Robert
Brennan’s Website for Cape Fear Community College
Welcome. This is the
website for those students currently enrolled in any of my Western Civilization
II Internet Courses at
* HIS 122 Western Civilization Internet (IN) – From 1550 to the Present
* Written Assignment Primary Source Documents
* Written Assignment #1 – Culture Clash
- The Columbus letter “Concerning the Islands Recently Discovered in the Indian Sea”
- Hernan Cortes from “Second Letter to Charles V, 1520”
* Written Assignment #2 – Scientific Revolution
- Ptolemaic Conception of the Universe
- Nicolas Copernicus – “On the Revolutions of The Heavenly Sphere”
- Cardinal Bellermine – letter to Foscarini
- Galileo Galilei – Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany
* Written Assignment #3
- Friedrich von Bernhardi “
- Roland Doregeles “That Fabulous Day” [Perry, Sources of the Western Tradition]
- Stefan Zweig “That Rushing Feeling of Fraternity” [Perry, Sources of the Western Tradition]
- Philip Scheidemann “The Hour We Yearned For” [Perry, Sources of the Western Tradition]
- Wilfred Owen “Dulce et Decorum Est”
* Written Assignment #4
- “The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb” – Henry L. Stimson, Secretary of War
- Memoirs of General H.H. Arnold, Commander of the American Army Air Force
- Yalta Agreement concerning Japan
- Recollections of Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Winston Churchill’s comments on the Atomic Bomb
- Leo Szilard’s recollection comments on the Atomic Bomb
- Robert J. Oppenheimer’s thoughts on the Atomic Bomb
- Harry S. Truman, radio address after dropping of Atomic Bombs
* Project Information
- Historical Term Paper information
* If you need to contact me, my email address is: bbrennan@cfcc.edu