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Learning outcomes

The principal aim of this class is to analyse the most important questions connected with so called “European Civil War” (1915-1945) and with the legacy produced by this event inside European context after the end of IIWW.

Program

Program: a) political, cultural and military history of IWW, b) the crisis of European democracy after the end of IWW, c) the origins of Fascism and Nazism, d) the Cold War: political and cultural impact on European societies.

References

1. one book among: T. Detti-G. Gozzini, Storia contemporanea, II, Il novecento, Bruno Mondadori, 2002, A.M. Banti, L’Età contemporanea. Dalla Grande Guerra a oggi, Laterza, 2011.


2.one book among:

A Varsori, Radioso maggio. Come l’Italia entrò in guerra, Il Mulino, 2015.
E. Traverso, A ferro e a fuoco. La guerra civile europea (1914-1945), Il Mulino, 2007.
J. Chapoutot, Controllare e distruggere. Fascismo, nazismo e regimi autoritari in Europa (1928-1945), Einaudi, 2015.
F. Romero, Storia della guerra fredda. L’ultimo conflitto per l’Europa, Einaudi, 2009.

Examination Methods

Erasmus and overseas student can choose between written and oral examination. They can use books in foreign languages (English, French and Spanish).