Vv12A The Korean War and The War in Vietnam

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Michal Schwarz, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Mongolian, Korean and Vietnamese Studies – Asia Studies Centre – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites
no requirements
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The purpose of this course is to offer and introduction into international relations in East Asia and especially main historical events which followed the Japanese occupation, the end of the Second World War and establishing the People’s Republic of China. The course is more focused on the Korean War and the War in Vietnam. The particular lectures are focused on important events, mutual relations and results of both wars influencing the development on Korean and Indochinese Peninsulas till the beginning of the 21st century.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able to explain historical context, main events of Korean War and the War in Vietnam, relation of both wars and their impact on the development in Korean and Indochinese peninsulas.
Syllabus
  • Japanese occupation of East Asia at the beginning of the 20th century
  • The Second World War
  • Establishing the PRC, local interests of superpowers and international relations in East Asia
  • The Korean War - the causes and development
  • The armistice at the Korean Peninsula
  • The development on Indo-Chinese Peninsula after the end of the 2nd World War
  • The first stage of the First War in Indochina
  • The second stage of the First War in Indochina after establishing the PRC
  • The conference in Geneva
  • The division of Korea and Vietnam, and continuing conflict in Indochina
  • Renewal of the hot phase of the War in Vietnam
  • The development of the Second War in Indochina
  • The end of the War in Vietnam and aftermath
  • The impact of wars on the development of East Asia till the beginning of the 21st century
Literature
  • Young, Marilyn B. 1991. The Vietnam Wars 1945-1990. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.
  • Stueck, William. 2004. Rethinking the Korean war. Princeton - Oxford: Princeton University Press.
  • Goncharov, Sergei N. et al. 1993. Uncertain partners. Stalin, Mao, and the Korean War. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
  • Eckert, Carter J. et al. 2001. Dějiny Koreje. Praha Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
  • Oberdorfer, D. and R. Carlin. 2014. The Two Koreas. A Contemporary History. Revised and Updated. Third Edition. New York: Basic Books.
  • Cunningham, Mark E. et L. J. Zwier. 2009. The Aftermath of the French Defeat in Vietnam. Minneapoliis: Twenty-first Century Books.
  • Kwon, Heonik. 2008. Ghosts of War in Vietnam. Cambridge - New York: Cambridge University Press.
  • Goscha, Christopher. 2017. The Penguiin History of Modern Vietnam. Penguin Books.
  • Hlavatá, Lucie et al. 2018. Dějiny Vietnamu. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
  • Bradley, Mark P. 2009. Vietnam at war. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
  • McNamara, Robert S. et al. 1995. In Retrospect. The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam. New York: Toronto: Times Books and Random House.
  • Cha, Victor. 2012. The impossible state. North Korea, past and future. New York: HarperCollins.
  • Dommen, Arthur J. 2001. The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans. Nationalism and communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press.
  • Moïse, Edwin E. 1996. Tonkin Gulf and the Escalation of the Vietnami War. Chapel Hill - London: The University of North Carolina Press.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
There are two options of attestation: brief written test or brief written essay (4 to 5 standardized pages) about the topic negotiated in advance.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: blokový ekvivalent pravidelné výuky.
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