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Academic Year 2002/2003
Soviet Empire in East Europe, I
CSS 427 SP
This tutorial concerns Eastern Europe from the end of German domination in 1945 to the end of the Soviet Empire in 1989 and the end of the Soviet Union itself in 1991. The main subject is the relationship between the
ruling
Communist systems and the people in the different countries, and how this changed across the decades of the Cold War. Emphasis is on developments in the Soviet satellite states of Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Hungary;
the
independent Communist state of Yugoslavia; and the Soviet Union itself.
MAJOR READINGS
Milovan Djilas, WARTIME
Mark Frankland, THE PATRIOT'S REVOLUTION
Misha Glenny, THE FALL OF YUGOSLAVIA
Geoffrey Hosking, THE FIRST SOCIALIST SOCIETY
Michael Marrus, THE HOLOCAUST IN HISTORY
Joseph
Rothschild, RETURN TO DIVERSITY
Joseph
Weschler, THE PASSION OF POLAND
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Some short papers, two 8-page papers, and a 15-page research paper.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Required for all CSS majors. This is a third quarter course.
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Lecture/Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NONE
Grading Mode:
Graded
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Morgan,David W.
- Instructor's Course Page
- Times: .....F. 02:00PM-04:00PM; Location: PAC421
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 15)
- SR. major: Jr. major:
- SR. non-major: Jr. non-major: SO: FR:
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Writing
- Permission: Permission of Instructor Required
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Last Updated on MAR-18-2003
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