IP39820 - VERSAILLES SYSTEM AND INTER-WAR INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Module Identifier

IP39820

Module Title

VERSAILLES SYSTEM AND INTER-WAR INTERNATIONAL POLITICS

Academic Year

2007/2008

Co-ordinator

Dr Peter D Jackson

Semester

Semester 2

Course delivery

Seminars / Tutorials

5 Hours. 5 x 1 Hour Seminars

Lecture

16 Hours. 16 x 1 Hour Lectures

Assessment

Assessment Type	Assessment Length/Details	Proportion
Semester Exam	2 Hours	60%
Semester Assessment	1 x 2,500 word essay	40%

Brief description

This module aims to provide students with an understanding of the course of European international relations from the end of the First World War through to the outbreak of the Second World War. It will focus on contending interpretations of this crucial peruiod in European history.

Content

The concepts of a 'European Civil War' and a 'Thirty Years War'
The politics of peacemaking in Paris, 1919
European and international politics during the post-war decade
The Locarno Era and European appeasement
The impact of the depression on international politics
The rise of Fascism and Nazism and their impact on international relations
Appeasement
The rise of the USSR and its role in the international relations of the inter-war years
The politics of International Disarmament
The end of Versailles and the collapse of Locarno: 1935 - 1936
The outbreak of the Second World War

Notes

This module is at CQFW Level 6