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POLITICAL HISTORY II COURSE IDENTIFICATION AND APPLICATION INFORMATION

Code Name of the Course Unit Semester In-Class Hours (T+P) Credit ECTS Credit
POL208 POLITICAL HISTORY II 4 3 3 6

WEEKLY COURSE CONTENTS AND STUDY MATERIALS FOR PRELIMINARY & FURTHER STUDY
Week Preparatory Topics(Subjects) Method
1 - General introduction and information on course requirements Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
2 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Bolshevik Revolution Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
3 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Treaty of Versailles and the postwar international order Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
4 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Ruhr crisis and the re-emergence of Germany under Stresemann Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
5 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Stalin and Hitler’s rise to power Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
6 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Second World War and the destruction of the European “system” (I) Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
7 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Second World War and the destruction of the European “system” (II) Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
8 - MID-TERM EXAM -
9 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Origins of the Cold War Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
10 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The development of the Cold War: Korean War Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
11 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The Suez crisis, Hungarian Uprising, and the Berlin Crisis Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
12 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Détente, the Sino-Soviet split and Nixon’s triangular diplomacy Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
13 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Détente and its discontents Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
14 Reading the related subject in the coursebook The end of the Cold War Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
15 Reading the related subject in the coursebook Conclusion: Debating the post-Cold War international order Lecture & Question and Answer & Discussion
16 - FINAL EXAM -
17 - FINAL EXAM -