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Lecturer(s)
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Veselý Martin, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Rokoský Jaroslav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Topics: - End of the Second World War in Europe and Asia, results of Yalta and Potsdam conferences - Cold war, beginnings, periodization - American foreign policy - Situation in the Far East - Korean war - "German question" in the world politics - Great Britain in the afterwar period - Formation of the Soviet Bloc - USSR - afterwar development - European integration - Arabic-Izraeli conflict - Latin America - Decolonization
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified, unspecified, unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to give information about the key events of the period, further it attempts to formulate causal and consequential relations in wide perspective of social, political and cultural development. At the same time we will try to understand complex issues of history of the 2nd half of the 20th century.
Students should extend their knowledge and understand the issues of the newest history, they should develop their abilities to carry out research themselves. They should learn to use academic literature, periodicals, resource materials, documents. Moreover they should be able to interpret studied phenomenons and actions, to argue for their opinions and participate in a discussion.
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Prerequisites
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All preceding courses of general and Czechoslovak history
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Good attendance and continual task fulfillment.
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Recommended literature
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Allan BULLOCK. Hitler a Stalin, Paralelní životopisy. Plzeň, 1994.
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Ferdinand SEIBT. Ta stará ošklivá melodie. Několik ohlédnutí za německou historií 1900 - 1945. Praha, 2002.
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Gerhard BESIER. Das Europa der Diktaturen; Eine neue Geschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts. München, 2006.
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Jacques ROSSI. Encyklopedie Gulagu. Praha, 1999.
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Jan KŘEN. Dvě století dějin střední Evropy. Praha, 2005.
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Marcel REICH-RANICKI. Můj život. Praha, 2003.
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Martin BROSZAT. Uchopení moci. Vzestup NSDAP a zničení Výmarské republiky. Praha, 2002.
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Martin GILBERT. Dějiny dvacátého století I (1900-1933). Praha, 2005.
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Niall FERGUSON. Britské impérium: cesta k modernímu světu. Praha, 2007.
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Orlando FIGES. Lidská tragédie. Ruská revoluce 1891 - 1924. Praha, 2000.
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Richard PIPES. Dějiny ruské revoluce. Praha, 1998.
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Robert C. TUCKER. Stalin jako revolucionář. 1879 - 1929. Studie dějin a osobnosti. . Praha, 2003.
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Robert C. TUCKER. Stalin. Na vrcholu moci 1928 ? 1941. Praha, 2000.
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Viktor KLEMPERER. Deníky, Chci vydat svědectví I. a II.. Praha, 2003.
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Vladimír BYSTROV. Průvodce říší zla. Praha, 2006.
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Vladimír NÁLEVKA. Světová politika ve 20. století . Praha, 2000.
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Winston S. CHURCHIL. Druhá světová válka I. - VI.. Praha, 1996.
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