General modern history –Political Issues

Pre-requisites: Fulfilled academic obligations from the previous year and knowledge of a foreign language

Course objectives: Introduction to the major events during the 20th century, by topic: World War I, inter-war period, World War II, the "Cold War" period. The course will also address the political history of "idea".

Course description: This course is devoted to examining some of the most important processes and phenomena during the 20th century. Lectures are divided by chronology and theme:World War I, inter-war period and non-european history, World War II, the "Cold War" period. Along with determining causes, consequences and the course of the two world wars, as well as their being pivotal 20th century events, a focus will be put on a broader set of questions from European political history and some non-european, world history including influences and creation of various political and ideological movements. Economic issues will be examined(trends,crises and hardships and overcoming them, impact of war and ideological models on the economy).

Learning Outcomes: Students will be able to factually, conceptually and problematically understand, analyze and formulate scientific problems, issues and phenomena in contemporary social history

Literature/Reading:

• Erik Hobsbaum, Doba ekstrema, Beograd 2002
• Pjer Renuven, Evropska kriza i Prvi svjetski rat, Zagreb 1965
• Džon Roberts, Evropa 1880-1945, Beograd 2002
• A.Dž. P. Tejlor, Borba za prevlast u Evropi 1848-1918, Sarajevo, 1968.
• Andrej Mitrović, Vreme netrpeljivih. Politička istorija velikih država Evrope 1919-1939, Beograd, Beograd, 1974 (drugo izdanje: Podgorica 1999)
• Čedomir Popov, Od Versaja do Danciga, Beograd, 1978.
• Valter Laker, Istorija Evrope 1945-1992, Beograd 1999
• Piter Kalvokorezi i Gaj Vint, Totalni rata, Beograd 1987
• Mihael Geler, Aleksandar Nekrič, Utopija na vlasti. Istorija Sovjetskog Saveza, Podgorica 2000.
• C. F. Ware, Dvadesto stoljeće 1-4, Zagreb 1969.