telling the truth? And
where do our ‘isms’ fit in? In particular nationalism?
Week 5 Discussion
Cold War and the End
of Empires
What accounts for the
rather late emergence of African countries as independent nation-states? Is
there something peculiar about Africa that delayed its drive for independence?
Why has the Arab-Israeli conflict been so persistent? What religious and
cultural factors have contributed to the persistent state of unrest in the
Middle East and, in particular, in what some people refer to as the Holy Land?
Week 6 Discussion
DQ1 The End of the
Cold War
What impact did
Mikhail Gorbachev’s ideas of glasnost (openness), perestroika (restructuring)
and demokratizatsiia (democratization) have on Communist society? Were these
principles compatible with collectivization and a command economy? Did
Communist leaders favor these principles, or did they feel that their hands
were tied once they were introduced into Communist society?
DQ2 Communism vs.
Capitalism
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It would be easy to
dismiss the Cold War simply as proof that Capitalism was a better theory than
Communism. Easy, but not the whole story. In order for Communism to be
relegated to the dustbin of history, it first had to be proven that its
struggle against Capitalism was unnecessary and thus irrelevant. How did the US
and the USSR close the gap in the last quarter of the 20th Century to allow
Communism to go out with a whimper and not a bang?
Week 7 Discussion
Brave New World
The Cold War is over.
Time to do a victory lap and celebrate the primacy of American power. But the
celebration seemed short-lived, as there were plenty of other concerns. Nothing
is as it should be. Our adversaries are now our allies, and our allies are now
competitors. The end of the Cold War knocked down the Iron Curtain, but it also
destroyed conventional economic patterns. Is the end of the Cold War proving to
be good for world peace, but not so good for world business?
Week 8 Discussion
Looking Ahead
Read the article
entitled “Strategic Collaboration: How the United States Can Thrive as Other
Powers Rise.” Do you agree with the
authors’ assertions that the United States needs to engage certain powers to
remain safe from present-day dangers?
Elaborate.
