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Course: World Politics II

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Course title World Politics II
Course code UHV/SPOL2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vydra Zbyněk, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) The Cold War and the Third World (1960's - 1970's). 2) The Indochina Wars and the Cold War (1945-1975). 3) The Middle East and the Cold War (1956-1979). 4) The Sino-Soviet split. 5) American foreign policy and détente (1969-1980). 6) Soviet foreign policy and détente (1969-1980). 7) China, Third World and the Cold War (1970s'). 8) Gorbachev and Reagan. Soviet-American relations, 1980-1988. 9) Eastern Europe and the end of the Cold War. 10) The collapse of the Soviet Union, 1990-1991. 11) World Politics after the Cold War, 1991-2001. 12) World Politics after 2001.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The course followed the course World Policy I. The aim of this course is to introduce students to the development of international relations after since 1960's. The relationship of the two superpowers - the USA and the Soviet Union - will be at the center of attention. The competition between the superpowers will be exemplified by a number of international crises and conflicts that happened during the 1960'-1980's. The reasons for the collapse of Soviet Union and the end of Cold War will be analyzed particularly.
Students will be able to describe and interpret basic tendencies in the development of international relations during the second half of the 20th century.
Prerequisites
unspecified
UHV/SPOL1

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

Credit is based on an oral examination. Students are expected to bring the list of literature that they read to the examination (a minimum of 10 manuscripts, including one in a foreign language).
Recommended literature
  • Brands, H. The Latin America's Cold War. Cambridge, Mass., 2010.
  • CAUTE, D. The dancer defects: the struggle for cultural supremacy during the cold war. Oxford, 2005.
  • DURMAN, K. Popely ještě žhavé. Velká politika 1938-1964. Praha: Karolinum, 2004.
  • DURMAN, K. Popely ještě žhavé: velká politika 1938-1991, díl 2., Konec dobrodružství 1964-1991. Praha, 2009.
  • DURMAN, K. Útěk od praporů. Praha: Karolinum, 1998.
  • GADDIS, J. L. Studená válka. Praha: Slovart, 2006.
  • Harper, J. L. The Cold War. Oxford, 2011.
  • Haslam, Jonathan. Russia's Cold War. New Haven, 2011.
  • JOHNSON, G. The foreign office and British diplomacy in the 20th century. London: Routledge, 2005.
  • LEFFLER, M. P. - PAINTER, D. S. (edd.). Origins of the Cold War: an international history. London, 2005.
  • LEFFLER, M. P., WESTAD, O. A. (edd.). The Cambridge History of the Cold War, 3 vols.. Cambridge, 2009.
  • LUŇÁK, P. Západ. Spojené státy a Západní Evropa ve studené válce. Praha: Libri, 1997.
  • NÁLEVKA, V. Světová politika, I-II. Praha: Aleš Skřivan ml., 2000.
  • SCHULZINGER, R. D. U. S. Diplomacy since 1900. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
  • WESTAD, O. A. The global Cold War: third world interventions and the making of our times. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
  • ZUBOK, Vladislav M. A failed empire : the Soviet Union in the Cold War from Stalin to Gorbachev. Chapell Hill, 2009.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Philosophy Study plan (Version): Cultural History (2013) Category: History courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer
University of Pardubice, date of update: 28.05.2024 23:50.