CSS428 - Soviet Empire in East Europe II

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Academic Year 2002/2003

Soviet Empire in East Europe II
CSS 428 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 of all CSS majors. This is a fourth quarter course. You have five days after the start of this class to add it.

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