Unit

School Of Humanities And Communication Arts

WWII in Asia and the PacificWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 101830.2

Discipline: HISTORY

Student Contribution Band: 4

Level: 3

Credit Points: 10

Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Successful completion of 60 credit points of study in currently enrolled course.

About this Unit
This unit provides inquiry into the origins, course, and aftermath of WWII in Asia and the Pacific. We will ask why Japan and China went to war with each other in the 1930s; we will also seek understanding of why and how that war came to include the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and practically all of Asia. We will examine the atomic attacks against Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Was the bomb a necessary evil? Or could/should the US have avoided using the bomb? We will also look intensively at post-WWII Asia. How did two wartime allies - the US and the Soviet Union - become bitter enemies within months of the war's end? Why did China descend into civil war? What was the war in Korea all about? Were wars of independence throughout SE Asia unavoidable? How was it that Japan escaped much of this postwar misery?

Courses
1651.5Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)CONTINUING
1651.6Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)CONTINUING
1651.7Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)CONTINUING
1651.8Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)CURRENT
1652.5Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
1652.6Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
1652.7Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
1652.8Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
1652.9Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CURRENT
1655.8Bachelor of Arts (Dean's Scholars)CONTINUING
1655.9Bachelor of Arts (Dean's Scholars)CURRENT
1658.4Bachelor of International StudiesCONTINUING
1658.5Bachelor of International StudiesCURRENT
1696.3Bachelor of CommunicationCONTINUING
1696.4Bachelor of CommunicationCURRENT
1706.1Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
1706.2Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
1706.3Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
1706.4Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
1707.2Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of International StudiesCONTINUING
1707.3Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of International StudiesCONTINUING
1707.4Bachelor of Communication/Bachelor of International StudiesCURRENT
1708.1Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12)CONTINUING
1708.2Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12)CONTINUING
1708.3Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12)CONTINUING
1708.5Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth - 5/Birth - 12)CURRENT
1736.2Bachelor of Communication (Dean's Scholars)CURRENT
1739.4Bachelor of International Studies (Dean's Scholars)CURRENT
1807.1Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of Social ScienceCONTINUING
1807.2Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of Social ScienceCURRENT
1808.2Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social ScienceCONTINUING
1808.3Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Social ScienceCURRENT
1818.1Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
1818.2Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
1818.3Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
1818.4Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of BusinessCURRENT
1820.1Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
1820.2Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of BusinessCURRENT
1822.1Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's ScholarsCONTINUING
1822.2Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's ScholarsCONTINUING
1822.3Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary) Dean's ScholarsCURRENT
1823.2Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's ScholarsCONTINUING
1823.3Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's ScholarsCONTINUING
1823.4Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's ScholarsCONTINUING
1823.5Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary) Dean's ScholarsCURRENT
1842.1Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative IndustriesCONTINUING
1842.2Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Creative IndustriesCURRENT
2758.2Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of LawsCONTINUING
2758.3Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of LawsCONTINUING
2758.4Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of LawsCONTINUING
2758.5Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of LawsCONTINUING
2786.2Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
2786.3Bachelor of BusinessCURRENT
2804.1Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
2804.2Bachelor of Business (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CURRENT
3654.3Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology/Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
3763.1Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
3763.2Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
3764.1Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of International StudiesCONTINUING
3764.2Bachelor of Science/Bachelor of International StudiesCURRENT
6005.1Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
6005.2Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of ArtsCONTINUING
6005.3Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of ArtsCURRENT
6017.1Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12)CONTINUING
6017.2Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12)CONTINUING
6017.3Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12)CONTINUING
6017.4Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Birth-5/Birth-12)CURRENT
6019.1Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)CONTINUING
6019.2Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Primary)CURRENT
6021.1Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
6021.2Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
6021.3Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CONTINUING
6021.4Diploma in Arts/Bachelor of Arts (Pathway to Teaching Secondary)CURRENT
6037.1Diploma in Business/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING
6037.2Diploma in Business/Bachelor of BusinessCONTINUING

Specialisations

KP1000.1HumanitiesCONTINUING
M1031.1Global StudiesCONTINUING
M1033.1History and Political ThoughtCONTINUING
M1054.1History and Political ThoughtCONTINUING
M1055.1International Relations and Asian StudiesCURRENT
M1118.1Modern HistoryCONTINUING
M1120.1Secondary TeachingCONTINUING
M1134.1Secondary TeachingCURRENT
M1136.1Modern HistoryCURRENT
M1137.1History and Political ThoughtCURRENT
SM1041.1History and Political ThoughtCONTINUING
SM1042.1Asian Studies and International RelationsCONTINUING
SM1072.1History and Political ThoughtCONTINUING
SM1073.1International Relations and Asian StudiesCURRENT
SM1121.1Modern HistoryCONTINUING
SM1134.1Modern HistoryCONTINUING
SM1144.1Modern HistoryCURRENT
SM1145.1History and Political ThoughtCURRENT



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