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ELIZADE UNIVERSITY ILARA-MOKIN

 

DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

2019/2020 ACADEMIC YEAR

SECOND SEMESTER

SYLLABUS/COURSE OUTLINE HID 206, EUROPEAN HISTORY AND DIPLOMACY IN THE 19^TH AND 20^TH CENTURIES

(3 UNITS)

Course Descriptions

            The course discusses the major themes in the diplomatic and political history fo Europe during the period under consideration.

These themes include, Napoleon Bonaparte, the Congress of Vienna (1815), the unification of Italy and Germany, the Age of Imperialism, Underlying courses of World War 1, the Versailles Treaty, the rise of Totalitarianism, the Cold War and the Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Easter Europe.

Course Aim

            The main aim of the course is to provide the student with deep understanding of the major events and themes in the diplomatic and political history of Europe in te 19^th and 20^th Centuries.

            This course will analyze the linkage of the various themes in the evolution of European history vis-a-viz their impact and consequences on nation states and people both in Europe and other parts of the World in the 19^th and 20^th centuries.

From this perspective, this course has the following objectives:

Course Objectives

            To achieve the aims of the course, it has the following objectives;

·         Analyse and assess the major themes in the diplomatic history of Europe

·         Identify specific individual and non-state actors in the changes they initiated in the diplomatic history of Europe

·         Discuss the historical evolution in the 19^th and 20^th centuries

·         Discuss the linkage between European history and diplomatic history

·         Analyse the importance and the role played by the various nation state in decision making

·         Analyse the importance of nation states, domestic and foreign policy decision makers

·         Identify and discuss the contributions of naitonalists and leaders in the execution of decisions they initiated

 

 

CONTENT

WEEK 1:                                Napoleon Bonaparte Era (1799-1815)           

WEEK 2:                                The Congress of Vienna (1815)

WEEK 3:                                The Age of Nationalism in Italy

WEEK 4:                                The Unification of Germany

WEEK 5:                                Underlying Causes of World War I

WEEK 6:                                The Age of Imperialism

WEEK 7:                                Imperialism in Africa

WEEK 8:                                Imperialism in Asia

WEEK 9:                                The Treaty of Versailles

WEEK 10:                              The League of Nations

WEEK 11:                              Important Causes of the Failure of the League of Nations

WEEK 12:                              The Cold War

WEEK 13:                              The Collapse of Communism

WEEK 14:                              Revision

WEEK 15:                              Examinations

TEXTS

Grant, A.J. and Temperely, H. (1970). Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. London

Peacock, H. L. A. (1977). A History of Modern Europe 1789-1976. London, Heineman Educational Books Ltd.

Talmon, J. I. (1970). The Origin of Totalitarian Democracy. London Sphere Book Ltd.

Roetter Charles (1956). Psychological Warfare London, B.T. Batsford Ltd. 1956

Lipson, E. (1970). Europe in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries. London

Taylor, A. J. P. (1966). The Struggle for Master of Europe (1848-1918). New York MacMillan’s.