HISTORY OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
STORIA DELLE RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
The cold war
La Guerra fredda
| A.Y. | Credits |
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| 2016/2017 | 8 |
| Lecturer | Office hours for students | |
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| Barbara Montesi | After the lesson |
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Course with optional materials in a foreign language
This course is entirely taught in Italian. Study materials can be provided in the foreign language and the final exam can be taken in the foreign language. |
Assigned to the Degree Course
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Learning Objectives
The goal of the course is to prepare students to understand how the world got to be the way it is today and the forces that govern its ongoing evolution.
The course goes beyond study of the formal relations between states - the traditional subject matter of diplomatic history - to address themes in social, cultural, and intellectual history.
Program
The course analyses the history of international relations in the twentieth century, giving specific attention to the period of the cold war. The course will also focus on 9/11 and its consequences for the international system.
Learning Achievements (Dublin Descriptors)
Knowledge and understanding of the international system of the 20th Century, in particular the cold war and Onu.
Ability to apply the above knowledge and understanding to current international issues.
Ability to make judgements on the history of international relations in the 20th Century and to critically analyze current international dynamics,
Improvements of communication skills, both in written and oral form.
Improvement of learning skills.
Teaching Material
The teaching material prepared by the lecturer in addition to recommended textbooks (such as for instance slides, lecture notes, exercises, bibliography) and communications from the lecturer specific to the course can be found inside the Moodle platform › blended.uniurb.it
Teaching, Attendance, Course Books and Assessment
- Teaching
Lectures, seminars, multimedia.
- Course books
Federico Romero, Storia della guerra fredda, Einaudi 2009
Alessandro Polsi, Storia dell'Onu, Laterza 2006
Più un testo a scelta tra:
Più un testo a scelta tra:
Raymond F. Betts, La decolonizzazione, il Mulino 2007
Mitchell K. Hall, La guerra del Vietnam, il Mulino 2011
Steven Hugh Lee, La guerra di Corea, il Mulino 2003
Martin McCauley, Stalin e lo stalinismo, il Mulino 2004
Luciano Canfora, 1956. L'anno spartiacque, Sellerio 2016
Marcello Flores, 1956, il Mulino 1996
Marcello Flores, L'età del sospetto. I processi politici della guerra fredda, il Mulino 1995
Marcello Flores, 1917. La rivoluzione, Einaudi 2007
Angelo d'Orsi, 1917. L'anno della rivoluzione, Laterza 2016
Silvio Pons, La rivoluzione globale. Storia del comunismo internazionale. 1917-1991, Einaudi 2012
Victoria De Grazia, L'impero irresistibile. La società dei consumi americana alla conquista del mondo, Einaudi 2006 (prefazione e capitoli 7, 8 e 9)
Amoreno Martellini, Morire di pace. L'eccidio di Kindu nell'Italia del miracolo, il Mulino, 2017
Anna Tonelli, Gli irregolari. Amori comunisti al tempo della Guerra fredda, Laterza, 2014
Stefano Pivato, Favole e politica. Pinocchio, Cappuccetto rosso e la Guerra fredda, il Mulino, 2015
- Assessment
Oral exam
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Additional Information for Non-Attending Students
- Course books
Federico Romero, Storia della guerra fredda, Einaudi 2009
Alessandro Polsi, Storia dell'Onu, Laterza 2006
Più un testo a scelta tra:
Steven Hugh Lee, La guerra di Corea, il Mulino
Raymond F. Betts, La decolonizzazione, il Mulino
Marc Frey, Storia della guerra in Vietnam: la tragedia in Asia e la fine del sogno americano, Einaudi
Martin McCauley, Stalin e lo stalinismo, il Mulino
Luciano Canfora, 1956. L'anno spartiacque, Sellerio 2016
Marcello Flores, 1956, il Mulino 1996
Marcello Flores, L'età del sospetto. I processi politici della guerra fredda, il Mulino 1995
Marcello Flores, 1917. La rivoluzione, Einaudi 2007
Angelo d'Orsi, 1917. L'anno della rivoluzione, Laterza 2016
Silvio Pons, La rivoluzione globale. Storia del comunismo internazionale. 1917-1991, Einaudi 2012
Victoria De Grazia, L'impero irresistibile. La società dei consumi americana alla conquista del mondo, Einaudi 2006 (prefazione e capitoli 7, 8 e 9)
Amoreno Martellini, Morire di pace. L'eccidio di Kindu nell'Italia del miracolo, il Mulino, 2017
Anna Tonelli, Gli irregolari. Amori comunisti al tempo della Guerra fredda, Laterza, 2014
Stefano Pivato, Favole e politica. Pinocchio, Cappuccetto rosso e la Guerra fredda, il Mulino, 2015
- Assessment
Oral exam
- Disability and Specific Learning Disorders (SLD)
Students who have registered their disability certification or SLD certification with the Inclusion and Right to Study Office can request to use conceptual maps (for keywords) during exams.
To this end, it is necessary to send the maps, two weeks before the exam date, to the course instructor, who will verify their compliance with the university guidelines and may request modifications.
Notes
The student can request to sit the final exam in English with an alternative bibliography
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