课程介绍
Thisisasurveyofmodernhistoryfromaglobalperspective.PartTwobeginsearlyinthetwentiethcentury,asolderwaysofdoingthingsandhabitsofthoughtgiveway.Whatfollowsisaneraofcataclysmicstrugglesoverwhatideasandinstitutionswilltaketheirplace.Thecourseconcludesinthepresentday,ascommunitieseverywherearetransitioningintoaneweraofworldhistory.Againweworkhardtograspwhatishappeningandask:Why?Againwearedrawntopivotalchoicesmadeatkeymomentsbyindividualsandcommunities.
课程目录
1Crackup(1905-1917)
1.1TheShockof1914
1.2SchizophrenicGermany
1.3TheBalkanWhirlpool
1.4TheShockof1914-SecondCut
1.5AllthePlansFail
1.6OntoVictory
2NewOrdersEmerge(1917-1930)
2.1TotalStates
2.2WhyDidtheAlliesWin?
2.3TheEndofEmpires?
2.4Communism
2.5Anti-Communism
2.6TheAgeofUncertainty
2.7ModernWomen
2.8TheWorldof1930
3TheCrisisoftheWorld(1930-1940)
3.1ChallengestoCapitalismandCollectiveSecurity
3.2EscapesfromFreedom
3.3TotalPolitics
3.4NewWarsforNewEmpires
3.5TriumphoftheNewEmpires
4TotalWarandAftermath(1940-1950)
4.1ChoosingGlobalWar
4.2GamblingforVictory
4.3StrategiesforTotalWar
4.4ZeroHour
4.5ImaginingNewCountries
4.6Postwar
4.7TwoEuropes
4.8RevolutionaryAsia
5TheReturnofWartime(1950-1968)
5.1TheAgeoftheAmericans
5.2ChoosingWarinKorea
5.3ContemplatingWorldWarIII
5.4TheShadowofWorldWarIII
5.5TheNuclearRevolution
5.6NewEmpiresandConfederations
5.7TheThirdWorld
5.8TotheBrink
5.9WarsofContainment
6DecayandRenaissance(1968-1991)
6.1BreakdownandReaction
6.2TheWearyEstablishment
6.3Bust
6.4NewThinkingintheWest
6.5GlobalCapitalismTransformed
6.6NewThinkingintheEast
6.7TheEndoftheColdWar
7TheNextPhase(1991-2013)
7.1The'WashingtonConsensus'
7.2TowardaNewErainWorldHistory
7.3TheGreatConvergence
7.4TheBottomBillion
7.5TheMuslimWorld
7.6DriftandShock
7.7TheGlobalandtheLocal
7.8AnAgeofTransition