De2MP_KRSV Communist Regimes in Central Europe during Cold War

Faculty of Education
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Karel Konečný, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Jaroslav Vaculík, CSc. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Karel Konečný, CSc.
Department of History – Faculty of Education
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
student will be able to indentify common and specific features of communist regimes in states of Central Europe during the period of 1948-1989
Syllabus
  • 1, the causes of the Cold War, its initial phase and the impact on the situation in the countries of Central Europe; 2, the advent of the communist regime in Poland; 3, the formation of the GDR and the foundation period of the regime; 4, the characteristics of the regime in Hungary in the years 1947-1956; 5 Czechoslovakia after 1948; 6, meaning XX. Congress of the CPSU for the eastern bloc countries; 7, gradual changes in the situation in the 60s attempt at reform; 8 importance of 1968 for countries of the Eastern bloc, called. Brezhnev Doctrine; 9, the so-called. Détente in the '70s, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (ie. The Helsinki Conference); 10, the movement for human rights in the countries of the Eastern bloc, called the task. Dissent and methods of persecution; 11, the so-called. Perestroika and glasnost (years 1986-1989); 12 fall of regimes in Central and Eastern Europe in 1989-1990;
Literature
    recommended literature
  • Judt, Tony: Poválečná Everopa: historie po roce 1945. Praha 2008, 986s.
  • Plechanovová, Běla – Fidler, Jiří: Kapitoly z dějin mezinárodních vztahů. 2. díl. 1941-1995. Praha 1997, 240s.
  • Hobsbawm, Eric: Věk extrémů. Krátké 20. století 1914-1991. Praha 1998, 620s.
Teaching methods
Theoretical analysis of literature, textual analysis of publishing documents
Assessment methods
colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2018.
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