Utopia and Terror in the 20Th Century. Part 2
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12 lectures.
Compact disc.
Part two of two parts. Contains lectures 13-24 of 24 lectures on utopia and terror in the 20th century.
Guide includes lecture notes and outlines, biographical notes on key people.
Unabridged.
Lecture 13. Nazism -- Lecture 14. Hitler -- Lecture 15. World War II -- Lecture 16. Nazi genocide and master plans -- Lecture 17. The Cold War -- Lecture 18. Mao -- Lecture 19. Cambodia and Pol Pot's killing fields -- Lecture 20. East Germany, the Soviet Union, North Korea -- Lecture 21. From the Berlin Wall to the Balkans -- Lecture 22. Rwanda -- Lecture 23. Saddam Hussein's Iraq -- Lecture 24. The future of terror.
Lectures given by Professor Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius, University of Tennessee.
Examines the fundamental question of our times: why was the 20th century so violent? It looks at the ideologies that promised utopias and total solutions to social problems and relates the terrible human toll of attempts to realize these ideas.
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PUBLISHED
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2003.
Year Published: 2003
Description: 6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide (72 p. ; 22 cm.)
Language: English
Format: Book on CD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1565856740 (set)
9781565856745 (set)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Teaching Company.
SUBJECTS
Terrorism -- Prevention -- 20th century.
Political violence -- 20th century.
War and society -- History -- 20th century.
War and civilization -- History -- 20th century.
History, Modern -- 20th century.
Terrorism.
Twentieth century.
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