HIS 339 - Pearl Harbor:Japan Goes to War

Institution:

University at Buffalo

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Description:

Credits: 3 Prerequisites: None Corequisites: None Type: LEC The course will probe the historical circumstances in the decades of the 1920s and the 1930s which led Japan into war first on the Asian continent and then with the United States. Common assumptions about Japan s diplomatic and military aims will be critically reviewed, through analysis of Japanese documents of the time, in English translation. Students will learn how the United States and its allies tried to remold Japanese thought and society after the war. The course will also deal with postwar judgments on Japanese policy and actions, voiced in war crimes trials and the memories of Chinese and Korean victims of the war.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.buffalo.edu

Phone Number:

(716) 645-2000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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