Overview
Lecturer
Sorin Arhire
Seminar tutor
Sorin Arhire
Type of course
Compulsory
Language of instruction
Romanian
Erasmus language
English
Domain
History
Field of study
History
Form of education
Full-time
Form of instruction
Lecture
Credit awarded by
Grade
Teaching methods
Lecture, conversation, exemplification.
Entry requirements
World History of the Twentieth Century
Aims
Knowing and a correct using of fundamental ideas concerning concepts specific to International Relations during 19th and 20th centuries
Understanding and a correct using of fundamental ideas concerning concepts specific to International Relations during 19th and 20th centuries
Integration in a coherent structure of main theorizations and value landmarks recognised in International Relations as well as in connected domains.
Course contents
1. International relations between Great Powers before World War I.
2. Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920).
3. The first decade of the inter-war period.
4. League of Nations.
5. The second decade of the inter-war period.
6. Anglo-American Relations during World War II.
7. United Nations.
8. Germany after 1945.
9. The Korean War (1950-1953).
10. NATO versus Treaty of Warsaw.
11. Vietnamese War.
12. Mikhail Gorbachev and the end of the Cold War.
13. USA foreign policy promoted by presidents Bill Clinton and George Bush.
14. International relations at the end of the 20th century.
Learning outcomes
Retrieval of written sources on the historical past;
Establishing historical facts on the basis of historical sources and outside of these;
The concrete production of new historical knowledge on the basis of deeper insights within the study of an epoch and/or of a medium complexity historical subject.
Assessment
Written paper – interpretative essay – 60%; continuous assessment – 40%.
Recommended reading
World Politics since 1945
Calvocoressi, Peter
Routledge, London, 2009 · 620
Diplomacy
Kissinger, Henry
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1994 · 912
Diplomatic Handbook
Feltham, R. G.
Longman Publishing Group, London, 1982 · 164