Description:
World War I has often been described as a failure or collapse of Western Civilization. If this is the case, who was tasked with saving and reviving Western Civilization? If World War I was a European war, fought mostly in Europe by European combatants, what made it a World War? If Europeans were locked in a bitter struggle of attrition, who supported them, as they ground down their supplies and sacrificed entire generations of their youths? In this class Historian and Los Medanos College Professor, David Hlusak, will demonstrate how the Western Front became the most ethnically and culturally diverse place in the world by 1917. What did it mean for Europe to import fighters and laborers from around the world? How did European powers grapple with race relations while locked in an existential struggle? How did the experience of World War I affect the soldiers and their lives upon returning to their homes outside of Europe, after the war? In this class, we will explore the true diversity of the not-so-European First World War.
Instructor:
David Hhulsak
Registration Cutoff Date:
Dates & Times:
4/8/2025 1:00PM - 3:00PM
LMC Brentwood Center Room 306
