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UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA School of History Main Series UG Examination 2015-16

NAPOLEON TO STALIN: THE STRUGGLE FOR MASTERY IN EUROPE HIS-5017B Time allowed: 2 hours

Answer TWO questions.

Do not use the same material in the same way in more than one answer in this paper.

Notes are not permitted in this examination. Do not turn over until you are told to do so by the Invigilator.

HIS-5017B Copyright of the University of East Anglia

Module Contact: Dr Thomas Otte, HIS Version 1

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1. ‘Historians have generally exaggerated the stability and viability of the 1815 Vienna settlement.’ Discuss. 2. ‘The actions of the Great Powers between 1827 and 1853 were driven principally by their concerns about the Eastern Question.’ Discuss. 3. ‘A gambler and a ditherer, Napoleon III frittered away France’s quasidominance in Europe.’ Discuss this assessment of French foreign policy between 1851 and 1870. 4. ‘The reluctance of the other Powers to intervene in the affairs of Central Europe was the main reason for the unification of Germany between 1864 and 1870.’ Discuss. 5. Why were Great Power politics so stable in the period between 1871 and 1890? 6. ‘Unbounded ambition coupled with poor statesmanship propelled Germany down the road to war.’ Discuss with specific reference to the years, c. 1900-1914. 7. ‘The post-war peace settlements established between 1919 and 1925 were too weak to have any chance of success.’ Discuss. 8. ‘The policies pursued by Britain and France in appeasing the revisionist Powers made war inevitable in 1939.’ Discuss. 9. ‘To understand the emergence of the Cold War one should discount all notions of deeply laid plans by either Moscow or Washington.’ Discuss this view with reference to the period, c. 1944-1953. 10. ‘The so-called “Second Cold War” was the necessary response to the many failures of détente, and it brought the cold war itself to an end.’ Discuss this assessment with reference to the period, c. 1973 to 1989/91.

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