HIST 317 - Hitler and the Third Reich

Credits: 3
A study of the rise and reign of Adolf Hitler and National Socialism. The course analyzes the man and the movement within the larger social, economic, and political trends of nineteenth and twentieth-century Germany. The course is structured around a variety of historical debates (i.e., historical continuity versus discontinuity, Hitler as “weak” dictator or “strong” dictator, etc.). This course examines the racial, political, and geopolitical aspects of National Socialism and provides extensive coverage of the Holocaust.