History

Course summary

Democracies in change: Britain and the USA in the 20th Century and The British Experience of Warfare 1790-1918. Areas covered within the specification: • Britain transformed from 1918-1997. An examination of the political, economic, and social change in Britain in the 20th century culminating in a case study of the Thatcher Government and its legacy up to 1997. • USA: Boom and Bust 1920 – 1955. A study of the changing nature of democracy, government, and citizenship in America from the post-WW1 boom, through the depression, recovery during WW2, and expansion into SuperPower status in the 1950s. • The British Experience of Warfare 1790-1918. An investigation into war on land, sea, and in the air from the French Wars through the Crimea, Boer War, and First World War. It examines the economy, technology, tactics, strategy, and leadership.