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"This course is a set of 36 lectures exploring world history through the study of great events that have shaped history. The course rests on the conviction that history is not the story of anonymous social and economic movements. History is made by great individuals, great ideas, and great events."--p.1 of course guidebook.
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Using a distinctly European perspective (in which the United States is a supporting player instead of a main character), this course provides a fresh lens through which to study the European Theater's major battles, larger-than-life personalities, twists of fate, and tales of intrigue.
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Produced by The Great Courses in partnership with HISTORY, takes viewers into the sweeping story of the American fight against the Japanese. Taught by Professor Craig L. Symonds, a distinguished military historian at the US Naval War College, these 24 vivid lectures chronicle the global trajectory of the war in the Pacific, from the attack on Pearl Harbor to the birth of the atomic age.
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"Many of the most decisive turning points in the history of the world have been battles. More than just conflicts between armies, such moments often represent fundamental clashes among rival religions; cultures; and social, political, and economic systems. The outcomes of these battles have dramatically transformed and shaped the course of history, often sending it on unexpected or completely new paths. This course examines more than three dozen such...
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Dr. Keith Huxen, a historian and project director at The Henry M. Jackson Foundation, takes you into the story of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. From the icy front lines of Soviet Russia to the bombing campaigns against Britain to the fall of the Philippines, these 24 engrossing lectures take you into the shoes of soldiers, sailors, pilots, war correspondents, and citizens struggling to survive a war-torn world.
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Since 1440, crucial turning points have jolted the world's modern history. These critical moments, and the waves of change they unleash, have defined what makes modern history different from all that preceded it. Our course tracks these crucial turning points in the areas of politics, scientific development, social transformation, technological innovation, startling intellectual challenges, economic advance, and military triumph and disaster.
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A lecture series on the French Revolution. The 25 years between the onset of the French Revolution in 1789 and the Bourbon Restoration after Napoleon in 1814 is an astonishing period in world history. This era shook the foundations of the old world and marked a permanent shift for politics, religion, and society ; not just for France, but for all of Europe.
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