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The wisdom of history / J. Rufus Fears.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Great courses | The great courses | The Great CoursesPublication details: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., 2007.Description: 3 volumes ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 1598033557
  • 9781598033557
Uniform titles:
  • The Great Courses
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370
LOC classification:
  • LB 14.6 F288w 2007
Contents:
Part 1: Lecture 1: Why we study history -- Lecture 2: World War I and the lessons of history -- Lecture 3: Hitler's rise and the lessons of history -- Lecture 4: World War II and the lessons of history -- Lecture 5: Is Freedom a universal value? -- Lecture 6: Birth of civilization in the Middle East -- Lecture 7: The Trojan War and the Middle East -- Lecture 8: Ancient Israel and the Middle East -- Lecture 9: Ancient Greece and the Middle East -- Lecture 10: Athenian democracy and empire -- Lecture 11: The destiny of the Athenian democracy -- Lecture 12: Alexander the Great and the Middle East. Part 2: Lecture 13: The Roman Republic as superpower -- Lecture 14: Rome of the Caesars as superpower -- Lecture 15: Rome and the Middle East -- Lecture 16: Why the Roman Empire fell -- Lecture 17: Christianity -- Lecture 18: Islam -- Lecture 19: The Ottoman Empire and Turkey -- Lecture 20: The Spanish Empire and Latin America -- Lecture 21: Napoleon's liberal empire -- Lecture 22: The British Empire in India -- Lecture 23: Russia and empire -- Lecture 24: China and empire. Part 3: Lecture 25: The empire of Genghis Khan -- Lecture 26: Britain's legacy of freedom -- Lecture 27: George Washington as statesman -- Lecture 28: Thomas Jefferson as statesman -- Lecture 29: America's empire of liberty--Lewis and Clark -- Lecture 30: America and slavery -- Lecture 31: Abraham Lincoln as stateman -- Lecture 32: The United States and empire -- Lecture 33: Franklin Roosevelt as statesman -- Lecture 34: A superpower at the crossroads -- Lecture 35: The wisdom of history and the citizen -- Lecture 36: The wisdom of history and you.
Summary: Thirty-six lessons on world history, taught by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma.
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Course no. 4360.

"Lecture transcript and course guidebook"--Cover.

Part 1: Lecture 1: Why we study history --
Lecture 2: World War I and the lessons of history --
Lecture 3: Hitler's rise and the lessons of history --
Lecture 4: World War II and the lessons of history --
Lecture 5: Is Freedom a universal value? --
Lecture 6: Birth of civilization in the Middle East --
Lecture 7: The Trojan War and the Middle East --
Lecture 8: Ancient Israel and the Middle East --
Lecture 9: Ancient Greece and the Middle East --
Lecture 10: Athenian democracy and empire --
Lecture 11: The destiny of the Athenian democracy --
Lecture 12: Alexander the Great and the Middle East. Part 2: Lecture 13: The Roman Republic as superpower --
Lecture 14: Rome of the Caesars as superpower --
Lecture 15: Rome and the Middle East --
Lecture 16: Why the Roman Empire fell --
Lecture 17: Christianity --
Lecture 18: Islam --
Lecture 19: The Ottoman Empire and Turkey --
Lecture 20: The Spanish Empire and Latin America --
Lecture 21: Napoleon's liberal empire --
Lecture 22: The British Empire in India --
Lecture 23: Russia and empire --
Lecture 24: China and empire. Part 3: Lecture 25: The empire of Genghis Khan --
Lecture 26: Britain's legacy of freedom --
Lecture 27: George Washington as statesman --
Lecture 28: Thomas Jefferson as statesman --
Lecture 29: America's empire of liberty--Lewis and Clark --
Lecture 30: America and slavery --
Lecture 31: Abraham Lincoln as stateman --
Lecture 32: The United States and empire --
Lecture 33: Franklin Roosevelt as statesman --
Lecture 34: A superpower at the crossroads --
Lecture 35: The wisdom of history and the citizen --
Lecture 36: The wisdom of history and you.

Thirty-six lessons on world history, taught by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma.

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