| Course title | General History of the 20th Century B |
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| Course code | KHI/BPH41 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | 2 |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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1.Korean War 1950-1953, US domestic policy in the 1950s 2.The upheavals in the proletarian paradise. The USSR and the Eastern Bloc in the 1950s 3.The Middle East. The emergence of the state of Israel and the Arab-Israeli wars 1948-1967 4.Decolonization in the world, its causes and its course 5.The Strangelove Factor. II. The Berlin Crisis and the Caribbean Crisis 6.The Great Society. The USA in the 1960s 7.The neuralgic point and the new hegemon. Asia in the 1950s-1970s 8.1968 in the world 9.The USSR and the Eastern Bloc in the 1960s and 1970s 10.Star Wars. USA in the 1970s and 1980s 11.Together? Developments in Western Europe in the 1950s-1970s and integration processes 12.On the road to disintegration. The USSR and the Eastern Bloc in the 1980s 13.War in Yugoslavia 14.Terrorism from the 1950s to the 1990s
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The aim of the course is to present the fundamental aspects of global development from the end of World War I to the collapse of the Eastern Bloc and subsequent events. The LS traces the manifestations of the Cold War, the internal development of the U.S., its foreign involvement, forms of competition with the Soviet Union, as well as the development of the USSR and the Eastern Bloc to its collapse and the subsequent wartime conflict in Yugoslavia.
The student demonstrates knowledge of the facts and key phenomena of general modern history from 1918-1953. The student is oriented to the causes and consequences of major events that influenced historical development. The student knows the basic literature on the period under study and is able to critically interpret the described phenomena. Demonstrates knowledge of causal links and understands them in a broader historical context. Can satisfactorily explain and interpret important concepts such as the Cold War, GCC, EEC, decolonisation, nuclear (dis)armament, Brezhnev Doctrine, OPEC, oil shock, perestroika, glasnost, etc. The student is able to grasp the ethical dimension of the problematic phenomena of the period and their implications for the present. |
| Prerequisites |
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None
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Oral exam. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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