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Lecturer(s)
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Špirek Václav, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
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Course content
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1. End of the First World War, Versailles Conference in Washington 2. - 3. The Twenties I. - attempts to create collective security system in Europe; european policy since Genoa till Locarno, Briand - Kellog Pact, Young Plan 4. The Twenties II. - Japan and China 5. Big Economic Crises and its effects, USA and the policy of good neighbourhood 6. Europe and the world on the way to the Second World War I. - collaps of the versailles - washington system, Habesh War, civil war in spain, politics of uniform and popular front, imposition of Cominter, western powers ant the collapse of appeasement policy 7. Europe and the world on the way to the Second World War II. - japanese aggression in china, war on the Far East, escalation of tensions in the Middle Europe, Hossbach protocol, Munich agreement, pact Molotov - Ribbentrop and the beginning of the Second World War 8. Second World War - outline of the main events, rise of anti Hitler coalition and its idea of postwar ordering of the world, Yalta conference 9. Years 1945 - 1949 - Potsdam Conference, Nuremberg Trials, Fulton: Cold War and the "iron curtain", Truman doctrine (Greece and Turkey) and the policts of containment of communism, Marshall Plan, split of Europe and split of Germany: rise of FRG, GDR and soviet satelites in the Middle Europe and South-East Europe 10. Years 1949 - 1961 - main role of USA in the western world, French-german reconciliation and american - westeuropean partnership; beginnif of the european integration, Suez Crisis and its influence on "western world", continuation of tha fall of colonial system 11. International relationship in the sixties and the seventies - caribbean and berlin crisis, Arab-israeli conflicts, Vietnam, Prague Spring in the international context, China
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture
- Contact hours
- 39 hours per semester
- Practical training (number of hours)
- 13 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 48 hours per semester
- Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40)
- 30 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to describe on the basic level the most important events of the history of international relations in the 20th century |
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| to interpret on the basic level the important problems of the history of international relations in the 20th century |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to create a timeline of the most important events in the history of international relations of the 20th century |
| to describe the most important events in the field of international relations in the 20th century |
| to describe the system of the Conferences in Versailles and Washington |
| to characterize important events and personalities of international relations in the 20th century |
| to describe the negative factors of the appeasement policy |
| to explain the way to the establishment of the Cold War |
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| to reflect critically scholarly literature on the history of international relations in the 20th century |
| to analyse on the basic level the milestones of international relations in the 20th century |
| to analyse critically and individually the mutual influencing of the foreign policy of powers |
| to interpret the consequences of key moments in the history of international relations in the 20th century |
| to critically evaluate the role and influence of important personalities of international relations of the 20th century |
| to interpret the consequences of failure of the appeasement policy |
| to analyse the development in the Soviet satellites after the WWII |
| to analyse the consequences of the Arab-Israeli wars |
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| teaching methods |
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| Lecture |
| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
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| Self-study of literature |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| assessment methods |
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| Written exam |
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Recommended literature
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Moravcová, D.; Bělina, P.; Pečenka, M. Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů 1914-1941. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1994. ISBN 80-85241-70-6.
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Nálevka, V. Kapitoly z dějin studené války. (II.). Praha, 1997. ISBN 80-86130-00-2.
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Nálevka, V. Světová politika ve 20. století. (II.). 1. vyd. Praha : Aleš Skřivan ml., 2000. ISBN 80-902261-6-7.
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