International History 2: Introduction

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International History 2 Introduction

• Hungdah Su
• ???

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Teaching Assistant for IRH

• ???
• First year student at
• Master Degree Program
• at this Institute
• r97322008_at_ntu.edu.tw

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Important announcement

• Any request for leave must inform me orally and
  Mr. Dai to register on the enrollment list.

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Rules in class

• No cellular phone in class
• No computer in class
• Do not come later than a quarter without a
  justifiable reason
• Do not sleep.
• Do not chat

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• Thou should
• Actively ask, discuss, answer and even criticize
• Write down the notes in class
• Know your classmates, particularly those from
  abroad
• Speak English as much as possible

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Some modification

• The teaching will be divided into four parts,
  each of which shall last for twenty minutes.
  Between these teachings, we will have a break for
  five minutes.

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Here is the new tempo in class.

• 1020-1045 Teaching
• 1045-1050 Break in class
• 1050-1110 Teaching
• 1110-1120 Break
• 1120-1140 Teaching
• 1140-1145 Break in class
• 1145-1210 Teaching

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Know this course

• Purposes of this teaching
• Basic knowledge of the historical facts of the
  international relations history
• Basic capacities to approach the international
  relations
• Basic capacities to find sources indispensable to
  the questions in the IRH

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And a specific objective

• ENGLISH, ENGLISH, ENGLISH

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The evaluation criteria

• Mid-term 50
• Final 50
• In class
• Presence plus
• Active Participation plus
• In class
• Absence in irregular enrollments minus

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Mid term examination

• Wednesday 15 April 1030-1200
• Only short questions to answer
• Review of mid term examination will be held on 22
  April.

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Final examination

• 1030-1200 on Wednesday 10 June
• Short questions and essays
• Review of final examination will be held at
  1020-1220 on Wednesday 17 June.

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In class

• Presence
• Participation into discussion
• Individual or collective submission of
  conclusions of assigned readings
• Suggestions
• Etc.

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Two speeches in class

• I will organize at least two speeches in
  International and Diplomatic History in class,
  where the enrollment will be held.
• The date and speakers name will be announced
  later.

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I need

• A class coordinator to contact
• An assistant to write down all the points for all
  in class (in turn)

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Teachings

• First semester 1648-1945
• Second semester 1945-1991

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Main reference books

• Henry Kissinger Diplomacy, 1994
• Knutsen, A history of IR theory, 1992.
• Soutou, La guerre de cinqante ans, 2001
• Hanrieder, Deutschland, Europa, Amerika die
  Aussenpolitik der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  1949-1994, 1995

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And a Web..

• Cold War Museum
• www.coldwar.org
• In 1996, Francis Gary Powers, Jr. and John C.
  Welch founded the Cold War Museum to preserve
  Cold War history and honor Cold War Veterans. It
  is located in Lorton, Virginia, USA.

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Journals

• Cold War History (4/year, 2000, Routledge, UK)
• Journal of Cold War Studies (4/year, 1999, MIT
  Press, US)
• .

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Research groups

• Cold War Studies Centre, LSE, London.
• Cold War International History Project, Wilson
  International Center, Washington D.C

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12 Subjects to discuss

• How to organize the world after WWII? (K ch. 16
  KN pp. 213-218)
• Beginning of Cold War (K ch. 17 KN. Pp.
  218-222)
• Containment (K ch. 18)
• Korean War (K ch. 19) and First Détente (K ch.
  20)
• Decolonization (K ch. 21)

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• Berlin crises (K. ch. 23)
• Conflicts inside the West (K ch. 24)
• Vietnam (K ch. 26)
• Nixon (K. ch. 28)
• Second Détente (K. ch. 29)
• End of Cold War (K. ch. 30 KN pp. 240-252)
• Entry of new subjects into IR

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Teachings structure

• International structure
• Structure of powers
• Structure of context
• National policies
• Powers policies
• Domestic context of powers

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Let me know your remarks on the course of IH
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Next Week

• How to organize the world after WWII? (K ch. 16
  KN pp. 213-218)