FPF:UHVD2212 Sources for the cold war histo - Course Information
UHVD2212 Sources for the cold war history
Faculty of Philosophy and Science in OpavaWinter 2016
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
- Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Jiří Knapík, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- UHVD1001 Introduction to the study of h || UHVD1005 Historical Proseminar
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- History (programme FPF, M7105 HiVe)
- Course objectives
- Follow a series of lectures on world history since 1945, drawing up papers (topics deepen basic understanding of lectures, develop less exposed problems). The seminar consists of discussion of the papers or problems opened by seminar leader, further analysis of the major sources and term paper.
- Syllabus
- 1. What is the cold war? (The concept, characteristics, periodization)
2. W. Churchill Speech in Fulton and his response in Czech contemporary press
3. G. Kennan: The so-called long telegram
4. J. V Stalin: Speech in February 1946
5. A. A Zhdanov: The international situation (Speech in September 1947)
6. Anti-Yugoslav Resolutions 1948 and 1949
7. The North Atlantic Treaty of April 1949
8. Military meeting in Moscow in January 1951 - myth and reality
9. The proposal of the USSR to neutralize Germany from March 1952
10. The Suez crisis in the background block rivalry
11. Resolution of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR in 1955
12. The note of the Government of the USSR from November 1958; The note of the Government of the USSR from January 1959
13. Role of the UN in post-war world and its contribution to international crises
14. Meeting J. F. Kennedy - N.S. Khrushchev in Vienna in the spring of 1961
15. The establishment, operation and termination of the Information Bureau (1947-1956)
16. Sino -Soviet split: causes and consequences
17. SALT 1 Treaty and the ABM (1972 ) as a landmark nuclear arms
18. Efforts on Disarmament (50th-80th years)
19. The peace movement (40th-80th years)
20. The response of the Korean War in the Czech press (1950-1953)
21. Foreign policy approach of Charles de Gaulle in the years 1958-1969
22. Soviet foreign policy 1964-1983 and the so-called Brezhnev Doctrine
23. Henry Kissinger and the main features of its foreign policy concept
24. The war in Indochina on the Czech press
25. Decolonization in the 50th and 60 Between the pages of the Czech press
- 1. What is the cold war? (The concept, characteristics, periodization)
- Literature
- recommended literature
- DURMAN, K. Popely ještě žhavé: velká politika 1938-1991). Světová válka a nukleární mír I. Praha 2004. info
- NÁLEVKA, V. Světová politika ve 20. století I., II. Praha 2000. info
- BERGHE, Y. Vanden. Velké nedorozumění. Dějiny studené války (1917-1990). Praha 1996. info
- VYKOUKAL, J. - LITERA, B. - TEJCHMAN, M. Východ. Vznik, vývoj a rozpad sovětského bloku 1944-1989. Praha, Libri 2000. info
- LUŇÁK, P. Západ. Spojené státy a Západní Evropa ve studené válce. Praha, Libri 1997. info
- DRULÁK, P. Metafory studené války. Interpretace politického fenoménu. Praha, 2009. info
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
- Teacher's information
- * Active participation
* paper to the topic
* written tests
* final test
* term paper (scope of work about 12 standard pages, the proper source citations and bibliography)
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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