Revised Syllabus and Recommended Books of European History
 

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[SIZE=4][COLOR=Green]PAPER: EUROPEAN HISTORY (100 MARKS)[/COLOR][/SIZE]

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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=4][COLOR=Navy][B]Part –I (Marks 50)[/B][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]

[SIZE=3][B] I. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1789-1815) [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT] [LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The causes of French Revolution [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The consequences of Revolution [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Napoleon rise to power [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Creation of Empire [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Continental system [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The fall of Napoleon [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST] [FONT=Verdana]
[SIZE=3][B] II. The Concert of Europe (1815-1830) [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Congress of Vienna [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Metternich’s Era [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Concert of Europe and Congress System [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Balance of Power [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]III. Forces of Continuity and Change in Europe (1815-1848) [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Nationalism [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Liberalism[/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Romanticism [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Socialism [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Industrial Revolution [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Colonialism[/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Cosequences [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]IV. The Eastern Question (1804-1856) [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The nature of the Eastern question [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Crimean War [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Russo Turkish War 1877 [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Consequences [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B] V. Unification of Italy [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The effects of the revolution of 1848 [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The obstacles to unification [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Cavour and the unification of Italy [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Process of Italian unification (1859-1871)[/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]VI. Unification of Germany [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The rise of Bismarck [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Diplomatic events [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Austro-Prussian War (1866) [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Franco- Prussian War (1870-1871) [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The triumph of Bismarck and process of unification [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3] [B]VII. The Origins of First World War (1890-1914) [/B] [/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Formation of Alliances and Counter Alliances[/SIZE] [/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Balkans War (1912-1913) [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The outbreak [COLOR=Navy]of [/COLOR]the World War 1 [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana]
[SIZE=3][COLOR=Navy][B] [SIZE=4]Part –II (Marks 50) [/SIZE][/B][/COLOR][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][B]VIII. The First World War and its aftermath [/B][/SIZE][/FONT]
[LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The War (1914-1918) and peace treaties [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The League of Nations [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B] IX. Dictatorships in Europe [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Fascism in Italy under Musssolini [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Hitler,Nazism and Germany [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Russia , Marxism Revolution and its working under Stalin [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Great Depression and its effects on Europe [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Appeasement [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Arm race [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Sudetenland Crisis (1938) [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The distraction of Czechoslovakia (1939) [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]X. The World War 11and its effects on Europe [/B][/SIZE]

[SIZE=3][B]XI. Post- War Europe [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The post war settlements [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The United Nations [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Economic Recovery of Europe,Marshal Plan [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]German Question [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]NATO [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Decolonization[/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]XII. Cold War Europe (1955-1991) [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Effects of cold war [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Warsaw Pact (1955) [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The European Economic Community (EEC) [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Charles Degaule and France [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Spread of communist regimes in Europe [/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]XIII. Europe (1991-2012) [/B][/SIZE]
[/FONT][LIST][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Gorbachev and Disintegration of USSR [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The reunification of Germany [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The Balkan crisis of 1990s [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]The European Union [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Role of Europe in War against terrorism [/SIZE][/FONT][*][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3]Global Economic Crisis and Europe[/SIZE][/FONT][/LIST][FONT=Verdana]
[/FONT] [CENTER][CENTER][FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3][B]SUGGESTED READINGS[/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/CENTER]
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[FONT=Verdana][SIZE=3] 1. A History of Modern Europe (1789-1991)[COLOR=white]-------------------------------------- [/COLOR]H.L. Peacock,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Verdana]
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2. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918[COLOR=white]-------------------------------[/COLOR]A.J.P Taylor, [/SIZE]
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3. The Cold War: Ideological Conflict or Power Struggle[COLOR=white]-------------------------[/COLOR] Normali A. Grabener [/SIZE]
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4. The USSR: A Share History[COLOR=white]------------------------------------ ------------------[/COLOR]Vladimir Polrtayen, [/SIZE]
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5. Development in Russian Politics[COLOR=white]-------------------------------------- ----------[/COLOR] Stephen White, [/SIZE]
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6. Mastering Modern European History [COLOR=white]-------------------------------------- -------[/COLOR]Stuart Miller, [/SIZE]
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7. A Text Book of European History[COLOR=white]-------------------------------------- -----------[/COLOR] by Southgate, G.W. [/SIZE]
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8. Aspects of European History 1789-1980.[COLOR=white] ---------------------------------------- [/COLOR] Stephen J. Lee [/SIZE]
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9. Europe since Napoleon[COLOR=white]-------------------------------------- ----------------------[/COLOR] Thompson, D. [/SIZE]
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10. European Union: European politics.[COLOR=white] -------------------------------------- --------[/COLOR] Tim Bale.[/SIZE]
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11. Modern Europe in the Making from the French Revolution to the Common Market[COLOR=white]--------[/COLOR] Fasal, G.[/SIZE]
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12. The Norton History of Modern Europe[COLOR=white]-------------------------------------- -------[/COLOR]Gilbert, F. [/SIZE]
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13. The Origins of the Second World War[COLOR=white]-------------------------------------- -------[/COLOR] Taylor, A.J.P. [/SIZE]
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14. The Rise and Fall of Great Powers.[COLOR=white] -------------------------------------- ----------[/COLOR] Paul Kennedy. [/SIZE][/FONT]