Course teached as: B008857 - STORIA DEL SISTEMA INTERNAZIONALE Second Cycle Degree in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN STUDIES Curriculum RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
The course analyses the international system in the twentieth century, giving specific attention to the interaction between the European construction process, the Cold War, the organisation of the Western bloc and the evolution of the international relations after the end of the Cold War to the present time.
a) General reference: E. Di Nolfo, 'Dagli imperi militari agli imperi tecnologici', Laterza, last edition.
b) Monographic section: texts will be announced in class
Learning Objectives
Goals: knowledge of international relations in the twentieth century.
SKILLS: Critical analysis of sources and literature in Italian and foreign languages.
Prerequisites
Students must master the basic knowledge of the lines of development of international relations in the twentieth century.
Teaching Methods
lectures: 60 hours
The third module will resume themes and issues addressed in the course of History and Politics of the Mediterranean, now disabled.
Further information
Foreign students may contact the teacher to choose alternative texts for the final exam.
Type of Assessment
Final oral exam.
Course program
The course - divided into three training modules and complemented by lectures and seminars given by other fellow teachers - offers a critical reading of the history of the international system in the twentieth century. Following a chronological and thematic track, the lessons address the major issues of international politics between the wars, capture the events of the Second World War, origins of the clash between Western powers and the Soviet Union, illustrating the onset and development of cold War in its various phases, the maximum voltage to the distension of the Eighties. Are also presented major international issues of the post-Cold War era. The monographic part - the third module - is derived from the course of History and Politics of the Mediterranean, now disabled.