HIS293: Europe Under the Dictators

Explores European history from the Russian Revolution to the Second World War by focusing on the brutal dictatorships that emerged in Bolshevik Russia, the Stalinist Soviet Union, Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. Key themes include: communist and fascist ideology; personalities of the dictators (Lenin, Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler); the role of terror, state violence and resistance in everyday life; the responses of women and minorities; the Eastern Front during the Second World War; and the Holocaust.

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external
Contact Time	Lectures: 2 hours per week; tutorials: 1 hour per week.
Prerequisites	Nil. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
School	School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Unit Coordinator	Dr Andrew Webster Position: Senior Lecturer Modern History E-mail: A.Webster@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.026 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 6642
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Andrew Webster Senior Lecturer Modern History (A.Webster@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 6642 Murdoch Campus Social Sciences Room 2.026 MURDOCH S1: Internal (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)   MURDOCH S1: External (15/02/2010 - 11/06/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)