MILH553  - Axis Powers: Politics, Political Leadership & Diplomacy

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This course is an in-depth study of the politics, political leadership, and diplomacy in Germany, Japan, and Italy during World War II. Topics address the factors that facilitated their rise to power; the key political structures, relations, and personalities; the inter-Axis relations among political elites versus the Allied powers; and the diplomatic efforts employed by the Axis powers as they postured against the Allies and the rest of the world during the war.

 

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Course Materials

Book Title: Japan Prepares for Total War: The Search for Economic Security, 1919-1941 - currently unavailable from MBS, please try other sources
ISBN: 0801495296
Publication Info: Cambridge University Press
Author: Barnhart, M
Unit Cost: $25.00

Book Title: Hitler's Italian Allies: Royal Armed Forces, Fascist Regime, and the War of 1940-1943
ISBN: 0521790476
Publication Info: Cambridge University Press
Author: Knox, M
Unit Cost: $60.00

Book Title: Mussolini Unleashed, 1939-1941: Politics and Strategy in Fascist Italy's Last War
ISBN: 0521338352
Publication Info: Cambridge University Press
Author: Knox, M
Unit Cost: $39.00

Book Title: Germany, Hitler, and World War II: Essays in Modern German and World History
ISBN: 0521566266
Publication Info: Cambridge University Press
Author: Weinberg, G
Unit Cost: $38.00

 

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