This course focuses on the social and political history of the “Great War.” During World War I, European empires engaged in savage, armed conflict with one another, and the outcome for much of the continent was personal loss and political anarchy. Students will become acquainted with the key scholarship on this period and will write major research papers of their own. Students fulfilling the REES capstone must focus their paper on Russia or Eastern Europe. [GM1, GM2, SS, W] [W] Prof. Sanborn