INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE 20TH CENTURY

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1 Syllabus INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN THE 20TH CENTURY Last update HU Credits: 6 Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor) Responsible Department: International Relations Academic year: 1 Semester: Yearly Teaching Languages: Hebrew Campus: Mt. Scopus Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Gadi Heimann Coordinator Balthazar@mscc.huji.ac.il Coordinator Office Hours: Monday 17;00-18:00 Teaching Staff: Dr. Gadi Heimann page 1 / 7

2 Aviad Levy Yaara Elazari Omer Alon Naama Peled Chen Peretz Morr Link Course/Module description: The course offers students a general background to the history of international relations from the end of the nineteenth century to the present. The course emphasizes the relationship between the great powers while taking into account regional developments and the emergence of other actors in the international system. Topics issues discussed include: the background to the two world wars and the course and outcome of the wars; the development of the Cold War; colonization and decolonization; the emergence of the European Union, the end of the Cold War and the post-war world. Besides describing events, considerable emphasis is placed on understanding the processes and their underlying factors. Course/Module aims: The course aims to introduce students to the long-term developments and principal events in the international arena between the close of the nineteenth century to the end of the Cold War. It equips students to identify the military, economic, cultural and human factors which especially influence the international system during this period. Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to: Students should be familiar with the main personalities and events which were responsible for shaping international politics during the twentieth century. Students will acquire the essential empirical background for their studies in the international relations department. Attendance requirements(%): 75% Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Frontal Course/Module Content: Semester A: General presentation of the course structure. Background to the period: Historical page 2 / 7

3 introduction to the twentieth century. 2. International system in 1870: Primary and secondary actors, Part I 3. International system in 1870: Primary and secondary actors, Part II 4. The Bismarck system, The new imperialism: Its causes, characteristics, and international implications. 6. The circumstances and causes of the outbreak of the First World War. 7. World War I: Outbreak of war to "slaughterhouse" of Verdun and the Somme. 8. World War I: The entry of the US into the war, the Russian Revolution, and the German surrender. 9. The peace agreements after the war and their implications. 10. The Twenties: The road to Locarno and the Leage of Nations. 11. The totalitarian era: Italian fascism, Japanese militarism, and German Nazism 12. Nazi foreign policy in the 1930s: From moderate revisionism to open aggression, Part I. 13. Nazi foreign policy in the 1930 ': From moderate revisionism to open aggression, Part II. Semester B: After First phase of World War II. 2. The second phase of World War II. Conferences at the end of the war, towards a new international order. 3. Roots of the Cold War, Sovietization of Eastern Europe. 4. The rise of Communist China and the Korean War - the institutionalization of the Cold War. 5. New Spirit: Soviet relations with the Western powers, the Communist bloc, and the third world after the death of Stalin. 6. Growing tensions: The Sino-Soviet conflict, the Berlin crisis and the Cuban missile crisis. (Film) 7. The Vietnam War. 8. The United States and the European powers. The rise and fall of detente. Change in relations between the USA and China. 9. The Second Cold War and the rise of radical Islam. 10. The change in relations between the superpowers in the late eighties, the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union. 11. De-colonization and the Third World in the international arena. 12. Latin America in the international arena. 13. Trends in consolidation and division in Europe during the Cold War and beyond. 14. The search for a new world order under the hegemony of America. Required Reading: Semester A: General presentation of the course structure. Background to the period: Historical introduction to the twentieth century. Winks, W. R. and Adams J. K. R, Europe Crisis and Conflict, , Oxford page 3 / 7

4 University Press, 2003, pp International system in 1870: Primary and secondary actors, Part I קנדי, פול, עלייתן ונפילתן של המעצמות הגדולות, דביר, 1992, פרקים 5. 4 Joll, James, Europe Since 1870: An International History, Harper & Row,1973, pp International system in 1870: Primary and secondary actors, Part II 4. The Bismarck system, Craig, A. Gordon, Germany, , Oxford University Press, 1978, pp The new imperialism: Its causes, characteristics, and international implications. תומסון, דיוויד, אירופה מאז נפוליאון,כרך א', זמורה ביתן, 1984, עמ' Lowe, John, The Great Powers, Imperialism, and the German Problem, , Routledge, 1994, Chapters 3 & 4 6. The circumstances and causes of the outbreak of the First World War. כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, 1996, כרך א, עמ' Joll, James, The Origins of the First World War, Longman, 1984, Chapters 2 & 3 7. World War I: Outbreak of war to "slaughterhouse" of Verdun and the Somme. כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, כרך א, עמ' Winks, W. R. and Adams J. K. R, Europe Crisis and Conflict, , pp World War I: The entry of the US into the war, the Russian Revolution, and the German surrender. כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, כרך א, עמ' Keegan, John, The First World War, Alfred A. Knoff, 1999, pp & The peace agreements after the war and their implications. 10. The Twenties: The road to Locarno and the Leage of Nations. כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, כרך א, עמ' קאר, ה. אדוארד, היחסים הבינלאומיים בין שתי מלחמות העולם, עם הספר, , 11. The totalitarian era: Italian fascism, Japanese militarism, and German Nazism ג'ונסון, פול, היסטוריה של הזמן המודרני, פרקים 3+2. פקסטון, רוברט, האנטומיה של הפשיזם, ידיעות אחרונות, 2009, עמ' Nazi foreign policy in the 1930s: From moderate revisionism to open aggression, Part I. כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, כרך ג, עמ' קאר, ה. אדוארד, יחסים בינלאומיים בין שתי מלחמות העולם, , 13. Nazi foreign policy in the 1930 ': From moderate revisionism to open aggression, Part II. Semester B: After First phase of World War II. כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, כרך ג, עמ' אוברי, ריצ'ארד, למה ניצחו בעלות הברית, דביר, , 1999, 2. The second phase of World War II. Conferences at the end of the war, towards a new international order. כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, כרך ג, עמ' Roots of the Cold War, Sovietization of Eastern Europe. LaFeber, W., America, Russia, and the Cold War ,( 9th. Ed.), McGrawpage 4 / 7

5 Hill, 2002, chps היצ'קוק, ויליאם, המאבק על אירופה, עם עובד, 2006, עמ' The rise of Communist China and the Korean War - the institutionalization of the Cold War. שי, א., ממלחמות האופיום ועד יורשי מא Stueck, W., The Korean War: An International History, Princeton, 1997, pp New Spirit: Soviet relations with the Western powers, the Communist bloc, and the third world after the death of Stalin. היצ'קוק, ויליאם, המאבק על אירופה, עמ' , 213 קיסינג'ר, הנרי, דיפלומטיה, ירושלים: מרכז שלם, Richter, G. James, Khrushchev's Double Bind, Boulder: John Hopkins University Press, 1994, pp Growing tensions: The Sino-Soviet conflict, the Berlin crisis and the Cuban missile crisis. (Film) "The Sino Soviet Split" In R. MacFarquhar and J. Fairbank, (eds.) The Cambridge History of China, Vol. 14, 1987, pp Zubok V. and C. Pleshakov, Inside the Kremlin's Cold War: From Stalin to Khrushchev, Cambridge, 1996, pp The Vietnam War. Jeffery P. Kimball, To Reason Why: The Debate About the Causes of US involvement in the Vietnam War, Philadelphia, 1990, pp Hunt M. H., Crises in U.S. Foreign Policy: An International Reader, New Haven, 1996, pp The United States and the European powers. The rise and fall of detente. Change in relations between the USA and China. היצ'קוק, ויליאם, המאבק על אירופה, עמ' , 243 LaFeber, W., Amreica, Russia, and the Cold War , McGraw-Hill, chp. 11. Jian C., Mao's China and the Cold War, Chapel Hill, 2001, pp The Second Cold War and the rise of radical Islam. Westad, Odd Arne. Third World Interventions and the Making of Our Times, Cambridge, 2005, pp The change in relations between the superpowers in the late eighties, the end of the Cold War, the collapse of the Soviet Union. היצ'קוק ויליאם, המאבק על אירופה, עמ' Bisley, N., The End of the Cold War and the Causes of Soviet Collapse, Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, pp De-colonization and the Third World in the international arena. McWilliams W. C. and Piotrowski H., The World Since 1945, 5th. Eds., Lynne Rienner, 2001, pp Mortimer, A., The Third World Coalition in International Politics, New York, 1980, pp Latin America in the international arena. Fraser C., "International Relations," In R. S. Hillman, ed., Understanding Contemporary Latin America, Boulder, 1996, pp Skidmore T. E., and P. H. Smith, Modern Latin America, New York, 1997, pp page 5 / 7

6 13. Trends in consolidation and division in Europe during the Cold War and beyond. היצ'קוק, ויליאם, המאבק על אירופה, עמ' John McCormick, Understanding the European Union: A Concise Introduction, chapters: The Evolution of the EU and The EU and the World. 14. The search for a new world order under the hegemony of America. קגן רוברט, "כוח וחולשה: ארצות הברית ואירופה," תכלת, מס' 2003, 15, עמ' Huntington S. H., "The Lonely Superpower," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 78, No. 2, 1999, pp Joseph Nye, "The Decline of America's Soft Power," Foreign Affairs, Additional Reading Material: Selected Bibliography Semester A. ג'ונסון, פול, היסטוריה של הזמן המודרני, דברי, 1995, כרך א' כהן, סטיוארט, היסטוריה דיפלומטית של המאה ה- 20, האוניברסיטה הפתוחה, 1996, כרכים א+ב קאר, ה. אדוארד, היחסים הבינלאומיים בין שתי מלחמות העולם, עם הספר, 1967 קנדי, פול, עלייתן ונפילתן של המעצמות הגדולות, דביר, 1992 תומסון, דיוויד, אירופה מאז נפוליאון,כרך א', זמורה ביתן, 1984, כרכים א+ב. Craig, A. Gordon, Germany, , Oxford University Press, 1978 Joll, James, Europe Since 1870: An International History, Harper & Row,1973 Taylor, A. J. P., The Struggle of the Mastery in Europe, , Oxford University Press, 1954 [2004 digital online] Winks, W. R. and Adams J. K. R, Europe Crisis and Conflict, , Oxford University Press, 2003 Background reading Semester B ספרי-רקע לסמסטר ב' ג'ונסון, פול, ההיסטוריה של העידן המודרני, דביר, 1995, כרך ב' היצ'קוק, ויליאם, המאבק על אירופה, עם עובד, 2006 קיסינג'ר, הנרי, דיפלומטיה, הוצאת שלם, 2007 קנדי, פול, עלייתן ונפילתן של המעצמות הגדולות, דביר, 1992 Best, Antony, An International History of the Twentieth Century, Routledge, 2003 page 6 / 7

7 Powered by TCPDF ( Calvocoressi, Peter, World Politics; , Pearson Education, 2001 Frieden, A. Jeffry, Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century, Norton, 2006 Gaddis, L. John, The Cold War, Penguin Press, 2005 MaCwilliams, C. Wayne, Lynne Rienner, The World since 1945: An International History, 2005 Young, W. John & John Kent, International Relations since 1945: A Global History, Oxford University Press, 2004 Course/Module evaluation: End of year written/oral examination 70 % Presentation 0 % Participation in Tutorials 0 % Project work 20 % Assignments 10 % Reports 0 % Research project 0 % Quizzes 0 % Other 0 % Additional information: none page 7 / 7