[heading] CSS Syllabus European History – 100 Marks[/heading]
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 PowerStruggle |
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 FrenchRevolution 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. |