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GLST 384: Europe Since 1945 Report a Broken Link

HIST 384/GLST 384: Europe Since 1945 discusses a number of key themes, concepts, and events that are pivotal to a full understanding of the European experience during the years since World War II. You will examine the social, political, and economic history of Europe through the second half of the twentieth century and the beginning of the twenty-first.

Required Readings

Unit 2

“The Yalta Conference: Protocol of Proceedings of Crimea Conference” (February 4-11, 1945). The Avalon Project: Yale Law School.
“Potsdam Conference” (July 17-August 2, 1945). The Avalon Project: Yale Law School.
“Truman Doctrine: President Harry S. Truman’s Address Before a Joint Session of Congress” (March 12, 1947). The Avalon Project: Yale Law School.
“The Marshall Plan: Speech at Harvard University” (June 5, 1947). Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

Unit 3

Kennan, George. “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947). In The History Guide: Lectures on Twentieth Century Europe, edited by Steven Kreis, 2012. Retrieved from http://www.historyguide.org/europe/kennan.html.

Unit 5

Khrushchev, Nikita S. “The Secret Speech – On the Cult of Personality.” In Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 84th Congress, 2nd Session (May 22, 1956-June 11, 1956), C11, Part 7, pp. 9389-9403. June 4, 1956. Internet Modern History Sourcebook, 1998. Retrieved from https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/mod/1956khrushchev-secret1.asp.