Went to college originally for just an AA and got most of the basics under me, but stopped until I figured out what I wanted to do, went with cooking when I went back.
Most of my education has come from my own reading, the homeschooling I received for a few years till the folks both had to get jobs to support the family, a Grandfather who grew up a poor Kentucky boy, and a Grandma who was a child in England during WWII.
Make some time to read:
“The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich” by William Shirer
“The Three Faces of Fascism” by Ernst Nolte
“Arms of Krupp” by William Manchester
There is lots more but I got the impression that I learned more about modern history and politics reading these AFTER college than I learned IN college.
The hard facts and social/political realities of the period are spelled out more clearly in these books than in any course I took in college. Also, THESE authors are stand-out writers with superior academic credentials who were not biased or manipulating the facts.
Try to stay away from authors who use their status to grind their OWN political ax and doing it at the expense of logic and facts.