1. To examine the impact of the transportation revolution and the transformation
of mass communications.
2. To identify the causes of the postwar economic crises in the nations of
Europe and their empires and to determine the causes and effects of the Great
Depression.
3. To examine the social and political trends that characterized the interwar
years and to identify the reasons for the appeal of authoritarian political
systems around the world.
4. To examine the nature and effectiveness of collective security and assess
the implications of the continuing rise of militarism.
5. To examine the predominant cultural trends in the interwar years and identify
the causes of the cultural radicalism that characterizes this era.
6. To identify the causes of the Second World War and examine the global consequences
of war and genocide.
2002 McGraw-Hill Higher Education