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.
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Insieme al testo obbligatorio un testo a scelta tra i seguenti:
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)
M.E. Sarotte, Not One Inch America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate (YUP, 2021)
M. de Leonardis (ed.), NATO in the Post-Cold War era (Routledge, 2022)
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's unification and the end of the East-West division. The evolution of relations between the United States and Europe after the end of the Cold War and the new surge in tension between Russia and the West will also be presented and debated.Core Documentation
Testo Obbligatorio: G. Lundestad, The United States and Western Europe Since 1945: From "Empire" by Invitation to Transatlantic Drift (Oxford University Press, 2005)Insieme al testo obbligatorio un testo a scelta tra i seguenti:
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)
M.E. Sarotte, Not One Inch America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate (YUP, 2021)
M. de Leonardis (ed.), NATO in the Post-Cold War era (Routledge, 2022)
Reference Bibliography
Together with the textbook students are also required to study one one 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) M.E. Sarotte, Not One Inch America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate (YUP, 2021) M. de Leonardis (ed.), NATO in the Post-Cold War era (Routledge, 2022)Type of delivery of the course
In-class lecturesType of evaluation
Written and Oral exam