The class will consist of three sessions. The first session will focus on America's plans to prepare for war and examine such topics as the expansion of the U.S. Military, the Lend-Lease Program, and the nation's gearing up for a wartime economy. The second session examines the fighting fronts both in Europe and the Pacific. The class will examine in depth, Washington's wartime strategy and Franklin D. Roosevelt's influence in charting the course of the war. The final class will look at the United States home front and highlight subjects such as rationing, wartime entertainment, the draft, and American morale. The final class will also briefly survey the coming of peace with an emphasis on American occupations of Germany and Japan, the U.S.A.'s postwar economic boom, and the birth of the United Nations.

Dr. Robert Smith is the Director of the Fort Riley Museums complex. He has a doctorate in history from K- State and has published numerous articles on military history.