Università Roma Tre

THE GREAT WAR: THE FIRST TOTAL AND GLOBAL CONFLICT.
THIS COURSE WILL FOCUS ON THE FIRST WORLD WAR AS AN EVENT WHICH MARKED THE ULTIMATE BEGINNING OF THE CONTEMPORARY AGE. THE MAIN TOPICS TO BE COVERED INCLUDE THE MODERN ASPECTS OF THE WAR, ITS GEOPOLITICAL RELEVANCE, THE SPREADING OF NATIONALISM AND THE CRISIS OF THE EMPIRES, THE VIOLENCE AGAINST CIVILIANS, THE ISSUE OF MINORITIES, THE GENOCIDE OF ARMENIANS AND OF OTHER CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE, COMMUNICATION AND PROPAGANDA DURING THE WAR.

1. NORMAN STONE, LA PRIMA GUERRA MONDIALE, MILANO, FELTRINELLI, 2014;
2. ANTONIO GIBELLI, LA GRANDE GUERRA DEGLI ITALIANI 1915-1918, MILANO, RIZZOLI, 2014;
3. ANDREA RICCARDI, LA STRAGE DEI CRISTIANI. MARDIN, GLI ARMENI E LA FINE DI UN MONDO, ROMA-BARI, LATERZA, 2015;
4. MARCO IMPAGLIAZZO, IL MARTIRIO DEGLI ARMENI. UN GENOCIDIO DIMENTICATO, BRESCIA, LA SCUOLA, 2015.