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5 Lessons from World War II & 
How Europe Changed after 1945
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5 Lessons from World War II & 
How Europe Changed after 1945

with Dr Emmett Sullivan
Created byPaletta Academy, Emmett Sullivan
Last updated 10/2020
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • Five Lessons from the 
Second World War & 
How Europe Changed after 1945
  • The Dangers of Appeasement and 
Coalitions of ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’
  • The Need for Planning and Management
  • Control of Resources Meant Control of the War
  • The End of Nineteenth Century Empires
  • Pursuing a ‘Good War’ Against the Devil ... 
Can Make You a Devil too
  • How Europe Changed after 1945
  • Technology Could Hold the Key … 
If it is the Appropriate Technology
  • Beginning of new Empires
  • Co-Operation over Competition
  • A ‘Truncated’ Political Distribution

Course content

2 sections • 11 lectures • 58m total length

  • Introduction1:13

    Introduction to the programme by Dr Emmett Sullivan

  • The Dangers of Appeasement and 
Coalitions of ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’7:45

    Examine the dangers of appeasement, from Munich to the Suez crisis, and why coalitions of my enemy’s enemy can yield unstable, short-term alliances.

  • The Need for Planning and Management5:00

    Explore how world war planning and management defined total war, shaping Britain, America, and the Soviet Union through Keynesian demand management, central planning, and postwar institutions.

  • Control of Resources Meant Control of the War4:45

    Explore how resource control steered the war, detailing Britain's oil constraints, German gains, El Alamein, and Japan's supply pressures, then compare autarchy with open borders and trade.

  • Technology Could Hold the Key … 
If it is the Appropriate Technology6:56

    Technology shapes warfare; appropriate technology matters more than sheer high-tech, as robust, maintainable designs like the T-34 and mass production outpace fragile devices, while drones and precision warfare redefine deterrence.

  • Pursuing a ‘Good War’ Against the Devil ... 
Can Make You a Devil too6:14

    Examine how the 'good war' idea masks civilian casualties and ethical compromises in WWII, from bombing and genocide to Operation Paperclip and nuclear strategy.

Requirements

  • No

Description

Documentaries often tell us about the wars themselves, but what about the legacy of the war and what lessons can we learn. In this 9 part programme. Historian, Dr Emmett Sullivan takes us through the 5 most significant take aways from World War Two, the lessons we should all know. He finishes with four parts on how Europe, specifically, has changed since the war both economically, politically and socially.

Who this course is for:

  • This programme is for everyone interested in learning roe about World War Two and the effects it has had on our society.
  • Politicians, historians and economists plus any students of history, economics and politics and international relations.

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