EUROPEAN HISTORY CSS SYLLABUS (100 MARKS)

Part – I (Marks 50)

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I. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era (1789–1815)

• The causes of French Revolution
• The consequences of Revolution
• Napoleon rise to power
• Creation of Empire
• The Continental system
• The fall of Napoleon

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II. The Concert of Europe (1815–1830)

• The Congress of Vienna
• Metternich’s Era
• The Concert of Europe and Congress System
• Balance of Power

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III. Forces of Continuity and Change in Europe (1815–1848)

• Nationalism
• Liberalism
• Romanticism
• Socialism
• Industrial Revolution
• Colonialism
• Cosequences

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IV. The Eastern Question (1804–1856)

• The nature of the Eastern question
• The Crimean War
• Russo Turkish War 1877
• Consequences

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V. Unification of Italy

• The effects of the revolution of 1848
• The obstacles to unification
• Cavour and the unification of Italy
• The process of Italian unification (1859–1871)

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VI. Unification of Germany

• The rise of Bismarck
• Diplomatic events
• The Austro-Prussian War (1866)
• The Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871)
• The triumph of Bismarck and process of unification

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VII. The Origins of First World War (1890–1914)

• Formation of Alliances and Counter Alliances
• The Balkans War (1912–1913)
• The outbreak of the World War I

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Part – II (Marks 50)

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VIII. The First World War and its Aftermath

• The War (1914–1918) and peace treaties
• The League of Nations

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IX. Dictatorships in Europe

• Fascism in Italy under Musssolini
• Hitler, Nazism and Germany
• Russia, Marxism Revolution and its working under Stalin
• Great Depression and its effects on Europe
• Appeasement
• The Arm race
• The Sudetenland Crisis (1938)
• The distraction of Czechoslovakia (1939)

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X. The Second World War and its Effects on Europe

• The main events of the war
• Impact of war

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XI. Post-War Europe

• The post war settlements
• The United Nations
• Economic recovery of Europe, Marshal Plan
• German Question
• NATO
• Decolonization

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XII. Cold War Europe (1955–1991)

• Effects of cold war
• Warsaw Pact (1955)
• The European Economic Community (EEC)
• Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement
• Charles Degaule and France
• Spread of communist regimes in Europe

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XIII. Europe (1991–2012)

• The Gorbachev and disintegration of USSR
• The reunification of Germany
• The Balkan crisis of 1990s
• The European Union
• Role of Europe in war against terrorism
• Global economic crisis and Europe

FPSC RECOMMENDED BOOKS List for EUROPEAN HISTORY CSS SYLLABUS

S. No.	Title	Author
1.	A History of Modern Europe (1789–1991)	H.L. Peacock
2.	The Struggle for Mastery in Europe: 1848–1918	A.J.P. Taylor
3.	The Cold War: Ideological Conflict or Power Struggle	Norman A. Grabener
4.	The USSR: A Short History	Vladimir Polrtayen
5.	Development in Russian Politics	Stephen White
6.	Mastering Modern European History	Stuart Miller
7.	A Text Book of European History	G.W. Southgate
8.	Aspects of European History 1789–1980	Stephen J. Lee
9.	Europe Since Napoleon	D. Thompson
10.	European Union: European Politics	Tim Bale
11.	Modern Europe in the Making from the French Revolution to the Common Market	G. Fasal
12.	The Norton History of Modern Europe	F. Gilbert
13.	The Origins of the Second World War	A.J.P. Taylor
14.	The Rise and Fall of Great Powers	Paul Kennedy

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