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HIST328 Europe in War and Peace, 1914 to the Present

Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Semester 1 On Campus
Online level Level B - Internet access required
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam June
Pre-requisites 12 cp in ANCH, ECON (units with a 4 or 5 as second digit [denoting ECON HIST] only), HIST except HIST 181 and 182 or candidature in BIntSt and any 24 cp
Co-requisites None
Restrictions HIST 121, 228
Notes None
Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Robert Knowles (rknowles@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit identifies and examines circumstances leading up to, and consequences of, major instances of turmoil and transition in twentieth century Europe. The period begins with the Russian revolution in 1917 and the aftermath of World War one. Later issues include: the interwar period; fascism in Italy and Germany; the Spanish Civil War; origins and outcomes of World War II; European integration; the Cold War in Europe; the collapse of Soviet and European communism; and post-communist conditions since 1990. Throughout the unit, attention is given to both eastern and western Europe.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory

Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

Dark Continent: Europe's Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780679757047
Mazower, M., Vintage Books 2000
Europe in Our Time: A History, 1945-1992
ISBN: AR545
Laqueur, W., Penguin 1992
Note: Available from the United Campus Bookshops, UNE
Recommended Material
Optional
None
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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