Jeffrey Rehmar

International Studies 501

Dr. A. Horowitz

May 8, 2009

Final Project Outline

Primary Question: Would the state of Israel be created today if the Holocaust had not occurred?

Secondary Questions: What is the role of Catastrophes play?

What is the real ramification/consequence that we sense when something huge happens?

Readings: The Post American World, Fareed Zakaria; Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler;

Scholars: Richard Engel, Rabbis, Priests and Islamic Leaders (As Needed)

Professors: Brikena Ribaj, Professor Kevin Herzner, Dr. Amy Horowitz, Dr. Young-Bae Hwang, Michael Reese, Karen Armstrong, Richard Herrmann (As Needed)

Time Period of Focus: 1945-1948 (End of Holocaust to Creation of the State of Israel)

Format: Research Paper, Approximately 10 Pages

I. Introduction

II. Catastrophes

a. Before and After

b. Behaviors Change

c. Pre and Post Holocaust

d. Pre and Post 9/11

III. Pre-Holocaust Anti-Semitism

IV. Why was the U.S. involved with WW2?

a. Pearl Harbor

b. Other Reasons

V. Ramifications/Consequences

VI. Intense Study of the Middle east and its International Relations with the world 1945-1948

a. Brief Timeline

b. De-nazificiation 1945-1950

i. Still happening today

c. Newspapers Articles

d. Fareed Zakaria

e. Richard Engel

f. Mein Kampf

VII. Personal Narratives

a. Consistency of Account=Credible

b. 1940c

c. 2009c

VIII. Review of Research

IX. Opinion

X. Conclusion