(THE WISDOM OF HISTORY) The great courses teaching that engages the mind. THE TEACHING COMPANY.
J. Rufus Fears
ISBN 10: 1598033557 ISBN 13: 9781598033557
Published by The Teaching Company, 2007
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18 audio CDs with guidebooks which outline the course.
Course Lecture Titles (36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
1. Why We Study History
2. World War I and the Lessons of History
3. Hitler's Rise and the Lessons of History
4. World War II and the Lessons of History
5. Is Freedom a Universal Value?
6. Birth of Civilization in the Middle East
7. The Trojan War and the Middle East
8. Ancient Israel and the Middle East
9. Ancient Greece and the Middle East
10. Athenian Democracy and Empire
11. The Destiny of the Athenian Democracy
12. Alexander the Great and the Middle East
13. The Roman Republic as Superpower
14. Rome of the Caesars as Superpower
15. Rome and the Middle East
16. Why the Roman Empire Fell
17. Christianity
18. Islam
19. The Ottoman Empire and Turkey
20. The Spanish Empire and Latin America
21. Napoleon's Liberal Empire
22. The British Empire in India
23. Russia and Empire
24. China and Empire
25. The Empire of Genghis Khan
26. Britain's Legacy of Freedom
27. George Washington as Statesman
28. Thomas Jefferson as Statesman
29. America's Empire of LibertyLewis and Clark
30. America and Slavery
31. Abraham Lincoln as Statesman
32. The United States and Empire
33. Franklin Roosevelt as Statesman
34. A Superpower at the Crossroads
35. The Wisdom of History and the Citizen
36. The Wisdom of History and You
Wisdom of History
(36 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Course No. 4360
Taught by J. Rufus Fears
University of Oklahoma
Ph.D., Harvard University
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Bibliographic Details
Title: (THE WISDOM OF HISTORY) The great courses ...
Publisher: The Teaching Company
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket