CAR 304: FUN World War 2 Country Profiles (March 9)

1. United States, "The United States and the Second World War" by G. Piehler

2. Soviet Union, "Making Sense of War: The Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution" by Amir Weiner

3. Mexico, "La política exterior de México durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial" by Rafael Velázquez Flores

4. Italy, "The Fall of Mussolini: Italy, the Italians, and the Second World War" by Philip Morgan

5. Germany, "The Third Reich" by Klaus Hildrebrand

6. Japan, "The Making of Modern Japan" by Marius Jansen

7. Brazil, "Hitler's Secret War in South America, 1939-1945: German Military Espionage and Allied Counterespionage in Brazil" by Stanley Hilton

8. Canada, "Out of the Shadows: Canada in the Second World War" by W. A. B. Douglas

9. France, "Historical Dictionary of World War II France: The Occupation, Vichy, and the Resistance, 1938-1946" by Bertram Gordon

10. Great Britain, "Britain in the Second World War" by Mark Donnelly

11. "Diplomatic Negotiation: Essence and Evolution" by Paul Meerts

FUN instructions:

1. Extract ideas from the assigned source to answer the question:

What were (your country)'s needs and resources after around 1945, approaching the end of World War 2?

2. Decide on the Value and Limitations of your source. Write a brief description of them.

3. Taking into account the limitations of your first source, find other sources you should check to counteract the limitations. Extract ideas from them and complete your answer to the question. Justify your answer correctly and with the proper structure (main idea-explanation-conclusion). 

4.  Design your answer in a formal letter from your team to the leader of your country in 1945. The letter should have a heading that says "FUN World War II Country Profiles", at least two different pictures of Francisco, your group, the date "May 7, 1945", and the slogan "Trust Francisco, Francisco knows best, listen to Francisco". It should be no more than 400 words and have your signatures. Deliver this in a PDF format to Google Drive before midnight on March 13, 2017.