Learning outcomes

Principal aim of this class is to present European history of twenty century in a comparative and translation perspective. Main focus will be on European history after te end of WWI and on the development of totalitarian regimes during the '30. Starting from the end of IIWW, we will compare European history with political, cultural and social transformations regarding Africa, Asia, North and South of America areas.

Program

Principal topic of this class are: 1) IWW and the European totalitarian regimes, 2)IIWW, 3) Cold War and international political and cultural struggle between USA and URSS, 4)decolonization and geopolitical transformations of international relations, 5)The "Sixty": revolutions, and dictatorship, 6) The crisis of American hegemony and the fall of Communism, 7) Europe and international relations after 1989, 8) Globalization.

References

1. one book between:

T. Detti-G. Gozzini, Storia contemporanea, II, Il Novecento, Bruno Mondadori, 2002; A. M. Banti, L’Età contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra ad oggi, Laterza, 2011.

2. one book between:

E. Traverso, A ferro e a fuoco. La guerra civile europea (1914-1945), Il Mulino, 2008.
F. Romero, Storia della guerra fredda. L'ultimo conflitto per l'Europa, Einaudi, 2009.
A. Testi, Il secolo degli Stati Uniti, Il Mulino, 2008.
E. Di Nolfo, Il mondo atlantico e la globalizzazione. Europa e Stati Uniti: storia, economia e politica, Mondadori Università, 2014.

Examination Methods