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Course title General History
Course code KHI/OD18
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Breitfelder Miroslav, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Coup in Russia, Bolshevik coup, the consequences. 2. Questions Versailles-Washington Post-War System. 3. The post-war revolutionary wave, Hungary, Germany, Italy. 4. Stalinism in the USSR: Lenin escalation of terror, collectivization, famine. 5. International Relations in the 20th years, the League of Nations. 6. The United States in the 20th and 30 years. 7. World economic crisis. 8. The phenomenon of National Socialism. 9. Intense international situation, the crisis SN, the beginnings of appeasement. 10. Spanish Civil War. 11. Prewar diplomacy: Munich, the Molotov ? Ribbentrop. 12. World War: the basic periodization, a major battleground and queue. 13. Peace in the next war: Tehran, Yalta, Potsdam

Learning activities and teaching methods
Discussion, Multimedia supported teaching, Seminar classes, Self-study of literature, Lecture
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 12 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to understand the origins of the "short twentieth century" and the growing interdependence of world politics that began with the Bolshevik coup in Russia, the German capitulation and the Versailles peace system.
Skills
analyze, reflect and interpret professional historical texts, interpret fundamental problems of world modernity, demonstrate the theoretical ability of basic didactic application of the history of modern times
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
consequences of the Central Powers' defeats in the Great War. It will describe the attempt to create a new international system and its weaknesses. It analyzes the importance and influence of totalitarian political directions, especially communism and national socialism. It will assess the impact of the global economic crisis on the internal policies of major countries and international relations. On examples (Spain, Abyssinia, Czechoslovakia) will explain the policy of appeasement. It evaluates the course and consequences of the Second World War. Can define and document the Holocaust.
Skills
historical argumentation, comparison of historical phenomena, application of historical knowledge in spoken written language, didactic applications of historical knowledge. The student will develop the basic chronology of the world history of the first half of the 20th century, will be able to argue with the historical events of the modern age, to generalize and apply the acquired knowledge, and will focus on professional literature on the world history of the 20th century.
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Multimedia supported teaching
Self-study of literature
Discussion
Seminar classes
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Multimedia supported teaching
Skills demonstration
Competences
Task-based study method
Seminar
assessment methods
Knowledge
Oral exam
Test
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills
Oral exam
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Aron, Raymond. Historie XX. století. 1 vyd. Praha : Academia, 1999. ISBN 80-200-0778-4.
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav. Der zweite Versuch. Schwierige Anfänge des Reichsgaues Sudetenland. In: Meinke, Markus: Die tschechisch-bayrische Grenze im Kalten Krieg in vergleichender Perspektive. Politische, ökonomische und soziokulturelle Dimensionen.. Regensburg, 2011. ISBN 978-3-935052-88-7.
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav. Pochody smrti. Memo ISSN 1804-753X Roč. 5, č. 2 (2015), s. 147-15. 2015.
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav. Rozhlas ve službách nacistické propagandy. Plzeň, 2000.
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav. Říšská reforma: reorganizovaný chaos Třetí říše. Mezi Hradcem Králové a Plzní : Východočech na česk. 2006.
  • Breitfelder, Miroslav. Stranické obzvláštnosti nacistické zahraniční politiky. Dějepis XXII : sborník katedry historie : věnováno. 2006.
  • Broszat, Martin. Der Nationalsozialismus : Weltanschauung, Programm und Wirklichkeit. Stuttgart : Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 1960.
  • Broszat, Martin. Der Staat Hitlers. München, 2000. ISBN 3-423-30172-4.
  • Broszat, Martin. Uchopení moci. Vzestup NSDAP a zničení Výmarské republiky.. Praha, 2002.
  • Burgleigh, M. Morální dilema. Dějiny druhé světové války.. Praha, 2016.
  • Burleigh, Michael. The Third Reich : a new history. 2001. ISBN 0-330-48757-4.
  • Courtois, S.; Bartošek, K. Černá kniha komunismu : zločiny, teror, represe. I.. 1. vyd. Praha [etc.] : Paseka, 1999. ISBN 80-7185-194-9.
  • Courtois, S.; Bartošek, K. Černá kniha komunismu: zločiny, teror, represe II..
  • Figes, Orlando. Lidská tragédie. Ruská revoluce 1891 - 1924. Praha - Plzeň, 2000.
  • Kershaw Ian. Do pekel a zpět. Evropa 1914 - 1949. Praha, 2017. ISBN 978-80-257-2301-2.
  • Kershaw, Ian. Hitler. 1889 - 1936: Hybris. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7203-581-9.
  • Kershaw, Ian. Hitler. 1936 - 1945: Nemesis. Praha, 2004. ISBN 80-7203-634-3.
  • Kershaw, Ian. Hitlerův mýtus : Image a skutečnost v Třetí říši. Praha : Iris, 1992. ISBN 80-901268-2-0.
  • Kershaw, Ian; Lewin, Moshe. Stalinism and Nazism : dictatorships in comparison ; Ed. Ian Kershaw and Moshe Lewin. 1st pub., repr. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 0-521-56521-9.
  • Kissinger, H. Umění diplomacie. Od Richelieua k pádu Berlínské zdi. Praha, 1999. ISBN 80-7260-025-7.
  • Kvaček, R. Nad Evropou zataženo. P., 1964.
  • Nálevka, Vladimír. Světová politika ve 20. století I.. Parha, 2000. ISBN 80-902261-4-0.
  • Pipes, Richard. Communism : a history. New York : Modern Library, 2001. ISBN 0-679-64050-9.
  • Pipes, Richard. Dějiny ruské revoluce. Praha : Argo, 1998. ISBN 80-7203-081-7.
  • Snyder, Timothy. Černá zem : holokaust - historie a varování. V českém jazyce vydání první. 2015. ISBN 978-80-7432-655-4.
  • Zubov, Andrej Borisovič. Dějiny Ruska 20. století. Vydání první. 2014. ISBN 978-80-257-0921-4.
  • Zubov, Andrej. Dějiny Ruska - 20. století díl II. Praha, 2015. ISBN 978-80-257-0964-1.


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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025