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Course overview
Prescribed subject:
3. The move to global war
Course book:
Todd, Allan: The Move to Global War, Cambridge University Press, 2015 (pp. 6-16, 19-51, 55-77, 81-96, 100-138, 142-158, 169-189, 193-198)
World History Topics:
10. Authoritarian States (20th century)
Case studies: Hitler Germany; Mussolini Italy; and Mao China
Course book:
Todd, Allan and Sally Waller: Authoritarian States (20th Century), Second Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2015
12. The Cold War: Superpower tensions and rivalries (20th century)
Cold War crises case studies:
The Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962);
Europe: Berlin blockade (1948-49), the Berlin Crisis (1958-61)
Asia and Oceania: The invasion of South Korea 1950
Africa and the Middle East: the Suez Crisis, 1956
Course book:
Todd, Allan "The Cold War", Cambridge, 2011 pp. 5-100, 106-118, 150-162, 172-182 and 188-205
Movie: 13 Days
HL Options: Depth studies (4. History of Europe)
12: Imperial Russia, revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union (1855–1924)
This section deals with modernization and conservatism in tsarist Russia and the eventual collapse of the tsarist autocracy, as well as the revolutions of 1917, the Civil War and the rule of Lenin. There is a focus on the concepts of change and continuity, with examination and consideration of the social, economic and political factors that brought about change.
Alexander II (1855–1881): the extent of reform
Policies of Alexander III (1881–1894) and Nicholas II (1894–1917): economic modernization, tsarist repression and the growth of opposition
Causes of the 1905 Revolution (including social and economic conditions and the significance of the Russo-Japanese War); consequences of the 1905 Revolution (including Stolypin and the Dumas)
The impact of the First World War and the final crisis of autocracy in February/March 1917
1917 Revolutions: February/March Revolution; provisional government and dual power (Soviets); October/November Revolution; Bolshevik Revolution; Lenin and Trotsky
Lenin’s Russia/Soviet Union; consolidation of new Soviet state; Civil War; War Communism; New Economic Policy (NEP); terror and coercion; foreign relation
13. Europe and the First World War (1871-1918) (30 hours)
Course book:
Williamson, David G.: War and Peace: International Relations 1878-1941 – Third Edition, Hodder Education, 2009
Additional material:
Impact of WW1 on the civilian population in two countries: Germany and Britain
15. Diplomacy in Europe (1919-1945) (30 hours)
Course book:
Williamson, David G.: War and Peace: International Relations 1890-1945 – Fourth Edition, Hodder Education, 2015, pp. 85-113, 116-139, 144-190, 209-213
Wolfson, R. and Laver, J. "Years of Change. European History 1890-1990 - Third edition", Hodder Murray, 2006, pp. 317-336
Additional material:
President Wilson's 14 Points (Jan. 8, 1918)
Case studies of the impact of the Second World War on Civilian Population (1939-45): USSR, Germany and Britain
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