European History

CSS Syllabus European History – 100 Marks

Part –I (Marks 50)

I. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1789-1815)

The causes of French Revolution The consequences of Revolution Napoleon rise to power
Creation of Empire

The Continental system

The fall of Napoleon

II. The Concert of Europe (1815-1830)

The Congress of Vienna

Metternich’s Era

The Concert of Europe and Congress System

Balance of Power

III. Forces of Continuity and Change in Europe (1815-1848)

Nationalism

§ Liberalism Romanticism Socialism
Industrial Revolution Colonialism Cosequences

IV. The Eastern Question (1804-1856)

The nature of the Eastern question

§ The Crimean War

Russo Turkish War 1877

Consequences

VI. Unification of Germany

§ The rise of Bismarck

Diplomatic events

The Austro-Prussian War (1866)

The Franco- Prussian War (1870-1871)

The triumph of Bismarck and process of unification

VII. The Origins of First World War (1890-1914)

Formation of Alliances and Counter Alliances

§ The Balkans War (1912-1913) The outbreak of the World War 1

Part –II (Marks 50)

VIII. The First World War and its aftermath

§ The War (1914-1918) and peace treaties

§ The League of Nations

IX. Dictatorships in Europe

§ Fascism in Italy under Musssolini

§ Hitler,Nazism and Germany

§ Russia , Marxism Revolution and its working under Stalin

§ Great Depression and its effects on Europe

§ Appeasement

§ The Arm race

§ The Sudetenland Crisis (1938)

§ The distraction of Czechoslovakia (1939)

X. The World War 11and its effects on Europe

XI. Post- War Europe

§ The post war settlements

§ The United Nations

§ Economic Recovery of Europe,Marshal Plan

§ German Question

§ NATO

§ Decolonization

XII. Cold War Europe (1955-1991)

§ Effects of cold war

§ Warsaw Pact (1955)

§ The European Economic Community (EEC)

§ Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement

§ Charles Degaule and France

§ Spread of communist regimes in Europe

XIII. Europe (1991-2012)

§ The Gorbachev and Disintegration of USSR

§ The reunification of Germany

§ The Balkan crisis of 1990s

§ The European Union

§ Role of Europe in War against terrorism

§ Global Economic Crisis and Europe

SUGGESTED READINGS

S. No.	Title	Author
1.	A History of Modern Europe (1789-1991)	H.L. Peacock,
2.	The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848-1918	A.J.P Taylor,
3.	The Cold War: Ideological Conflict or Power Struggle	Normali A. Grabener
4.	The USSR: A Share History	Vladimir Polrtayen,
5.	Development in Russian Politics	Stephen White,
6.	Mastering Modern European History	Stuart Miller,
7.	A Text Book of European History	by Southgate, G.W.
8.	Aspects of European History 1789-1980.	Stephen J. Lee
9.	Europe Since Napoleon	Thompson, D.
10.	European Union: European politics.	Tim Bale.
11.	Modern Europe in the Making from the French Revolution to the Common Market	Fasal, G.
12.	The Norton History of Modern Europe	Gilbert, F.
13.	The Origins of the Second World War	Taylor, A.J.P.
14.	The Rise and Fall of Great Powers.	Paul Kennedy.