SYLLABUS

Fall 1992

20TH Century Crisis                                                                                                                                                                       016:017 Sec 8 & 9

Instructor:    S.A. Wueschner

Credit:          3 Semester hours

Dates:           Aug ‑ Dec 1992

Time:            Sec. 8; 11:00 a.m. T,Th

                       Sec. 9; 1:00 p.m. T,Th

Office: 207 Schaeffer

Phone:335‑2296

Office Hours: T 2‑3; Th. 9:30‑10:30; by appt.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This course offers an examination of the Political and Economic forces that shaped the period between World War I and II. The primary emphasis of this course will be the events transpiring in England, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain and the United States during the inter‑war period.

REQUIRED TEXTS

Jules R. Benjamin, A Student's Guide to History, Fifth Edition, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991

Frank Costigliola, Awkward Dominion: American Political, Economic and Cultural Relations with Europe, 1919‑1933, Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1984

Justus D. Doenecke and John E. Wilz, From Isolation to War, 1931 ‑ 1941, Arlington Heights, Ill.: Harlan Davidson, 1991

Keith Eubank, ed., World War II.‑ Roots and Causes, Lexington, Mass.: D.C. Heath, 1992, 2nd ed.

David Clay Large, Between Two Fires, Europe's Path in the 1930s, New York: Norton, 1990

Stephen J. Lee, The European Dictatorships, 1918‑1945 New York & London: Methuen, 1987

S. Wueschner, Course Pack‑ from Kinko's

RESERVE ROOM READINGS

All of the above texts are on reserve in the Main Library.

OBLIGATIONS OF THE STUDENT

1.    Participate (open one's mouth and contribute intelligent tidbits of thought) in Class discussion. This requires the student to attend all class meetings. One can not participate if one is absent. Attendance is taken each class period; more than 6 absences will result in automatic loss of participation grade. (Merely sitting in the classroom will not result in a good participation grade.) In addition the student may be required to complete small writing assignments and unannounced quizzes.

2.     Complete the assigned readings prior to coming to class. Problems Courses at the University of Iowa were designed to foster careful thinking and expression, both verbally and in writing, about historical topics and issues. One can only meet this objective if one has completed the assigned readings prior to coming to class.

3.   Satisfactory completion of a mid‑term and final examination.

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4.     In addition the student will be responsible for the completion of one 8 ‑ 10 page paper (typed, double spaced, 1 inch margins, footnotes preferred). This paper will also count as a major portion of the final grade. The paper topic must be relevant to the overall theme of the course. The paper should be based, if possible, on some primary sources. Furthermore, the student should consult a minimum of 4 monographs and 2 Journal Articles. The student will be required to submit a typewritten outline and a one paragraph synopsis of the proposed paper on October 1. A typewritten rough draft of the paper is due on November 3. The Student will be required to schedule a private conference with the instructor on November 10, 11, or 12. The final paper will be due at the completion of the final examination. The student must follow the guidelines contained in A Student's Guide To History in preparing the paper.

Failure to turn work in by due date will result in the lowering of the final project by one letter grade for each deadline missed. Therefore do not, I repeat, do not ask to be allowed to turn work in late. I will not accept it!