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HIS 212: Catastrophe and survival in twentieth-century Europe

Lecturer: Dr B. S. Bennett, email bennett@mopipi... [Click here for full email address]

1. The age of catastrophe
   • The causes, nature and effects of the two World Wars
   • The collapse of the pre-1st WW system
   • The failure of inter-war democracy
   • Dictatorship, Fascism, and Communism
2. Recovery and Progress
   • Post-war Europe, East and West
   • Economic and political success
   • The growth of the European Union
3. Strains in the post-war order
   • The 1960s, the 1970s, and neoliberalism
   • The end of the Cold War
4. Post-Cold War Europe
   • The end of History?
   • The Unravelling of Stability? Where to next?
5. Over-arching themes
   • Political Violence, Genocide, Responses
   • Economic patterns
   • Decline from world power

Assessment: This course has no final examination. Instead, 50% of the total mark comes from a Special Topic Essay (50%). The questions for Special topic essays will be different for each student and require analysis of detail. They will be assessed in two stages: details will be given in class. The other 50% comes from CA including two main assignments.

Material online

See the H202 Index Page which links to various useful pages. (The semester courses HIS211 and HIS212 replace the old year-long course H202.) In particular, see

• the old H202 reading list
• the HIS211 short guide to footnotes, and the more detailed footnote guide (PDF)
• How to take notes in lectures
• Guide to essay-writing

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