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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
Perspectives: Debates in World Civilization
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
America and Its Sources: A Guided Journey through Key Documents, 1865-present
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Western Civilization II 1500 to Present
: World War II
Editor in Chief:
Eric Cunningham, Gonzaga University
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1. The Emergence of the Modern West
2. The Growth of Western Civilization
3. From Scientific Revolution to Enlightenment
4. The Enlightenment
5. An Age of Revolution
6. The Triumph of Bourgeois Consciousness
7. Industrialization and Its After-effects
8. The Apex of Modern Civilization
9. The Age of New Imperialism
10. The Great War
11. Totalitarianism
12. World War II
13. The Cold War
14. The West and the “Global” World
15. Postmodernism and the End of History
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Adolf Hitler: Proclamation to the German People (1933)
Winston Churchill: “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” Speech (1940)
Atlantic Charter (1941)
Franklin D. Roosevelt: "Pearl Harbor" Speech (1941)
Japan's Fourteen-part Message (1941)
Joseph Goebbels: “Nation, Rise Up, and Let the Storm Break Loose” (1943)
United Nations Charter (1945)
Potsdam Conference Protocols (1945)
Principles for the Organization of the “Manchukuo” Government (1932)
Lytton Commission Report (1932)
Neutrality Act (1939)
Neville Chamberlain: Speech on Germany's Invasion of Poland (1939)
Édouard Daladier: Radio Address to the People of France (1940)
Charles de Gaulle: Appeal of 18 June (1940)
Tripartite Act (1940)
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
Draft Proposals for Peace between the Governments of Japan and the United States (1941)
Vyacheslav Molotov: Address on Germany’s Invasion of Russia (1941)
Cardinal Clemens von Galen: “Against Nazi Euthanasia” (1941)
Tojo Hideki: Address at the Opening of the Imperial Diet (1942)
John W. Pehle and John J. McCloy: Debate about the Bombing of Auschwitz (1944)
U.S. Department of Defense: Combat Interview of D-day Survivors from the 116th Infantry Regiment (1944)
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Order of the Day (1944)
Douglas MacArthur: Radio Broadcast after the Surrender of Japan (1945)
Emperor Hirohito: Imperial Rescript on Surrender of Japan (1945)
Yalta Conference Joint Statement (1945)
Allen Dulles: "The Present Situation in Germany" (1945)
Declaration Regarding the Defeat of Germany (1945)
Robert H. Jackson: Opening Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany (1945)
Harry S. Truman: Statement Announcing the Use of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima (1945)
U.S. Strategic Bombing Survey Summary Report (1946)
Robert H. Jackson: Closing Statement before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, Germany (1946)
George Marshall: Marshall Plan Speech (1947)
Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (1949)
Unit Essays: Western Civilization II, Unit 12
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Key Terms: Western Civilization II, Unit 12
Key Concepts: Western Civilization II, Unit 12
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