World War II: Roots and Causes

Topics of focus include the problem of historical context, the tension between traditional and revisionist viewpoints, the question of Allied appeasement, the failure of intelligence-gathering, the Soviet role, and the place of the Holocaust in accounts of the causes of World War II.

Topics of focus include the problem of historical context, the tension between traditional and revisionist viewpoints, the question of Allied appeasement, the failure of intelligence-gathering, the Soviet role, and the place of the Holocaust in accounts of the causes of World War II.