The purpose of this assignment is to familiarize you with a major work in the historiography of European history and have you analyze it for its thesis, proof, and relationship to the Kagan textbook.   The report must be 1500 words in length and typed or word processed, and it must be handed in by the date specified in the course calendar.  It will be marked either OK for credit or you will be told what you need to do to make it OK for credit and will then have until the date specified in the course calendar for making corrections.

Part I

In this part of the report, you will identify the author's hypothesis.  An hypothesis is a statement capable of proof.   Thus the statement, "X maintains the Cold War resulted from an abrupt shift in policy under Truman" is an hypothesis, while "This book is about Truman and the Cold War" is not.   You will want to consult the introduction and conclusion of the book where the author most frequently expresses his/her hypothesis succinctly.  You will need to write a paragraph or so explaining the hypothesis in all its complexity.

Part II

In this part you will give several examples of how the author substantiates his/her hypothesis.  What proof does he/she put forward?  Choose examples carefully to show how the author validates the hypothesis.

Part III

In this part you will determine whether you are persuaded by the author's argument.  Using the examples from Part II, you will determine whether they in fact validate the hypothesis.  Is there any other way of interpreting the data?  Why or why not?  Is the data complete?  Remember to challenge the author to prove every point he/she makes.

Part IV

In this part you will evaluate sources and footnotes.   Are the footnotes accurate and to the point?  What sources has the author consulted?  Are both sides of the conflict represented to the same degree, or is the author relying too heavily on only one set of sources?

Part V

In this part you will compare the author's interpretation in the book you have chosen to similar material in the textbook.   Do Kagan and your author agree?   Why or why not?

Remember to cite all references to the book you are reporting on and to the textbook.  Page numbers in parenthesis will be sufficient citation.  In determining whether the report is OK for credit, I will consider whether it follows standard rules of English spelling, grammar and punctuation.  Feel free to consult with me if you have questions about this project.

2311 Books

John Aberth, From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague and Death in the later Middle Ages (2000)
Leslie Alcock, Arthur's Britain: History and Archeology, A.D. 368-634 (1973)
Micahel Angold, The Fourth Crusade (2003)
Philippe Aries, The History of Private Life, Vol. 1, From Pagan Rome to Byzantium (1987)
Anitti Arjava, Women and Law in Late Antiquity (1998)
Karen Armstrong, Holy War: The Crusades and Their Impact on Today's World (1991)
Clarissa Atkinson, Oldest Vocation: Christian Motherhood in the Middle Ages (1994)
M. Austin, Economic and Social History of Ancient Greece (1978)
Graeme Barker, The Etruscans (1998)
Anne Barstow, Witchcraze: Our Legacy of Violence Against Women (1994)
Carlin Barton, The Sorrows of Ancient Rome: The Gladiator and the Monster (1996)
William Bauwsma, John Calvin: A Sixteenth Century Portrait (1988)
Michael Bennet, Richard II and the Revolution of 1399 (1999)
Jenny Bentley, Old World Encounters; Cross-Cultural Contacts and Exchanges in Pre-modern  Europe (1993)
Anthony Birley,Hadrian the Restless Emperor (1997)
Benson Bobrick, Fearful Majesty: The Life and Reign of Ivan the Terrible (1990)
John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality (1980)
John Boswell, The Kindness of Strangers, The Abandonment of Children (1988)
Keith Bradley, Slavery and Rebellion in the Roman World, 140B.C. to 70 B.C. (1989)
Fernand Braudel, Civilization and Capitalism, 15th-18th centuries (1982)
Fernand Braudel ,The Structures of Everyday Life Vol. 1 (1979)
Robin Briggs, Witches and Neighbors: A History of European Witchcraft
Peter Burke, Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe (1994)
Thomas Burns, Rome and the Barbarians, 100B.C.-A.D. 400 (2003)
Thomas Cahill, How the Irish Saved Civilization (1995)
Eva Cantarella, Pandora's Daughters: The Role and Status of Women in Greek and Roman  Antiquity (1981)
John Chadwick, Mycenean World (1976)
Michel Chaveau, Egypt in the Age of Cleopatra: History and Society under the Ptolomies (2000)
Jeremy Cohen, Friars and Jews: The Evolution of Medieval Anti-Judaism (1982)
Mark Cohen, Under Crescent and Cross; the Jews in the Middle Ages (1994)
Martin Colin, Spanish Armada (1992)
Noble Cook, Born to Die: Disease and the New World Conquest, 1995
Alfred Crosby, The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society (1997)
Barbara Diefendorf, Beneath the Cross: Catholics and Huguenots in 16th Century France (1991)
Lauranda Dixon, Perilous Chastity: Women and Illness in Pre-Enlightenment Art and Medicine, (1995)
Suzanne Dixon, The Roman Family (1991)
Gerhard Dohrn Van Rossum, History of the Hour: Clocks and Modern Temporal Orders (1996)
Robert Drews, End of the Bronze Age; Changes in Warfare and the Catastrophe ca. 1200 (1993)
Florence Dupont, Daily Life in Ancient Rome (1994)
Ludwig Edelstein, Ancient Medicine (1987)
Hugh Elton, Warfare in Roman Europe, AD 350-425 (1998)
Paul Finney, The Invisible God: the Earliest Christian Art (1994)
Valerie Flint, The Rise of Magic in Early Medieval Europe (1994)
John France, Western Warfare in the Age of the Crusades, 1000-1300 (1999)
Angus Fraser, Gypsies (1995)
Antonia Fraser, Wives of Henry VIII (1992)
Richard Friedman, Who Wrote the Bible (1989)
Yvon Garland, Slavery in Ancient Greece  (1988)
Jacques Geles, History of Childbirth: Fertility, Pregnancy and Birth in Early Modern Europe  (1991)
John Gillingham, The Wars of the Roses: Peace and Conflict in Fifteenth Century England (1981)
Carlo Ginzberg, Night Battles: Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.(1983)
Mark Golden, Children and Childhood in Classical Athens (1993)
Michael Grant, Constantine the Great (1993)
Michael Grant, The History of Ancient Israel(1984)
Michael Grant, The Twelve Caesars (1975)
Micahel Graves, Henry VIII: A Study in Kingship (2003)
Peter Green, Alexander of Macedon (1991)
Jean Grimpel, The Medieval Machine, the Industrial Revolution of the Middle Ages (1976)
Christopher Haigh, Elizabeth I (1988)
Charles J. Halperin, Russia and the Golden Horde, the Mongol Impact on Russian History (1987)
Barbara Hanawalt, Growing Up in Medieval London: the Experience of Childhood in History  (1993)
Joel Harrington, Reordering Marriage and Society in Reformation Germany (1995)
L.P. Harvey, Islamic Spain, 1250-1500 (1990)
David Herlihy, Medieval Households (1985)
Richard Hodges, Mohammed, Charlemagne and the Origins of Europe (1983)
Richard Holland, Nero, the Man Behind the Myth (2000)
J. Donald Hughes, Pan's Travails: Environmental Problems of Ancient Greeks and Romans  (1994)
Halil Inalcik, The Ottoman Empire(2000)
Lisa Jardine, Worldly Goods (1996)
De Lamar Jensen, Reformation Europe, Age of Reform and Revolution (1981)
Jenny Jochens, Women in Old Norse Society (1995)
Eric John, Reassessing Anglo-Saxon England (1996)
Gwyn Jones, History of the Vikings (1984)
William Jordan, Great Famine: Northern Europe in the Early Fourteenth Century (1996)
Roger Just, Women in Athenian Law and Life (1989)
Henry Kamen, The Spanish Inquisition: a Historical Revision (1998)
R.J. Knecht, Cathrine de'Medici (1998)
Mark Kurlansky, Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1998)
Serge Lancel, Hannibal (1998)
Mary Lefkowitz, Not Out of Africa; How Afro-Centrism Became an Excuse to Teach Myth as  History (1996)
Jacques Le Goff, The Birth of Purgatory (1984)
Brian Levack, The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe (1987)
Barbara Levick, Claudius (1990)
John Lynch, Spain, 1516-1598: From nation state to World Empire (1992)
Burton Mack, Who Wrote the New Testament? (1995)
Ramsey MacMullen, Corruption and the Decline of Rome (1988)
William McNeil, Plagues and People (1976)
Colin Martin, Spanish Armada (1992)
Luther Martin, Hellenistic Religions: An Introduction (1999)
Wayne Meeks, The First Urban Christians, The Social World of the Apostle Paul (1983)
John Moorman, History of the Franciscan Order: From Its Origins to the Year 1517 (1988)
Daithi OhOgain, The Celts (2002)
John Olin, Catholic Reformation: Savanarola to St. Ignatius Loyola (1994)
Steven Ozment, When Fathers Ruled, Family Life in Reformation Europe (1983)
J.R. Partington, A History of Greek Fire and Gunpowder (1999)
Pierre Payer, Bridling of Desire: Views of Sex in the Late Middle Ages (1993)
Regine Pernoud, Joan of Arc: Her Story (1999)
Edward Peters, Inquisition (1989)
Jonathan Phillips, The First Crusade: Origins and Impact (1997)
Sarah Pomeroy, Goddesses, Whores, and Slaves: Women in Classical Antiquity (1975)
Timothy W. Potter, Roman Italy (1987)
E.G. Richards, Mapping Time: The Calendar and Its History (1999)
John Riddle, Contraception and Abortion From the Ancient World to the Renaissance (1992)
Jonathan Riley-Smith, The First Crusade and the Idea of Crusading (1986)
John Romer, Ancient Lives: Daily Life in the Egypt of the Pharaohs (1990)
Guido Ruggiero, The Boundaries of Eros, Sex, Crime and Sexuality in Renaissance Venice (1985)
Peter Russell, Prince Henry the Navigator (2000)
E.P. Sanders, The Historical Figure of Jesus
J.J. Scarisbrick, The Reformation and the English People (1984)
Wolfgang Schivelbusch, Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants and  Intoxicants (1993)
 Roger Schlesinger, In the Wake of Columbus: The Impact of the New world on Europe, 1492-1650 (1996)
Desmond Seward, Henry V, Scourge of God (1987)
Lacy Baldwin Smith, Treason In Tudor England (1986)
Richard W. Southern, Western Views of Islam in the Middle Ages (1978)
David Stannard, American Holocaust: Columbus and the Conquest of the New World (1992)
Evzen Strouhal, Life of the Ancient Egyptians (1992)
Judith Swaddling, Ancient Olympic Games (1998)
Robert Swanson, Catholic England: Faith, Religion and Observance Before the Reformation  (1993)
Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic (1980)
E.A. Thompson, Huns (1996)
David H. Trump, The Prehistory of the Mediterranean (1980)
Ralph Turner, King John (1994)
Marina Warner, Alone of All Her Sex (1976), about the role of Mary in Christianity
Alison Weir, Eleanor of Aquitaine (2000)
Alison Weir, The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1991)
Craig Williams, Roman Homosexuality: Ideologies of Masculinity in Classical Antiquity (1999)
Steven Williams, Diocletian and the Roman Recovery (1983)
Michael Wood, In Search of the Trojan War (1992)
Fikret Yegul, Baths and Bathing in Classical Antiquity (1992)
Philip Ziegler, The Black Death (1969)