East-Central Europe: Short 20th Century, 1918 to 1990

4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour (when scheduled). Designed for juniors/seniors. Analysis and interpretation of stormy history of crisis zone of Europe where wars, revolts and revolutions, and different types of extremisms led to historical detour: 70 years of departure from Western values and at last effort to turn back to them. P/NP or letter grading.