World history/WHME103


 * World History: World War II to the Present
 * Startup
 * Start here
 * About
 * Course guide
 * Overview
 * Course aims and learning outcomes
 * Syllabus
 * Set up your personal learning environment
 * Assessment options
 * Recommended resources
 * Interactions
 * Course announcements
 * How announcements work
 * Instructions for Session 0
 * Instructions for Session 1
 * Instructions for Session 2
 * Instructions for Session 3
 * Instructions for Session 4
 * Instructions for Session 5
 * Instructions for Session 6
 * Instructions for Session 7
 * Instructions for Session 8
 * Course feed
 * Learning pathways
 * The Causes of World War II
 * Overview
 * The gathering storm
 * The origins of World War II
 * Italian imperialism
 * Before the War
 * The Nanking Massacre
 * Witnessing the Nanking Massacre
 * China and Japanese imperialism
 * Causes of World War II
 * Review
 * The Global Impact of World War II
 * Overview
 * The War in Europe: The fall of France
 * The Battle of the Atlantic
 * The War in Europe: Hitler's invasion of Russia
 * World War Two
 * Images and voices of war
 * The Holocaust
 * Liberation of the Concentration Camps
 * The War in Asia and the Pacific: Pearl Harbor
 * The War in Asia and the Pacific: The Battle of Midway
 * Japanese surrender
 * The Allied victory
 * The Atomic bomb
 * Review
 * The Aftermath of World War II
 * Overview
 * The effects of the Second World War
 * The creation of the United Nations
 * The UN Charter
 * The origins of the Cold War
 * Europe in the aftermath of World War II
 * Review
 * The Reconstruction of Europe and Asia
 * Overview
 * Post-war Europe
 * The World after World War II
 * The reconstruction of Europe after World War II
 * European economic recovery
 * The Allied occupation of Japan
 * The Cold War, 1945-1960
 * The origins of the Cold War
 * The Elusive Peace, The Cold War
 * Review
 * The Cold War and Decolonization in the Developing World
 * Overview
 * The Cold War in the Third World
 * The Vietnam War
 * Decolonization
 * Decolonization in the British Empire
 * The Non-Aligned Movement
 * Nehru's speech, 1955
 * Review
 * Global Effects of the Cold War
 * Overview
 * The Atomic Arms Race
 * Revolutionary politics in the West
 * The European Union
 * The Great Leap Forward
 * The Rise of China
 * Review
 * The End of the Cold War and its aftermath
 * Overview
 * The fall of the Iron Curtain
 * After the Cold War
 * The US and the world after the Cold War
 * Review
 * Developing Nations in Modern Times
 * Overview
 * Tiananmen Square, 1989
 * Economic development in East Asia
 * The breakup of Yugoslavia
 * Growth in Developing countries
 * A contested future
 * Review
 * Globalization
 * Overview
 * Population growth and immigration
 * Emerging economic and political powers
 * Economic inequalities
 * The impacts of Globalization
 * Human rights
 * The changing status of women
 * Review