B378	History of Germany Since 1648
2:30 -3:45 p.m.    TR  BH   228

This course will trace the history of Germany from 1870 to the
present.  The readings will consist of two texts, a novel, and a
monographic study.  The lectures will be topical in nature.  Among
the topics that will be dealt with in the course are: the
unification of Germany under Prussian leadership; the nature and
problems of the Bismarckian Reich; Prussian militarism and the
outbreak of World War I; the impact of the First World War on German
society; the rise and fall of the Weimar Republic; the origins,
nature and triumph of National Socialism; the domestic and foreign
policies of Hitler’s third Reich; World War II and Germany’s defeat;
and the postwar division, reconstruction, and reunification of
Germany.  The grade in the course will be based on three written
examinations: two mid-terms and a final.