BSS475 History of Strategy and Security

Fakulta sociálních studií
jaro 2019
Rozsah
1/1/0. 3 kr. Ukončení: z.
Vyučující
doc. Mgr. Michal Pink, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Jakub Šedo, Ph.D. (přednášející)
Mgr. Jakub Morávek, Ph.D. (cvičící)
Garance
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Kontaktní osoba: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Dodavatelské pracoviště: Oddělení bezpečnostních a strategických studií – Katedra politologie – Fakulta sociálních studií
Rozvrh
Pá 5. 4. 14:00–17:40 bude_upresneno, Pá 3. 5. 14:00–17:40 bude_upresneno, Pá 17. 5. 14:00–17:40 bude_upresneno
Předpoklady
SOUHLAS
Omezení zápisu do předmětu
Předmět je nabízen i studentům mimo mateřské obory.
Mateřské obory/plány
Cíle předmětu
The students will visit three South Moravian sites where events of strategic or security significance took place. The course consists of four field trips, (general requirement is active participation at three of them). The field trips will take the whole day, the students and lecturer will visit former battlefields, towns, museums etc. in the South Moravian region. The students will learn about the Slavkov (Austerlitz) battlefield, the response of the army and gendarmerie to the violent strike in Oslavany in 1920, and the Iron Curtain separating communist Czechoslovakia from Austria. The course develops competences in analysing military and security issues.
Výstupy z učení
After completing the course the student will be able to: - understand specific issues in the history of defence and strategy
- appreciate how terrain and other circumstances influence military strategy
- describe and analyze selected military and security issues
Osnova
  • Syllabus: 1. Field trip to the Slavkov battlefield 2. Field trip to the site of the Oslavany industrial unrest 3. Field trip to the artillery fortification Hůrka/Bouda 4. Field trip to explore the Iron Curtain The students should wear outdoor clothing appropriate for the actual weather, hiking shoes and have to be able to walk minimum 10 - 15 km. Detailed travel plans will be distributed by email one week before each field trip.
Literatura
    povinná literatura
  • • Kaufmann, J. E., Kaufmann, H. W. 2014. The Forts and Fortifications of Europe, 1815-1945: The Central States: Germany, Austria-Hungary and Czechoslovakia. Pen & Sword Military, Barnsley South Yorkshire.
  • • Duffy, Christopher. 1977. Austerlitz 1805. London: Seeley Service, pp. 84-151.
    doporučená literatura
  • • Applebaum, Anne: Iron curtain: the crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944 - 1956. Doubleday, New York 2012.
  • • Kuhn, Gabriel. 2012 (ed). All Power to the Councils! Pontypool: Merlin Press, pp. 279-303.
Výukové metody
lectures, guided tour, field trip presentations by professionals in the sectors, homework, reading.
Metody hodnocení
To complete the course, students have to submit three position paper which have to be accepted by the teachers and adequate. Each position paper has 3 standard pages (1 standard page = 1800 characters, including spaces), ± 20%. Position papers are not graded, only accepted or not accepted. If not accepted, each position paper can be re-submitted once.
Vyučovací jazyk
Angličtina
Další komentáře
Studijní materiály
Předmět je vyučován každoročně.
Předmět je zařazen také v obdobích jaro 2017, jaro 2018.
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