2020-04-262020-04-262019Ryan, Eileen. Syllabus for 20th Century Europe: A Continent in Crisis. Department of History, Temple U, Philadelphia, Fall 2019.http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/190The twentieth century in Europe began with a mixture of optimism and apprehension. Europe had achieved remarkable heights in economic and political reach, and it seemed that centuries of warfare had settled into a lasting peace. However, unprecedented technologies of warfare, looming social unrest, and regional disparities in economic development threatened to disrupt European stability. We will trace the breakdown of European peace through two world wars, an economic collapse, and the division of the continent in the Cold War. The end of the Cold War and the consolidation of the European Union seemed to establish17 pagesengAll Rights ReservedHistory--Outlines, syllabi, etcEducation, Higher--Europe--HistoryEurope--Politics and government--20th centuryText