HST 296 World History Since 1945Spring 2017

Section CA: Friday 10:00-10:55 am, 009 Shideler HallSection DA: Thursday 4:00-4:55 pm, 009 Shideler Hall

Miss Courtney Misich218C Upham; 529-0943misichcl@miamioh.edu PGP (she/her/hers)Office hours: TR 1:30-3:30pm

I am happy to make appointments if these hours do not work for you. Please contact me at least 24 hours before you would like to schedule an appointment via email. Unless otherwise stated, all meetings will be held in my office.

Section Goals Friday discussion sections complement and supplement (not duplicate) lecture material, although

sections will be used for review before the common exams. The sections provide opportunities to explore and become familiar with issues better suited to

discussion, including the opportunity to talk about how we as historians think of human society generally and “unanswerable” questions raised in every generation.

The sections give you the time to engage with specific readings, primary and secondary sources, and each other as you think about the past.

All of the above add to the general goals of the class, but particularly we will work on gaining experience in using multiple forms of primary evidence as used by historians, developing the ability to understand these particular times and to be able to see any time or society in the abstract. These goals add to the development of critical thinking, written communication, intercultural competence, and informational literacy.

HST 296 pursues another set of specific learning outcomes that the history department has established for its 200-level courses. Students will, by the end of the semester, be able to:

1. Identify and analyze multiple forms of primary evidence – from letters and memoirs to photographs and statistical tables.

2. Examine other societies – and look at one’s own – in a global context.3. Engage with historiographical debates and make historical arguments.4. Recognize change (and continuity) over time and integrate multiple chronologies into a single

analytical framework.

Readings: The following readings will be the focus of the discussions and MUST be read before that week's section.David Reynolds, One World Divisible: A Global History since 1945. Norton, 2000.Marjane Strapi, Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2004.

All other readings will be uploaded to canvas and should be brought in printed to class.

Additionally, we will be discussing two films:

The Fidel Castro Tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ad6JP3mUGsWhen the Mountains Tremble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rG8nmgRw4

Assignments:

Participation: This section relies heavily on your ability to read the assigned texts and contribute meaningful points throughout the class period. Discussion is absolutely essential to more thoroughly understand history and thus respectful debate and in depth analysis is strongly encouraged. Attendance is mandatory and essential to getting a good grade in this course. If for some reason, you cannot attend your section, please notify me beforehand as accommodations for makeup work may be available per my discretion. This will not be an option if you fail to notify me beforehand. If you are sick, providing me with a doctor’s note will significantly help in being able to make up the lost points.

Papers and Quizzes: In addition to your mid-term and final exams, there will be two assigned papers for this course, both between 4-5 pages on the major themes we discussed in class. Your grade for these papers will rely on your ability to interact with the historical documents assigned as class reading. Quizzes can be given at any time throughout the semester and will cover the major themes of the reading for that week.

Grading: The lecture portion of the class composes 65% of the grade. This has the two mid-term exams being 20% each and the final exam worth 25%. The discussion section is 35% of the course.

Participation are 10%Quizzes are 5%Papers are 20% (10% per paper)

Classroom policies No cell phones in class Computers are allowed only with the internet turned off and only to be used for the readings. Be on time to class. Be respectful of each other and me. For the sake of your learning and respect for each other, please plan not to leave the room during

class. Talk to me if you are unsure of any aspect of assignments or lecture material or note-taking or

comprehension of reading or lecture! The earlier we talk, the more you will learn and thrive in the class!

If you have an issue with a grade, please see me after you have thoroughly considered the grading standards and your own work.

Academic integrity simply is one aspect of honesty, something we expect of all people in all aspects of life. Your work – the words, the ideas, the organization – is your own or you acknowledge what you are adopting. If you have any questions about details don’t hesitate to ask me. For more developed explanation and the consequences of academic dishonesty, please see http://www.miamioh.edu/integrity/undergraduates/ .

Disability Services:If you are a student with a physical, medical and/or psychiatric disability and feel that you may need a reasonable accommodation to fulfill the essential functions of the course that are listed in this syllabus, you are encouraged to contact the Office of Disability Resources at 529-1541 (V/TTY), and students with AD(H)D and/or specific learning disabilities may contact the Office for Learning Disability Services located in the Rinella Learning Center at 529-8741.

Common Exam Schedule:First Mid-Term Exam February 28th, Shideler 152Second Mid-Term Exam April 11th, Shideler 152Final Exam May 11th, Shideler 152

Dates of interest: Last day to drop a class without a grade February 9Last day to change grade option (credit/no credit) February 9Last day to drop from a course with “W” April 3

Class Schedule:January 26/27th: Introductions and Did the Cold War Begin Before 1945?In Class Readings

February 2/3rd: Development of the Cold WarChurchill’s Iron Curtain Speech (1945) Stalin’s Response to the Iron Curtain Speech (1946) NSC-68 (1950)

February 9/10th: Asia during the Beginning of the Cold WarTestimony of Akihiro Takahashi in Atomic Archive (1945/1986) Truman Doctrine (1947) Japanese Constitution (1947) Meiji Constitution (1889)

February 16/17th: Legacies of EmpireM. K. Gandhi, “Quit India Resolution” (1942) Winston Churchill, “Britain’s Shameful Flight from India” (1947) Harold Macmillan, “Winds of Change” (1960) Priya Satia, “The Defense of Inhumanity” (2006)

February 23/24th: Effects of Divided Europe through GermanyDavid Clay Large, “The Divided City” Peter Schneider, The Wall Jumper (excerpts)

February 28. FIRST MID-TERM EXAM

March 2/3rd 1950 Popular CultureFather Knows Best, Season 2 Episode 14 “Bad Influence”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qutg0WV7Wx0&index=40&list=PLeagipoZmyfnX72vC5n7LyhNyIhfioIl5 Joanne Meyerowitz, “Ex GI Becomes Blonde Beauty” in How Sex Changed America

March 9/10th: Cuban Missile Crisis and Being in the Middle of the Cold WarThe Fidel Castro Tapes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ad6JP3mUGsJFK on Cuba (1961/1962)

March 16/17th Conflict in the Third WorldHistory of Operation PBSUCCESS (1994) National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 133 (1976) Department of State, Memorandum of Conversation, December 2, 1982

FIRST PAPER DUE

Spring Break

March 30/31st: The End of the Vietnam War"America's Stake in Vietnam" speech, 1 June 1956 Assortment of Vietnam Documents War Powers Resolutions (1973) CNN, Fall of Saigon http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/29/us/vietnam-saigon-evacuation-anniversary/

April 6/7thTranscript from Nixon’s First Meeting in China, 1972

April 11. SECOND MID-TERM EXAM

April 13/14th: Iranian RevolutionPersepolis: The Story of a Childhood

April 20/21st: Guatemalan Civil War When the Mountains Tremble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4rG8nmgRw4“Silent Holocaust”: The Mayan Genocidehttp://cja.org/where-we-work/guatemala/Carlos Figueroa Ibarra, “The Culture of Terror and Cold War in Guatemala,” Journal of Genocide Research 8 (June 2006): 191-208.

April 27/28th The End of the Cold War and Its Aftermath Thatcher-Gorbachev Meeting 1984Reagan- Gorbachev Letter 1985Chernyaev Diary April 4, 1985Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR Letter on Afghanistan 1988Gorbachev Press Conference 1989Thatcher-Gorbachev Conversation 1989Gorbachev Farewell Address 1991Lecture on the Yugoslav Civil WarSECOND PAPER DUE

May 4/5th: Review Session and Conclusions

Final Exam: May 11th, Shideler 152 8am

This syllabus is subject to change with reasonable notice.