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From: The Modem World Global History since 1760 Course Team Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2013 7:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Starting Week 9 Dear Jeffrey epstein, The presentations for Week 9 are now posted. Responding to some suggestion=, we are making the presentations available a little earlier. With Week 9, we tackle three main historical problems. First, why did Worl= War I turn out the way it did? Why did the Western allies win? I do not=treat this outcome as a foregone conclusion. My argument, following other=historians like David Stevenson, is that the war's outcome was still uncer=ain even in early 1918. The Allied Powers had certain fundamentals on the=r side, but their tactical position was not so promising and the Russian c=llapse was a major boost to the Central Powers. Second, what were the most important changes in ideas about governance 40=804> political and economic — produced by the war? There is the =ise of communism, of course. But with it also came the rise of other mass=movements — anti- communism ... and that curious hybrid, fasc=sm. Empires disintegrated and mutated, the surviving ones adopted a stron=er veneer of liberal purpose. But even more interesting are the new anti-=mperialisms, militant national states of which Ataturk's Turkey was t=e outstanding and much noticed model, with kindred approaches adopted by l=aders in places like Iran and the new Chinese republic. Third, what about the effects of this "broken world" on global society and =ulture? During the 1920s, this is the realm where American influence was =aramount, not in world politics. And this cultural realm is also where Am=rican influence drew more fretful and critical commentary than any other. =This is therefore also the week in our course where it is the right time t= take a more sustained look at changing ideas about the status of women ac=oss the world. This includes the origins of modern feminism on both sides=of the Atlantic, especially in the United States. As you will see, this t=pic is about much more than a battle over political rights. Indeed, the g=obal phenomenon of "modern women" — much discussed during the 1920= — is about social roles and lifestyle. Best wishes, Philip Zelikow You are receiv=ng this email because [email protected] is enrolled in The Modern World: G=obal History since 1760. To stop receiving similar future emails from this class, please cl=ck here <https://class.coursera.org/modernworld- 2012- 001/authistop_em=ils?data=RKybFCVpHW6V%2BULeW%2B3n9iuCWcmc.IfNbqDaloxA%2FGt8NbrPsjW01%2FnH=AAGd MtI0EAMpDy8gaShvyYCISSujnA%3D%3D%7CSIeEdM6je0D73x3fPHo7pnF0O8UkU%2Br0K=tju2kF7dmpUb98fq%2FJ46.16 6RPO8jesu69sRE4RRs%2BoiV94T4gkHlIgygsEz7UMyzQAk2rV=8ZEy3q34uPXVYDg%2Bzp2jssHjwrEzkPB%2FJKPTQyK8X%2 FCFV8hPknrt0k2IxDc7hEAnCQ%3=> . Please do not reply directly to this email. If you have any questions or feedback, please post on the class di=cussion forums. For general questions, please visit our support =ite <http://help.coursera.org/>. date-last-viewed 0 date-received 1363460709 flags 8590195713 gmail-label-ids 7 remote-id 283017 EFTA_R1_01983258 EFTA02679429