Course teached as: B008870 - GLI STATI UNITI NEL NOVECENTO Second Cycle Degree in INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND EUROPEAN STUDIES Curriculum RELAZIONI INTERNAZIONALI
Teaching Language
Italiano
Course Content
The course analyses the history of the United States in the twentieth century, giving specific attention to the rise of the country to global power and to the roots of American support of European integration.
(a) Module 1: Akira Iriye, 'The Globalizing of America, 1913-1945', Cambridge, Harvard University Press, last ed.; (b) Module 2: Geir Lundestad, ‘The United States and Western Europe since 1945. From “Empire” by Invitation toTransatlantic Drift’, Oxford-New York, Oxford University Press, 2003; (c) Monographic section and seminars (only for students who can attend lectures): essays and documents quoted during lectures. Students who cannot attend lectures must study also (d) Massimiliano Guderzo, ‘Ordine mondiale e buon vicinato. Gli Stati Uniti e l’America latina negli anni di Carter, 1977-81’, Firenze, Polistampa, 2012.
Learning Objectives
(a) ‘Knowledge’: In-depth knowledge of the history of the United States in the twentieth century, with specific focuns on foreign policy; (b) ‘Skills’: Critical analysis of sources and bibliography; (c) ‘Abilities’: By completing the course students will be able to interpret historical developments in a personal and critical way, based on due knowledge of documents and scientific literature.
Prerequisites
Students must already master key concepts of the history of international relations and the history of the United States in the twentieth century.
Teaching Methods
Lectures and seminars.
Further information
Weekly timetable of lectures and final test dates are available in another section of the website.
Type of Assessment
Final written exam.
Course program
Composed of two modules, the course also includes lectures and seminars prepared by some collaborators of the Chair in the History of International Relations. It offers a critical second-level (magistrale) interpretation of the history of the United States in the twentieth century. Drawing chronological and thematic patterns, lectures mainly focus on foreign policy, giving specific attention to the rise of the country to global power and to the roots of American support of European integration. Students who attend lectures will receive reading recommendations and may prepare and present collective essays on specific issues in agreement with the teachers and their collaborators.