| Time | Days | Location | Instructor | GER | Credit | OPUS Class Number | Syllabus (Tentative) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9:35am-10:25am | MWF | White Hall 102 | Irwin Hyatt Jr.. | HSC. | 4 | 1065 | TBA. |
Content: Primary focus will be on land, sea, and air campaigns of the Japanese-American conflict in World War II, with attention also given to representative personalities, weapons, homefront factors, and roles of Chinese and British Commonwealth forces. The subject will be handled as an example of culture conflict and total war in the twentieth century. Normal class routine will be lecture, with certain days set aside for movies or discussion of particular topics (prisoners of war, the atomic bomb, etc.).
Texts: Prospective titles may include Ronald Spector, Eagle Against the Sun (textbook); James Fahey, Pacific War Diary; Saburo Ienaga, The Pacific War; Eugene Sledge, With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa; Studs Turkel, The Good War; and Haruko and Theodore Cook, Japan at War.
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