Twentieth Century World -II

Paper Code: 
25HIS 222
Credits: 
05
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course empowers students to delve into the post-World War II geopolitical landscape, examining the evolving polities and their impact on global politics. They will analyze the role of the United Nations in fostering world peace amidst shifting power dynamics. Additionally, students will assess the factors contributing to the emergence of Third World Countries and their socio-economic challenges, alongside the formation of the European Union. Moreover, they will identify and scrutinize contemporary issues such as the Human Rights Movement, Apartheid, Feminism, Globalization, and Environmental concerns that have shaped the 20th-century world. Through this exploration, students gain a comprehensive understanding of the complex dynamics that have defined modern global affairs

Course Outcomes: 

Course

 

Outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Course Code

Course Title

 25HIS 222

Twentieth Century World –II

(Theory)

 

CO48-Critically evaluate the causes and aftermath of the Cold War and Emergence of Uni - Polar World.

CO49- Delineate UNO and World Peace and Tensions and conflicts in 20th century, Non-aligned Movement and its role in World affairs.

CO50-Analyse the Social, Health, Education and Economic Problems: and Development of Third World Countries

CO51-Trace the birth of European Union and New Emerging Economic Powers-China, Brazil and India.

CO52-Make an estimate of the Human Rights Movement, Apartheid, Feminism, Globalization and Environment.

CO53-Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.   

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Reading assignments, Power Point Presentation

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, Seminar presentation

Class test, Semester End Examinations, Solving problems in tutorials, Class Assignment, Group discussion and quiz, Class room Interaction

 

15.00
Unit I: 
Cold War

Cold War and its consequences,  Emergence of Uni - Polar World.

Communist Revolution in China and its impact on World Politics.

 

15.00
Unit II: 
UNO and World Peace

A brief survey of Tensions and  conflicts in Palestine, Cuba, Korea, and Vietnam.

Non-aligned movements and its role in World affairs

15.00
Unit III: 
Third World Countries

Social Problems: Health and Education.

Economic Problems: Poverty and Development.

International Terrorism & World History

 

15.00
Unit IV: 
European Union

The Birth of European Union.

New Emerging Economic Powers- China, Brazil and India

15.00
Unit V: 
Movements and Contemperory issues

Human Rights Movement, Apartheid and Feminism

Globalization-Nature and Impact

Environment- Global Warming

 

Essential Readings: 
  • Prakash Kumar Dubey, History of China & Japan, Dominant Publisher & Distributors, New Delhi – 2006
  • Rao, B.V., History of Modern Europe 1789-1992, (revised edition),Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2002.
  • Rao, B.V., History of the Modern World, AD 1500 to 2011, Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 2013.
  • Roberts, J.M, History of the World, Oxford University Press, New York, 1993.
  • Spellman, W.M. The World Since 1945, Palgrave MacMillan, 2006.
  • Tindall, George Brown and Shi, David Emory, America , A Narrative History, brief Fifth Edition, W.W. Norton & Co., NY, 2000

 

References: 
  • A M Gathorne –Hardy: Short History of  International Affairs(1920-39)
  • A P J Taylor : Origins of the Second World War
  • Paul Johnson : Modern Times
  • A.Dallin &G W Lapidus: The Soviet System- from Crisis to Collapse
  • Carl Polanyi : The Great Transformation: The political and  Economic Origins of our times.
  • E J Hobsbam : The age of Extremes !914-1991,New York, 1996
  • Carter V Findley & John Rothey: Twentieth Century World,Boston, V edition,2000
  • Geoffrey Barraclough :An introduction to Contemporary History
  • N K Oberoi: Environment Management

 

 

 

E-Resources

Cold War

Communist Revolution in China

A brief survey of Tensions and conflicts in Palestine, Cuba, Korea, and Vietnam.

Palestine

Cuba

Korea

Vietnam

Non-aligned Movement

Third world Countries and their social problems

European Union

BRICS

Human Rights Movement

Feminism

Aparthied

Globalization and its impact

Global Warming

 

Academic Year: 
2025-26
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