Module Identifier IPM0720  
Module Title HISTORY AND HISTORIOGRAPHY 1900-1945(RT)  
Academic Year 2005/2006  
Co-ordinator Dr Patrick B Finney  
Semester Intended for use in future years  
Next year offered N/A  
Next semester offered N/A  
Course delivery Seminars / Tutorials   1 x 2 hour seminar per week  
Assessment
Assessment TypeAssessment Length/DetailsProportion
Semester Exam2 Hours  60%
Semester Assessment Essay: 1 x 2,000 words  40%
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:
By the end of this course students will:


Brief description

The module examines some of the key historiographical debates about the first half of the twentieth century, and looks in depth at some of the sources that have been central to these debates.

Aims

ESRC Postgraduate Training Guidelines state that `Students in the field of International History will require specialised training in the philosophy of history, the main historiographical trends of the twentieth century, and case study analysis and archival research?. The main aim of this module is to provide this specialised training. It links to the subject specific research training provided in IPM2120 by exploring the issues of philosophy and method within the context of International History. It examines the relationship between the historian and the writing of history by concentrating upon some of the most contentious historiographical debates of the first half of the twentieth century. While each of the seminars is self-standing, common themes will emerge in each: the impact of total war upon the course of twentieth century history; the role of historical sources and the meaning of historical 'facts'; the relationship between the international and the national; the role of structure and the impact of the individual in history; and finally, the relevance of looking at history from above and below.

The course aims to provide specialised training in the critical use of various kinds of historical source materials. These will be broadly conceived and will include: archival sources; memoir literature; oral history and transcripts; film, literature, and other media; and quantitative social and economic data.

Content

The course begins with a discussion of generic issues in the philosophy of history, and of how these issues impinge on the study of international history specifically. Thereafter, it reviews a number of critical debates, including the origins of WWI, appeasement, Nazi foreign policy and the holocaust. Topics are discussed in pairs, and in the second of each pair the focus is upon a set of sources relevant to that topic.

Transferable skills

Throughout the course, students will practice and enhance their reading, comprehension and thinking skills, as well as self-management skills. In seminars, students will enhance listening, explaining and debating skills, as well as oral presentational skills. Essay writing will encourage students to practice independent research skills, including data collection and retrieval, writing, IT and time management. The examination tests these skills under time constraint conditions.

10 ECTS Credits

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
Parker, R.A.C. Chamberlain and Appeasement Macmillan 333417135
Charmley, John Chamberlain and the Lost Peace edition n.e. . Papermac 333558936
Churchill Oxf.U.P. 198203179
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Novick, Peter "Holocaust and Collective Memory, The" Bloomsbury Pub. 747547734
Parker, R.A.C. Churchill and Appeasement edition n.e. . Papermac 333675843
Templewood, Samuel J. Nine Troubled Years Greenwood Press,London 837186331
Shermer, Michael Denying History Univ.California P. 520216121
Henderson, Nevile, Sir Failure of a mission : Berlin 1937-1939 Hodder and Stoughton
Cole, Tim "Selling the Holocaust : from Auschwitz to Schindler : how history is bought, packaged, and sold " Routledge
Caputi, Robert J. Neville Chamberlain and Appeasement Susquehanna U.P. 1575910276
Dutton, David Neville Chamberlain Arnold 340706279
Kershaw, Ian Nazi Dictatorship edition 4r.e. . Arnold 340760281
Williamson, Samuel R "July 1914 : soldiers, statesmen, and the coming of the Great War " Bedford/St. Martin's
Guttenplan, D.D. "Holocaust on Trial, The" edition n.e. . Granta Bks. 1862074860
Finkelstein, Norman G. Holocaust Industry Verso 1859847730
Germany and the Second World War Oxf.U.P. 198228864
Forging the Collective Memory Berghahn Books 1571819282
War,1939 Stationery Office Books 117024112
War,1914 Stationery Office Books 117024104
Evans, Richard Telling Lies About Hitler Verso 1859844170
Avon, Earl of (2001) Eden Memoirs Cassell 304920142
Kennedy, Paul M. Realities Behind Diplomacy Fontana 6346812
** Supplementary Text
Finkelstein, Norman G A nation on trial : the Goldhagen thesis and historical truth Metropolitan Books
Roi, Michael L. Alternative to Appeasement Praeger 275959090
America in the World Camb.U.P. 521498074
Anatomy of Auschwitz Death Camp Indiana U.P. 253326842
Neville, Peter Appeasing Hitler Macmillan 333739876
Stevenson, D. Armaments and the Coming of War edition n.e. . Oxf.U.P. 198208316
Tosh, John Historians on History Longman 582357950
Mombauer, Annika Helmuth Von Moltke and the Origins of the First World War Camb.U.P. 521791014
Haunted by History Berghahn Books 1571819401
Fischer, Fritz Germany's Aims in the First World War Chatto 070110693X
Decisions for War,1914 UCL P. 1857280989
Retallack, James N. Germany in the Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II Macmillan 333592425
Germany and the Second World War Oxf.U.P. 198228864
Knox, Macgregor Common Destiny Camb.U.P. 521582083
Cold War Constructions Univ.Massachusetts P. 1558492186
Finkelstein, Norman G A nation on trial : the Goldhagen thesis and historical truth Metropolitan Books
Carley, Michael J. "1939,the Alliance That Never Was" House of Stratus 1842320416
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Marrus, Michael R. "Holocaust in History, The" edition 2r.e. . Key Porter Books,Canada 1552631206
Jackel, Eberhard Hitler's World View Harvard U.P. 674404254
Goldhagen, Daniel Jonah Hitler's Willing Executioners edition n.e. . Abacus 349107866
Muller, Rolf-Dieter "Hitler's War in the East,1941-1945" Berghahn Books 1571810684
Kershaw, Ian Hitler Myth Oxf.U.P. 198219644
Stoakes, Geoffrey Hitler and the Quest for World Dominion Berg Publrs. 907582567
Probing the Limits of Representation Harvard U.P. 674707664
Jenkins, Keith Postmodern History Reader Routledge 041513904X
Schmidt, Gustav Politics and Economics of Appeasement Berg Publrs. 907582168
Policies of Genocide Allen & U. 49430467
Paths to War Macmillan Educ. 333375173
Paths to War Macmillan Educ. 333375173
Past Before Us Cornell U.P. 801412242
Origins of the Second World War Arnold 034067640X
Origins of the Second World War Arnold 034067640X
Smith, Woodruff D. Ideological Origins of Nazi Imperialism Oxf.U.P.(N.Y.) 195036905
Holocaust, The Routledge 415150361
Fischer, Fritz World Power or Decline Weidenfeld & N. 297769804
Carr, Edward Hallett What is History? edition n.e. . Penguin 140135847
Berghahn, Volker R. Germany and the Approach of War in 1914 edition 2r.e. . Macmillan 333599039
Wehler, Hans-Ulrich "German Empire,1871-1918" Berg Publrs. 090758232X
Eley, Geoff From Unification to Nazism Allen & U. 49430394
Eley, Geoff From Unification to Nazism Allen & U. 49430394
From Peace to War Berghahn Books 1571818820
Cockett, Richard Twilight of Truth Weidenfeld & N. 297795481
Goda, Norman J. W "Tomorrow the world : Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the path toward America" Texas A & M University Press
Leitz, Christian Third Reich Blackwell 631207007
Leitz, Christian Third Reich Blackwell 631207007
Leitz, Christian Third Reich Blackwell 631207007
Robert Boyce and Joseph A. Maiolo The origins of World War Two : the debate continues Palgrave
Murray, Williamson "The change in the European balance of power, 1938-1939 " Princeton University Press
Appleby, Joyce Oldham Telling the Truth About History edition n.e. . W.W.Norton 393312860
Fox-Genovese, Elizabeth Reconstructing History Routledge 415922798
Cannadin, David What is history now? Palgrave Macmillan
Fischer, Fritz War of Illusions Chatto 701119721
Dawidowicz, Lucy S. "War Against the Jews,1933-45" edition n.e. . Penguin 140134638
Roseman, Mark "Villa,the Lake,the Meeting, The" A.Lane 071399570X
Longerich, Peter "Unwritten Order, The" Tempus Publishing 752419773
Unwilling Germans? Univ.Minnesota P. 816631018
Schlevnes, Karl A. Twisted Road to Auschwitz Univ.Illinois P. 252000927
Mason, Timothy W. "Nazism,Fascism and the Working Class" Camb.U.P. 521437873
J. Noakes and G. Pridham Nazism 1919-1945. Vol.3, Foreign policy University of Exeter
Browning, Christopher R. "Nazi Policy,Jewish Labor,German Killers" Camb.U.P. 052177490X
Kershaw, Ian Nazi Dictatorship edition 4r.e. . Arnold 340760281
National-socialist Extermination Policies Berghahn Books 1571817514
Rubinstein, W.D. Myth of Rescue Routledge 415124557
Bentley, Michael Modern Historiography Routledge 415202671
Andrew, Christopher M. Missing Dimension Macmillan Educ. 333368649
Berger, Stefan Search for Normality Berghahn Books 1571818634
Westad, Odd Arne Reviewing the Cold War F.Cass 714681202
Jenkins, Keith Rethinking History Routledge 415067782
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Origins of the Second World War Arnold 034067640X
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Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 7