MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

    

 

History 3071/5071                         Fall, 2005

World War II                                 Mr. Bowling

Books:

	John Mosier, The Blitzkrieg Myth; How Hitler    & the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities     of World War II (New York, 2003).
	Ernest R. May, Strange Victory; Hitler's     Conquest of France (New York, 2000).
	Alan Clark, Barbarossa; The Russian-German    Conflict, 1941-1945 (New York, 1985).
	Robert B. Stinnett, Day of Deceit (New York,    1999).
	John Bierman & Colin Smith, War Without    Hate; The Desert Campaign of 1940-1943    (New York, 2004).
	Donovan Webster, The Burma Road; The Epic    Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in    World War II (New York, 2003).
	Michael Smith, The Emperor's Codes (New    York, 2001).
	James Dugan & Carroll Stewart, Ploesti; The     Great Ground-Air Battle of 1 August 1943    (Dulles, Va., 2002).
	Robert Katz, The Battle for Rome (New York,    2003).
	Marvin Schreiber, The Twentieth Train (New    York, 2004).
	Frederick Taylor, Dresden (New York, 2004).
	Erich Von Manstein, Lost Victories (St. Paul,    2004 [1955]).
	Jim Smith & Malcolm McConnell, The Last    Mission (New York, 2002).

Requirements:
    1.  Attendance.
    2.  Participation.
    3.  Readings.
    4.  Successful completion of two examinations.
    5.  A critical paper, c. 15-20 pp. for undergraduates
        (c. 25-30 pp. for graduate students), a complete,
         typewritten draft of which is due on Nov. 15^th.

Schedule:

Aug. 30           Introduction: “The Big One”  

Sept. 6            Blitzkrieg
                            Moster

Sept. 13          Why did France Fall?

                            May

Sept. 20          The Eastern Front

                            Clark

Sept. 27         Pearl Harbor: Who Knew What?

                            Stinnett

Oct. 4             In Northern Africa

                           Bierman & Smith 

Oct. 11            China-Burma-India

                                  Webster

Oct. 18       M I D T E R M   E X A M I N A T I ON

 

Oct. 25            The Battle for Information

                                  Smith

Nov. 1             Strategic Matters: A Case Study

                            Dugan & Stewart

Nov. 8             The Liberation of Rome

                            Katz

Nov. 15          Rescue
                            Schreiber

                            Complete, typewritten draft of
                    term paper is due. 

Nov. 22          What Happened at Dresden
                            Taylor

Nov. 29          A German General's View
                            Von Manstein

Dec. 6            Things End in the Pacific

                            Smith

                

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