The United States in the Pacific War

A Distinguished Scholar Seminar featuring Gerhard L. Weinberg, William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of History, Emeritus

July 25, 2009

World War II was truly a global conflict, and the United States fought the war worldwide. Many historians focus on the European stage and fail to integrate American actions in the Pacific into their accounts. Gerhard L. Weinberg, the leading historian of World War II and author of A World at Arms, considers in four lectures American war aims and goals, and the course of the war from Pearl Harbor to victory in 1945.

Topics

The United States and the Pacific War: An Introduction

Halting the Japanese Advance: The Campaigns in the Philippines and Southeast Asia

American Plans for Victory

From Leyte to Tokyo Bay, from Targeted Bombing to Area Bombing; Victory in 1945

Time and Cost

9:15 a.m. – 4:15 p.m., Saturday, July 25, 2009. The tuition is $120 ($105 by May 27). The optional lunch is $15. Tuition for teachers is $60 ($52.50 by May 27). 10 contact hours for 1 unit of renewal credit.

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Co-Sponsored by the General Alumni Association.
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