Gwybodaeth Modiwlau
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 17 Hours. (17 x 1 hour) |
Seminars / Tutorials | 10 Hours. (10 x 1 hour) |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 2000 words | 30% |
Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
Supplementary Exam | Students may, subject to Faculty approval, have the opportunity to resit this module, normally during the supplementary examination period. For further clarification please contact the Teaching Programme Administrator in the Department of International Politics. |
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
On completion of the module, students will be able to:
- Describe and analyse the key factors which made the Middle East a region of such central strategic importance over the twentieth century.
- Identify and critically discuss the major events and trends in the rise of nationalism and the decline of imperialism in the Middle East.
- Demonstrate through discussion and coursework an understanding of the historical origins and development of the modern state system in the Middle East.
- Describe the changing roles of the post-1945 Superpowers in the Middle East.
- Display through discussion and coursework an understanding of the nature of the Cold War in the Middle East.
- Discuss and evaluate the internal dynamics of the Middle Eastern regional politics.
- Critically assess the impact of the State of Israel on the international relations of the Middle East.
Brief description
This module introduces students to the international history of the Middle East in the Twentieth Century, with particular emphasis on the end of empire, the Cold War and the role of Israel.
Aims
First, students will be given an understanding of the regional clash between different forms of imperialism and nationalism during the period; second, students will be introduced to the role of the Superpowers during the Cold War decades; third students will be given an understanding of the Middle Eastern balance of power from the perspective of internal regional divisions; fourth, students will examine the nature of the role played in the region by the State of Israel since its creation in 1948.
Content
2. The First World War and the End of the Ottoman Empire
3. The European Powers and the Emergence of the Middle Eastern Nation States
4. Zionism and the Palestine Mandate
5. The Birth of the State of Israel
6. Arab Nationalism: From the Ottomans to Nasser
7. The Middle East and the Origins of the Cold War
8. The Path to Suez and the End of the European Age
9. The Age of Nasser and the 'rrab Cold War?
10. The Soviet Union and the Cold War in the Middle East
11. 1967 and the Making of the Modern Arab-Israel Dispute
12. Egypt'r Road to Peace
13. Iran and Iraq: Neighbours and Enemies
14. Israel, Syria and the Destruction of Lebanon
15. The PLO: From Cairo to Oslo
16. America'r Moment in the Middle East
17. Oil and Power in the 20th Century Middle East
Transferable skills
10 ECTS credits
Reading List
Recommended TextBregman, Ahron. (2002.) A History of Israel /Ahron Bregman. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol031/2002072304.html Cleveland, William (2004) A History of the Modern Middle East 3rd edition Westview Primo search Dawisha, Adeed (2003) Arab Nationalism in the Twentieth Century Middle East Princeton University Pres Primo search Fawcett, Louise (ed.) (2005) International Relations of the Middle East Oxford University Press Primo search Gelvin, James L. (Sept. 2004) The Modern Middle East:A History Primo search Gerner, Deborah (ed) (2000.) Understanding the contemporary Middle East /edited by Deborah J. Gerner. Primo search Hourani, Albert (2002) A History of the Arab Peoples Faber & Faber Primo search Little, Douglas (2003) American Orientalism I.B. Tauris Primo search Macfie, A. L. (1998.) The end of the Ottoman Empire, 1908-1923 /[by] A.L. Macfie. Primo search Mansfield, Peter (1991) A History of the Middle East Primo search Mansfield, Peter (1992.) The Arabs /Peter Mansfield. Primo search Milton-Edwards, Beverley. (2004.) Conflicts in the Middle East since 1945 /Beverley Milton-Edwards and Peter Hinchcliffe. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip044/2003012408.html Ovendale, Ritchie. (1998.) The Longman companion to the Middle East since 1914. Primo search Ovendale, Ritchie. (1992.) The Middle East since 1914 /Ritchie Ovendale. Primo search Shlaim, Avi (2000) The Iron Wall,. Israel and the Arab World Penguin Primo search Yapp, Malcolm (1996) The Near East since the First World War 2nd edition Longman Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 6