Module Identifier | IP36220 | ||
Module Title | INTERNATIONAL HISTORY 1895-1945 - THE FIFTY YEAR CRISIS | ||
Academic Year | 2002/2003 | ||
Co-ordinator | Mr James R Vaughan | ||
Semester | Semester 1 | ||
Course delivery | Lecture | 19 Hours (19 x 1 hour) | |
Seminars / Tutorials | 9 Hours (9 x 1 hour) | ||
Assessment | Semester Exam | 2 Hours | 70% |
Semester Assessment | Essay: 1 x 2,000 words | 30% | |
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. |
- the shifts in the balance in power and their relationship to the two World Wars
- why the United States and USSR appeared to play a relatively marginal role during the inter-war period
- why a durable peace was not established after 1919
- the impact of ideologies on international relations
- developments in ideas and practices of international economic management
- the chronology and sources of the demise of empire
- the extent to which 1945 was itself a radical turning point
10 ECTS credits