Modern History of International Relations before 1945

2023/2024

Учебный год

ENG

Обучение ведется на английском языке

6

Кредиты

Кто читает:

Факультет мировой экономики и мировой политики

Статус:

Курс обязательный

Когда читается:

1-й курс, 3 модуль

Преподаватель

Новиков Дмитрий Павлович

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course covers the modern period of global history, focusing on the rise of decline of the post-WWI international order in different aspect: economic, social, political and geostrategic ones. There are no prerequisites for this course. However, a rigorous work during the course is required. Students who attend all classes, participate in discussions, solve home assignments, and complete the course projects would very likely pass the course with a good grade.

Learning Objectives

• To understand the economic and social development European states in the interwar period (1920-1930);
• Analyze the reasons and consequences of the Great Depression;
• Have a deep and comprehensive outlook of the ideological context of the social and political development of European and non-European societies (rise of Fascism and Militarism, spread of Communist ideas);
• To examine the preconditions and reasons of the WWII and policies of the Great Powers, which led to destruction of the post-WWI international order.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• Be able to determine the role of Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan in undermining collective security;
• Be able to determine characteristic features of dictatorial regimes of Italy, Germany, and Spain;
• Be able to determine the role of Versailles System in stimulating the rise of fascism in Europe;
• Know strategic and military preconditions of WWII;
• Know the impact of the Great Depression upon the progress that had been made in terms of international collaboration through the League;
• Know the implications of the Treaty of Versailles for the Weimar Republic;
• Know the reasons for the appearance of fascism in Europe;
• Know the role of Germany and Italy in the Spanish Civil War;
• Know the US role in international relations during the interwar period.
• Understand the theory and logic of detente
• know and understand the key treaties and events of the Detente policy
• understant the context and nature of the Korean War
• understand influence of the Korean war on the Cold War
• learn the nature and context of the Vietnam war
• learn the political and strategic developements in Eastern Europe in the first half of the Cold War

Course Contents

• Consequences of the WWI
• The League of Nations and Collective Security
• The Weimar Republic
• The Great Depression
• Rise of Fascism
• The Manchurian Crisis and The Spanish Civil War
• Appeasement
• Beginning of WWII

Assessment Elements

• Quizzes
• Test
• Final Exam
• Seminars activity

Interim Assessment

• 2023/2024 3rd module
  0.25 * Final Exam + 0.25 * Quizzes + 0.25 * Seminars activity + 0.25 * Test

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Sylvest, C. (2004). Interwar Internationalism, the British Labour Party, and the Historiography of International Relations. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.29F9DF84
• Wunderlich, F. (1938). Germany’s Defense Economy and the Decay of Capitalism. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsbas&AN=edsbas.83726108

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• David S. Jacks, & Dennis Novy. (2019). Trade blocs and trade wars during the interwar period. CESifo Working Paper Series. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.ces.ceswps..7665
• Jacks, D. S., & Novy, D. (2019). Trade Blocs and Trade Wars during the Interwar Period. The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS). Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsrep&AN=edsrep.p.wrk.warwec.1197

Authors

• BODISHTYANU NIKOL -
• NOVIKOV DMITRIY PAVLOVICH