Course Description

Instructor: Kenneth R. Libbey, PhD Political Science

Come join us to explore the Europe that emerged from WWI. Topics covered in this course will include: Adolf Hitler and the rise of Nazism; events leading to war; the surge of German victories; the monumental struggle on the Eastern Front; the U.S. entry into the war; prominent Allied personalities and the conflicts over Allied strategy; the air war and battle of the Atlantic; the prodigious output of the U.S. war economy; the progressive collapse of Germany; and the terrible costs of the war during the aftermath and beyond.

Kenneth is an avid reader of WWII history and has written three novels -- one of which is set in WWII.