Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: DS44085
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 810071440854
- Street Date: 07/06/21
- PreBook Date: 06/01/21
- Label: Dreamscape Media »
- Genre: Documentary
- Run Time: 59 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 2021
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: English
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Jennifer Keene
- Director: One Day University
- Producer: One Day University
- Producers: One Day University
Product Assets
One Day University: America in WWI: What Really Happened, and Why it Matters
The study of World War I is much more important than we think.
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One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Most Americans possess only a hazy understanding of World War I or its significance for the United States. So why not leave it there? Why bother with this history lesson? How the nation responded to the challenge of fighting its first modern war re-made America, leading to female suffrage, the modern civil rights movement, the drive to protect civil liberties, new conceptions of military service, and an expanded role for the United States in the world. There are striking parallels between the problems Americans faced a hundred years ago in 1917-18 and the challenges we face now. How do we balance protecting national security with civil liberties? Is it appropriate for Americans to continue to debate a war once the fighting has begun? Are immigrants importing terrorism? Do Americans have a responsibility to participate in global humanitarianism? Can soldiers ever convey to those at home the reality of what they've encountered on the battlefield? Can they ever leave the war behind? Americans grappled with these issues in World War I, and these are once again relevant questions for a society at war.
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Sales Points
- Lecture for this title presented by Jennifer Keene of Chapman University.
- It hosts events at leading colleges including Villanova, Georgetown University, Notre Dame, Babson and the College of Saint Elizabeth to name a few. Lectures focus on areas of Politics, History, Arts, Science, Psychology.
- One Day University is an adult education program.
Press Quotes
'If you've ever lamented missing out on 'fun classes' in college and wanted to revisit the experience -- minus the sleep deprivation or shoestring budget -- we recommend One Day University.'
—Mara Leighton, businessinsider.com
