DVD
America and the world : a diplomatic history / Mark A. Stoler.
This course of 24 lectures explores the United States' shift from 13 weak and sparsely settled colonies to its current position of unprecedented global power and influence.
Record details
- ISBN: 1598034758
- ISBN: 9781598034752
- Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guide.
- Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Company, [2008]
- Copyright: ©2008
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part 1: Lecture 1. Achieving independence -- Lecture 2. confederation and the Constitution -- Lecture 3. The Great Debate- Jefferson versus Hamilton -- Lecture 4. From the Farewell Adress to the Quasi War -- Lecture 5. Jefferson and the "Empire of liberty" -- Lecture 6. The "Second War for Independence" -- Lecture 7. John Quincy Adams & American Continentalism -- Lecture 8. "Manifest Destiny" and war with Mexico -- Lecture 9. Causes and diplomacy of the Civil War -- Lecture 10. The "New Empire" of overseas imperalism -- Lecture 11. Informal empire- Roosevelt to Wilson -- Lecture 12. "The war to end all wars." Part 2: Lecture 13. The peace treaty and Wilson's heritage -- Lecture 14. Interwar isolationism and internationalism -- Lecture 15. U.S. entry into World War II -- Lecture 16. WorldWar II diplomacy and the FDR legacy -- Lecture 17. Origins of the Cold War -- Lecture 18. Cold War turns hot- Asia and the Korean War -- Lecture 19. Eisenhower and the global Cold War -- Lecture 20. Kennedy and the ultimate Cold War crisis -- Lecture 21. Vietnam and the war at home -- Lecture 22. The Nixon-Kissinger "Grand design" -- Lecture 23. Ideology anew and the end of the Cold War -- Lecture 24. The United States and the world since 1991. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Lectures delivered by Professor Mark A. Stoler, The University of Vermont. |
| System Details Note: | DVD format. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Part | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Webb City Public Library | Adult DVD 973 St 68 Part 1 of 3 (Text) | Discs 1-3 | 38262300002247 | Adult Videos | Available | - |
| Webb City Public Library | Adult DVD 973 St 68 Part 2 of 3 (Text) | Discs 2-3 | 38262300002259 | Adult Videos | Available | - |
| Webb City Public Library | Adult DVD 973 St 68 Part 3 of 3 (Text) | Discs 3-3 | 38262300002271 | Adult Videos | Available | - |
