131-271 Europe of the Dictators: Hitler & Stalin

Usually 12.5 points of first year history.

This subject compares the way that the two major dictatorships of the inter-war period were ruled in terms of their domestic and foreign policy, the popularity of the regimes and the reasons for their success and failure in WW2. Students will complete this subject with an improved understanding of the complexities of the systems, structures and individuals that contributed to these developments and a more sophisticated understanding of their differences.

• demonstrate research skills through competent use of the library and other information sources; be able to communicate knowledge intelligibly and economically through essay writing and tutorial discussion.

• how critical thinking and analysis through recommended reading, essay writing and tutorial discussion, and by determining the strength of an argument;

• demonstrate understanding of social, ethical and cultural context through the contextualisation of judgements, developing a critical self-awareness, being open to new ideas and possibilities and by constructing an argument;

Two argumentative research essays on comparative themes. Each of 2,000 words, 50% each (one due mid semester the other due at the end of semester)

A subject reader will be available from the Bookroom at the beginning of semester