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