The Middle East during the Cold War: Conflicts and Crises, 1948-1991 - Einzelansicht

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Veranstaltungsart	Übung	Veranstaltungsnummer
SWS	2	Semester	SoSe 2020
Einrichtung	Historisches Institut	Sprache	englisch
Weitere Links	comment
Belegungsfrist	20.04.2020 - 10.05.2020 Belegung über PULS

Gruppe 1:

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		Tag	Zeit	Rhythmus	Dauer	Raum	Lehrperson	Ausfall-/Ausweichtermine	Max. Teilnehmer/-innen
	Übung	Mi	16:00 bis 18:00	wöchentlich	22.04.2020 bis 22.07.2020	1.09.2.13	Dr. Scianna

Kommentar	Please follow the "comment" link above for more information on comments, course readings, course requirements and grading. Wars in the Greater Middle East seem an almost natural state of affairs. While especially the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has received much attention, the aspects of several other wars that ravaged the region since 1945 are seldom studied in context of the Cold War and development in military affairs. Yet, the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988) and the Russian war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) have foreshadowed many developments and peculiarities of armed conflicts in the 21st century. This course aims to contextualise the Arab-Israeli Wars during the Cold War to neighbouring ones in the Greater Middle East. The focus will be the military operations – the political, diplomatic and social implications will be mentioned, but cannot be covered in detail. This course is held in English. ********************************* COVID-19 UPDATE: The course will initially be held online. Hence, do not worry too much about the first session or being able to secure a spot. This should not be a problem and we will work through this crisis together. I have set up a Moodle Course where you will find the readings and I will prepare a video for the first session that will give you guidance on what to expect. Stay healthy and "see" you soon!
Literatur	• Ahron Bregman, Israel’s Wars. A History since 1947 (NY: Routledge, 2002). • Samy Cohen, Israel’s Asymmetric Wars (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). • Kenneth M. Pollack, Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 (Lincoln, NE: Nebraska UP 2002). • Williamson Murray and Kevin M. Woods, The Iran-Iraq War. A Military and Strategic History (Cambridge: CUP, 2014). • Rodric Braithwaite, Afgantsy. The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89 (Oxford: OUP, 2011). • Mirjam E. Sørli, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Håvard Strand, ‘Why is there so much conflict in the Middle East?’, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49:1, (2005), pp.141- 165. • Antony Cordesman, ‘The Changing Nature of War in the Middle East and North Africa’, Harvard International Review, January 14, 2017. • Nigel Ashton (ed.), The Cold War in the Middle East: Regional Conflict and the Superpowers (London: Routledge, 2007).
Leistungsnachweis	Active participation and a brief presentation are required.

Kommentar

Please follow the "comment" link above for more information on comments, course readings, course requirements and grading.

Wars in the Greater Middle East seem an almost natural state of affairs. While especially the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has received much attention, the aspects of several other wars that ravaged the region since 1945 are seldom studied in context of the Cold War and development in military affairs. Yet, the Iraq-Iran War (1980-1988) and the Russian war in Afghanistan (1979-1989) have foreshadowed many developments and peculiarities of armed conflicts in the 21st century. This course aims to contextualise the Arab-Israeli Wars during the Cold War to neighbouring ones in the Greater Middle East. The focus will be the military operations – the political, diplomatic and social implications will be mentioned, but cannot be covered in detail. This course is held in English.

*********************************

COVID-19 UPDATE:

The course will initially be held online. Hence, do not worry too much about the first session or being able to secure a spot. This should not be a problem and we will work through this crisis together.

I have set up a Moodle Course where you will find the readings and I will prepare a video for the first session that will give you guidance on what to expect.

Stay healthy and "see" you soon!

Literatur

• Ahron Bregman, Israel’s Wars. A History since 1947 (NY: Routledge, 2002).
• Samy Cohen, Israel’s Asymmetric Wars (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).
• Kenneth M. Pollack, Arabs at War: Military Effectiveness, 1948-1991 (Lincoln, NE:
Nebraska UP 2002).
• Williamson Murray and Kevin M. Woods, The Iran-Iraq War. A Military and Strategic
History (Cambridge: CUP, 2014).
• Rodric Braithwaite, Afgantsy. The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89 (Oxford: OUP,
2011).
• Mirjam E. Sørli, Nils Petter Gleditsch, and Håvard Strand, ‘Why is there so much
conflict in the Middle East?’, The Journal of Conflict Resolution, 49:1, (2005), pp.141-
165.
• Antony Cordesman, ‘The Changing Nature of War in the Middle East and North
Africa’, Harvard International Review, January 14, 2017.
• Nigel Ashton (ed.), The Cold War in the Middle East: Regional Conflict and the
Superpowers (London: Routledge, 2007).

Leistungsnachweis

Active participation and a brief presentation are required.

Strukturbaum

Keine Einordnung ins Vorlesungsverzeichnis vorhanden. Veranstaltung ist aus dem Semester SoSe 2020 , Aktuelles Semester: WiSe 2024/25