The course History of International Relations B LM (Module ‘The US and Europe since 1945’) falls within the domain of the Core learning activities labelled “Sectorial Languages, advanced language skills, and linguistic mediation from and to the studied languages” of the Master’s Degree Course in Modern Languages for International Communication, specifically the activities aiming at providing adequate tools for the analysis and the theoretical study of the social-political and historical context.
The course will analyse the evolution of relations between the United States and Europe from the end of the Second World War to the crisis of U.S. global hegemony.
Students who have successfully passed the course will have acquired sufficient knowledge to provide an analytical evaluation of the evolution of U.S.-European relations from the end of WWII until today.
The course will analyse the evolution of relations between the United States and Europe from the end of the Second World War to the crisis of U.S. global hegemony.
Students who have successfully passed the course will have acquired sufficient knowledge to provide an analytical evaluation of the evolution of U.S.-European relations from the end of WWII until today.
teacher profile teaching materials
Alongside the textbook students must prepare for the exam on one of the following books:
E. Hallams, L. Ratti, B. Zyla (eds), NATO Beyond 9/11: The Transformation of the Atlantic Alliance, (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2013)
L. Ratti, A Not-So-Special Relationship: The US, The UK and German Unification, 1945-1990 (EUP, 2017)
S. Sloan, Defense of the West. NATO, the European Union and the Transatlantic Bargain (MUP, 2016)
Programme
The course will analyze the evolution of relations between the United States and Europe from the end of the Second World War to the crisis of US global hegemony. More specifically, the course will debate key moments in the origins and evolution of the transatlantic relationship during the Cold War, such as the Atlantic Charter, the Marshall plan, the formation and evolution of NATO, détente and the Vietnam conflict, Germany unification and the end of the East-West division. Th evolution of relations between the United States and Europe after the end of the Cold War will also be presented and debated.Core Documentation
Textbook: G. Lundestad, The United States and Western Europe Since 1945: From "Empire" by Invitation to Transatlantic Drift (Oxford University Press, 2005)Alongside the textbook students must prepare for the exam on one of the following books:
E. Hallams, L. Ratti, B. Zyla (eds), NATO Beyond 9/11: The Transformation of the Atlantic Alliance, (Palgrave/MacMillan, 2013)
L. Ratti, A Not-So-Special Relationship: The US, The UK and German Unification, 1945-1990 (EUP, 2017)
S. Sloan, Defense of the West. NATO, the European Union and the Transatlantic Bargain (MUP, 2016)
Type of evaluation
Online oral exams; video conference on Microsoft Teams.