The History of Western Civilization   American Crisis Wars   Identity groups, fault lines, crisis wars   Generation gaps versus fault lines   Judaism, lives of Jesus and Mohammed
	America Today   Changes since 9/11 -   Visceral fear and anxiety - way of life in danger -   Fury at Islamic terrorists - revenge vs revanche -   Willingness to lock up Muslims with little or no probable cause (like Japanese during WW II) -   CIA and FBI - merging databases -   Increase patriotism -   Pre-emptive foreign policy   Europe after Madrid 3/11   Generational change around year 2000   Political shifts -   Gender gap and gender wars nearly extinguished -   Christian right / Jewish left: common goal of defending Israel -   Democrats need to focus on economy, not bash Bush on war
	American History   Crisis Wars in American History -   1670-90 King Philip's War Crisis -   1772-90 Revolutionary War Crisis -   1857-1870 Civil War Crisis -   1929-1945 World War II Crisis   Mid-Cycle (Interim) Wars -   1846-48 Mexican War -   1898 Spanish-American War -   1917-18 World War I -   1950-53 Korean War -   1964-73 Vietnam War -   1991 Persian Gulf War
	American History (Cont.)   World War II was a crisis war -   No hesitation after Pearl Harbor -   Antiwar (pacifist) movement fizzled -   Loss of individual rights - confinement -   No protection for civilians -   Visceral fear and fury -   Desire for revenge (vs. revanche)   World War I was a mid-cycle war -   Christmas Truce (England/Germany, 1914) -   American neutrality till 1917 - despite terrorism -   Strong anti-war (pacifist) movement in America -   Unnecessary German capitulation -   Crisis war for Russia and Ottoman Empire   Vietnam War was a mid-cycle war -   Generation gap - G.I. generation v Baby Boomers -   Strong anti-war (pacifist) movement in America -   Protection of civilians -   Crisis war for Vietnamese
	Civilizations, Identity Groups, Fault Lines   Major Civilizations of the World Nine major civilizations today -   Western, Latin American, African, Islamic, Sinic (Chinese), Hindu, Orthodox, Buddhist, and Japanese   Identity groups -   Bosnian war: Serbs vs Bosnians vs Croats -   Orthodox Christians vs Muslims vs Western Christians   Fault lines -   France vs Germany -   Western vs Orthodox Christianity -   Islam vs Orthodox Christianity
	Generation Gaps vs Fault Lines Fault lines and generation gaps
	From Revolutionary War to Civil War   Cause of war vs Timing of war America c 1810      America c 1830 America c 1850      America c 1861
	Western and Eastern European Timelines Crisis war timelines for Western Europe and for Orthodox Christianity vs Muslim Civilizations
	History of Judaism   A Diaspora religion -   1200BC Exodus: Hebrews under Moses cross Red Sea out of Egyptian slavery and survive in the desert -   500BC Jews exiled into Babylon, return to Jerusalem -   Jews could live anywhere, without a homeland, and maintain a Jewish identity -   ..................... To be completed .......
	Lives of Jesus and Mohammed   Life of Jesus -   4 BC - Born at end of crisis period -   Became popular during awakening period -   Did not flee when threatened with death because of Isaiah -   66AD - Destruction of Jerusalem - spread of Christianity   Life of Mohammed -   570 AD - Born at beginning of crisis war - orphaned -   Became popular during awakening period -   Fled from Mecca to Medina when threatened with death -   630 Conquered Mecca ten years later, died several years later -   665 - Crisis civil war among followers - spread of Islam   Awakening periods -   The time when great ideas are born -   Great ideas extinguish or spread during next crisis war -   Name comes from "The Great Awakening" - period of 1730-40s - when multiple religions spread on American east coast

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