Description

History of Contemporary World

(1945 – 2000)

 

TYBA Semester V

 

Syllabus

 

Module – I : Cold War (1945-1985)
(a) Meaning, Causes of Cold War and Security Pacts
(b) Conflicts in Cold War: Germany, Korea and Cuba
(c) Economic Revival of Western Europe; Soviet Union’s Relations with Eastern Europe

Module – II : Europe, U.S.S.R and U.S.A. (1985-2000)
(a) Disintegration of U.S.S.R
(b) Re-drawing of political borders of Germany, Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia; Emergence of the European Union (EU) in Western Europe
(c) U.S.A as the dominant world power

Module – III : Movements for Equal Rights and Challenging the Bipolar World (1945-2000)
(a) Campaigns within and outside South Africa against Apartheid
(b) Civil Rights Movement in U.S.A
(c) Non-Aligned Movement

Module – IV : Major Trends
(a) Globalisation
(b) Sustainable Development
(c) Women’s Liberation Movement