Assessment Guidelines for assigning main letter grades: A, B, C,D, and F.

A:  Work of this quality directly addresses the question or problem raised and provides a coherent argument displaying an extensiveknowledge of relevant information or content. This type of work demonstrates the ability to critically evaluate concepts and theory and has an element of novelty and originality. There is clear evidence of a significant amount of reading beyond that required for the course.

B:  This is highly competent level of performance and directly addresses the question or problem raised.

There is a demonstration of some ability to critically evaluatetheory and concepts and relate them to practice. Discussions reflect the student’s own arguments and are not simply a repetition of standard lecture andreference material. The work does not suffer from any major errors or omissions and provides evidence of reading beyond the required assignments.

C:  This is an acceptable level of performance and provides answers that are clear but limited, reflecting the information offered in the lectures and reference readings.

D:  This level of performances demonstrates that the student lacks a coherent grasp of the material.

Important information is omitted and irrelevant points included.In effect, the student has barely done enough to persuade the instructor that s/he should not fail.

F: This work fails to show any knowledge or understanding of the issues raised in the question. Most of the material in the answer is irrelevant.

Requirements:

1. Mid-term examination
2. A research paper of 10 pages due on the last day of class before final exam week begins.  The subject of the paper will be the following:  “Does migration pose a challenge to the security of the European welfare state”.  Sources for the paper will be the readings available in the library. 
3. A film review essay of 3 pages covering a film from the attached list that is due on the last day of class before final exam week begins.  
4. A book review essay of 3 pages due on the last day of class before final exam week begins.   Students must select the book from those included on the Book Review List. 
5. An End Quiz covering the content of the core text by D’Agata and Gray and lectures since the mid-term exam.  It will be held on the last regularly scheduled day of class before final week.
6. Oral Report. Each student will participate in a two-member team presentation of a fifteen minute oral report. The topic selection will be made during the third week of class and will come from the attached oral report subject list.
7. At least one tutorial will be held with each student during the term to discuss progress in reading and writing assignments.
8. There will be no final exam.

Lessons 1 and 2 and 3:  Introduction.  The outlook in Europe in 1945.  (REQUIRED READING: Chapters 1 – 6 pp. 3 – 117 in Alan Riding, And the Show Went On; Part 2: “The New Order” pp. 259 – 553 and Part 3: “Perspectives” pp. 553 – 605 in Mark Mazower, Hitler’s Empire. How the Nazis Ruled Europe; Chapters 1 and 2 pp. 26 – 88 in Michael J. Hogan, The Marshall Plan; Chapter 4 pp. 225 – 309 in Peter Fritzsche, Life and Death in the Third Reich; Chapters 1 – 4 pp. 1 – 38 in Michael Beschloss, The Conquerors; Parts I, II, and III, pp. 19 – 287 in William I. Hitchcock, The Bitter Road to Freedom; Anonymous, A Woman in Berlin, pp. 2 – 246;  Part 3: “Crime and Punishment” pp. 339 – 478 and Part 4: “The Road to Freedom” pp. 471 to 542 in Giles MadDonogh, After the Reich;  Chapter 2: “France” pp. 103 – 189 and Chapter 3: “Germany” pp. 189 – 289 in  Wolfgang Schivelbusch, The Culture of Defeat; Part 3: pp. 235 – 343 in John Harper, American Visions of Europe;  and Chapter 5: “Hitler’s New Order” pp. 141 – 185 in Mark Mazower, Dark Continent. Europe’s Twentieth Century.   SUGGESTED READING: Chapter 1 “Wartime” pp. 10 – 34 in John Bodnar, The “Good War” in American Memory; Chapter 15 – 19 pp. 347 – 441 in Cecil D. Eby, Comades and Commissars; Part 1: “Chaos” pp 25 – 199 and Part 2: “Allied Zones” pp. 199 – 339 and Part 3: “Crime and Punishment” pp. 339 – 471 in Giles Macdonogh, After The Reich;  Part One: “Post-War: 1945-1953” pp. 13 – 241 in Tony Judt, Postwar. A History of Europe Since 1945; Chapter 1: “Blueprints for the Golden Age” pp. 182 – 212 in Mark Mazower, Dark Continent. Europe’s Twentieth Century.)

Lessons 4 and 5:  A core model for social change in Europe.  The gradual weakening of the network of social affiliations in West European society.  (REQUIRED READING: Chapter 9:  “Democracy Transformed” pp. 290 – 332 in Mazower, Dark Continent; Part 3: “Rebuilding Europe” pp. 355 – 378 in Felix Gilbert and David Clay Large, The End of the European Era. SUGGESTED READING:  Chapter 7: “A Brutal Peace 1943-9” pp. 212 – 250 in Mazower, Dark Continent:. Europe’s Twentieth Century; Chapter 1: “Reconstruction and Capitalist Reform” pp. 1 – 25 in Jytte Klausen,  War and Welfare; Part Two: “Prosperity And Its Discontents: 1953-1971” pp. 241 – 453 in Judt, Postwar:  A History of Europe Since 1945; Chapter 3: “From Government to Governance” pp. 71 – 100 in Tim Bale, European Politics; Chapter 2:  “Europe and the Global Challenge” pp. 13-34 in Heywood, et. al., Developments in European Politics.)

Lessons 6 and 7:  Historical roots of the welfare state in Europe.  The politics and problems in welfare states.   (REQUIRED READING: Chapter 10: “The Social Contract in Crisis” pp. 332 – 367 in Mazower, Dark Continent; Part One:  “Which Side of Paradise?” pp. 3 – 153 in Thomas Geoghegan, Were You Born on the Wrong Continent?; Part 1: “Introduction. Social Democracy, 1945-73” pp. 13 – 73 and Part 2: “Contemporary Social Democracy” pp. 73 – 213 in Gerassimos Moschonas, In The Name of Social Democracy;  Chapter 4:  “The Trouble with the Welfare State” pp. 123 – 149 in Walter Laqueur, The Last Days of Europe;   SUGGESTED READING:   Chapter 4: “Swede: War and Economic Thinking” pp. 95 – 129 and Chapter 5: “Sweden: From the Planned Economy to Societal Coordination” in Klausen, War and Welfare; Chapter 14:  “European Welfare States:  Diversity, Challenges and Reforms” pp. 259-280 in Heywood, et.al., Developments in European Politics.)

Lessons 8 and 9:  Defense as an issue in Europe.  The post-world war II security system in  Europe.  Conflicts within NATO.  (REQUIRED READING: Part 4: “Resurgent Europe” pp. 429 – 450 in Gilbert and Large, The End of the European Era; SUGGESTED READING:  Chapter 17:  “Beyond Territoriality:  European Security after the Cold War” pp. 318-337 in Heywood, et. al., Developments in European Politics; Part 1: “The  Players” pp. 3 – 129 in Frederick Kempe, Berlin 1961; Part1 “The Origins of the Cold War” pp. 11 – 84 in Melvyn Leffler, For the Soul of Mankind.)

Lesson 10:   Mid-Term Exam

Lessons 11, 12, 13 and 14:  Political parties Civil Society in Western Europe.  Party adaptation and development. Case studies:  Sweden and Italy.  (REQUIRED READING: Introduction: “The Fascist Archipelago”, pp. 1 – 23 in Michael Ebner, Ordinary Violence in Mussolini’s Italy; Chapter 1: “Diverse Italies”, pp. 7 – 39 and Chapter 12 “ “Cold War Italy”, pp. 333 – 367 and Chapter 13 “Modern Italy” pp. 367 – 401 in David Gilmour, The Pursuit of Italy;  Part IV:  “The Affluent Society” pp. 225 – 271 in Emanuela Scarpellini, Material Nation;  Part II:  “1940 – 1970: The Golden Age of Social Democracy”, pp. 185 – 333  and Part III: “1970 – 2000: A Richer Reality”, pp. 333 – 503 in Francis Sejersted, The Age of Social Democracy;  Chapter 1: “Between Growth and Security” pp. 5 – 28 and Chapter 6: “Can We Afford Security? Social Policy in the Third Way” pp. 105 – 128 in Jenny Anderson, Between Growth and Security; Chapters 3 – 5 pp. 48 – 208 in Alessandro Orsini, Anatomy of the Red Brigades; Chapter 11: “Sharks and Dolphins”, pp. 367 – 402 in Mazower, Dark Continent.  SUGGESTED READING:  Chapter 5: “Parties:  How the Past Affects the Present, and an Uncertain Future” pp. 131 – 167 in Tim Bale, European Politics; Chapter 2 pp. 62 – 79 in Thomas Magstadt, Contemporary European Politics; Chapters 11 and 12 and 13 pp. 345 – 455 in Ronald Tiersky, ed., Europe Today; Chapter 4: “Governments and Parliaments” pp. 100 – 131 and Chapter 5: “Parties” pp. 131 – 167  and Chapter 6: “Elections” pp. 167 – 200 in Bale, European Politics; Chapter 9: “Democracy Transformed: Western Europe, 1950-75” pp. 286 – 327 in Mazower, Dark Continent. Europe’s Twentieth Century;  Chapter 6:  “Political Parties” pp. 97-117 and Chapter 7:  “Elections and Representation” pp. 117-136 in Heywood, et. al., Developments in European Politics.)

Lesson 15:  Social and economic policy in Western Europe.  (REQUIRED READING: Part 4: “Social Democracy in Context” pp. 249 – 287 in Moschonas, In the Name of Social Democracy;  Chapter 1: “ The Road to Eutopia” pp. 3 – 27 in Bruce Thornton, Decline and Fall. Europe’s Slow Motion Suicide; Chapters 1 and 2 pp. 1 – 65 in John O’Sullivan, The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister; Chapter 3:  “What’s Good for FIAT Is Good For Italy” pp. 75 – 106 in Stephen Gundle, Between Hollywood and Moscow.  SUGGESTED READING:   Part Three: “Recessional: 1971-1989” pp. 453 – 637 in Judt, Postwar. A History of Europe Since 1945; Chapter 8: “Participation and Pressure Politics” pp. 238 – 271 and Chapter 9: “Politics Over Markets” pp. 271 – 303 in Bale, European Politics; Chapter 10: “The Social Contract in Crisis” pp. 327 – 361 in Mazower, Dark Continent. Europe’s Twentieth Century;

Lesson 16 and 17:  Migration and security in Europe. (REQUIRED READING: Chapters 1 – 7: pp. 1 – 130 in Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia and Simon Reich, Immigration, Integration, and Security;  Chapter 10: “Not Wanted But Needed:  Migrants and Minorities” pp. 303 – 336 in Tim Bale, European Politics.   SUGGESTED READING:  Part Four: “After The Fall: 1989-2005” pp. 637 – 803 in Judt, Postwar. A History of Europe Since 1945; Chapter 10: “Not Wanted But Needed-Migrants and Minorities” pp. 303 – 336 in Bale, European Politics;  Chapter 15:  “Immigration and Asylum” pp. 280-299 in Heywood, et.al. Developments in European Politics.)

Lessons 18 and 19 and 20:  Student Oral Reports.  (REQUIRED READING: Chapter 11: “Protecting and Promoting: Europe’s International Politics” pp. 336 – 369 in Tim Bale, European Politics; Chapters 7 – 11 pp. 130 – 239 in d’Appollonia and Reich, Immigration, Integration, and Security. SUGGESTED READING: Chapter 11: “Protecting and Promoting- Europe’s International Politics” pp. 336 – 400 in Bale, European Politics; Chapter 11: “Sharks and Dolhins: The Collapse of Communism” pp. 361 – 395 in Mazower, Dark Continent. Europe’s Twentieth Century; Part 3: “States Without War” pp. 147 – 222 in Sheehan, Where Have All The Soldiers Gone?; Peter Maass, Love Thy Neighbor. A Story of War  pp. 1-295)

Lessons  21:  End Quiz

Core Text:

The principle core text for the course is Raffaele D’Agata and Lawrence Gray, One More “Lost Peace”?  and it may be purchased  at the Anglo American Bookstore.

Reserve Readings:

Texts used for the lectures and available on reserve in the library are Theodore S. Hamerow, Why We Watched; Gordon Barrass, The Great Cold War;  John W. O’Malley, What Happened At Vatican II;  Michael Beschloss, The Conquerors; Michael Phayer, Pius XII, The Holocaust, and The Cold War;  Ganser Daniele, NATO’s Secret Armies:  Operation Gladio;   Peter Fritzsche, Life and Death in the Third Reich; Michael J. Hogan, The Marshall Plan; Mark Mazower, Hitler’s Empire;  William I. Hitchcock, The Bitter Road to Freedom; Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn;   John Harper, American Visions of Europe; Mark Leonard, Why Europe Will Run The 21^st Century; T.R. Read, The United States Of Europe; Giles MacConogh, After the Reich; Mark Mazower, Dark Continent. Europe’s Twentieth Century; Anonymous, A Woman in Berlin;  Ariane Chebel d’Appollonia and Simon Reich, Immigration, Integration, and Security; Thomas Magstadt, Contemporary European Politics; Ronald Tiersky, ed., Europe Today;  Gerassimos Moschonas, In the Name of Social Democracy.

Additional Readings:

James J. Sheehan, Where Have All The Soldiers Gone?; Roger Moorhouse, Berlin At War; J. Robert Wegs and Robert Ladrech, Europe Since 1945; Mark Perry, Partners In Command;   Patrick J. Buchanan, Churchill, Hitler And The Unnecessary War; Jytte Klausen, War and Welfare;  Richard Ned Lebow, Wulf Kansteiner, Claudio Fogu, eds., The Politics of Memory in Postwar Europe;  James Holland, Italy’s Sorrow;  Giles Macdonogh, After The Reich; Rick Atkinson, The Day of Battle;  Tim Bale, European Politics;  Tony Judt, Postwar. A History of Europe Since 1945;  Heywood, Jones, Rhodes, and Sedelmeier, Developments in European Politics;   Meny,  Government and Politics in Western Europe;  Michael Keating, The Politics of Modern Europe.  

Book Review List:

Mark Mazower, Europe’s Twentieth Century; Ben Shephard, The Long Road Home; Giles MacDonogh, After The Reich; Mark Mazower, Hitler’s Empire;  Rick Atkinson, An Army at Dawn;  Rick Atkinson, The Day of Battle;  William I. Hitchcock, The Struggle for Europe; James Holland, Italy’s Sorrow;  Tony Judt, Postwar;  Peter Fritzsche, Life and Death in the Third Reich;   Michael Beschloss, The Conquerors; Michael J. Hogan, The Marshall Plan;  William I. Hitchcock, The Bitter Road to Freedom;  Stephen Gundle, Between Hollywood and Moscow; Peter Maas, Love Thy Neighbor;    Anonymous, A Woman in Berlin; David McCullough, The Greater Journey;  Frederick Kempe, Berlin 1961.

Films:

The course will make use of a number of films that have treated contemporary and historical themes discussed in class.  Among the films to be selected are the following:  “Decision Before Dawn”, “Come and See”, “The Counterfeit Traitor”, “Operation Amsterdam”, “The Good German”, “The Third Man”, “The Conformist”, “Underground”, “Stalingrad”, “Srebrenica”, “Night of Shooting Stars”, “While America Watched:  The Bosnia Tragedy”, “The Scarlet and the Black”, “Dark Blue World”, “No Man’s  Land”, “The Death of Yugoslavia”,  “Rules of Engagement”, “When Father Was Away On Business”,  “Twelve O’Clock High”,  “Highway to Battle”, and “Flame and Citron”.

Topics for Oral Reports:

1. “The security arrangements in Western Europe are fragile and once again Germany poses the greatest threat to European peace and stability.”
2. “The Euro will collapse in 2012 and economic panic will create a new nationalism among West European states.”
3. “Anti-Americanism is on the rise in Western Europe.”
4. “Italy should candidate itself for a leading role in the creation of a new federal Europe.”
5. “Western European countries are inundated with illegal immigrants and must militarize their borders to halt this influx.”
6. “The West European states should create their own “Inner Europe” organization within the context of the European Community.”
7. “Fundamentalist Islam and Hollywood represent the greatest threats to European cultural identity.”
8. “The European welfare state is financially bankrupt and should be  replaced with an array of social choices based entirely on the free market.”
9. “West European defense spending must be dramatically increased.”

10.  “European leaders should order that all American military bases be closed in Western Europe by 2015.”