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HIST288: The Global 1960s Section 03 6:00-7:15 PM

SUNY Geneseo: Fall 2013
Sturges 114
Instructor Todd Goehle Sturges 312
Office Hours: M/W 2:30-4:00 PM and by Appointment
goehle@geneseo.edu

I. Purpose of the Syllabus

The syllabus provides the student with an overview of the course topic, course expectations, and tentative schedule. It will
serve as our contract for the semester.

II. Course Description and Objectives

This course provides the students a broad overview of the 1960s and especially 1968, a year when across much of the globe,
students, activists, workers, and other reform and/or revolutionary-minded citizens challenged the political, social, cultural and
economic structures of a Cold War World. Throughout the semester, we will analyze a number of case studies, including the
War for Algerian Independence and other moments of African and Asian Decolonization, the Vietnam War, Frances May
Days, the Prague Spring, West Germans 1968, the American civil rights and student movements, Red Chinas Cultural

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Revolution, the Tlatelolco Square massacre in Mexico, and student protest in late 1960s Brazil. These case studies will not be
studied in isolation, however. Rather, the class will explore the ways in which the actors of these moments and movements
were linked internationally through a variety of philosophies, politics, tactics, and motives. Of note will be the
reformist/revolutionary ideas of Frantz Fanon, Che Guevara, Mao Zedong, Herbert Marcuse, Ho Chi Minh, the American
SDS, Martin Luther King, Stokely Carmichael, Carlos Marighella, Alexander Dubek, Rudi Dutschke, and Ulrike Meinhof,
among many others. Issues related to race, gender, media, violence, culture, and class will also be addressed. To accomplish
these course objectives, we will closely examine a variety of secondary sources, such as monographs and peer reviewed articles,
as well as primary sources, including speeches, government documents, fiction, memoirs, photographs, films, and records.

Required Texts
-Fanon, Frantz. The Wretched of the Earth. Translated by Richard Philcox. Preface by Jean-Paul Sartre. New York: Grove Press
Edition, 2004. 978-0802141323
-Kugelberg, Johan and Philippe Verms, eds. Beauty Is In The Street: A Visual Record Of The May '68 Paris Uprising. New York:
Four Corners Books, 2011. 978-0956192837
-Perec, Georges. Things: A Story of the Sixties. New York: David Godine, 2002.
-Suri, Jeremi. Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Dtente. Boston: University of Harvard Press Paperback Edition,
2005.
-Suri, Jeremi. The Global Revolutions of 1968: A Norton Casebook in History. New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2007.
-Please note: there is a sixth book (an edited volume by Samantha Christiansen and Zachary Scarlett) that we will heavily use
throughout the semester. In my opinion, it is the best edited volume (if not one of the only books) concerning the 1960s
outside of North America and Europe (throughout the semester, we will discuss both the reasons for as well as the politics of
this absence in the historiography). Still, the volume is a recent publication and currently is only available in hardcover form.
As a result, the volume is quite expensive and hence not a required text for the course. Copyright laws also prevent me from
making available and posting more than two chapters from the text at one time. Here is how we will resolve the problem.
First, there will be a copy of the text available via 4 hour course reserve in the library. Read or copy the assigned chapter(s) at
your convenience/leisure. Additionally, before a chapter is used for either class or discussion, I will leave photocopies of the
assigned chapter outside my office door. Again, at your convenience/leisure, you can briefly borrow the photocopies in order
to scan or Xerox the chapter. Here is the citation for those of you who might be interested in buying the edited volume:
Christiansen, Samantha, and Zachary Scarlett, eds. The Third World in the Global 1960s. New York: Berghahn Books, 2013.

Availability of Required Texts

1. The assigned texts can be purchased locally at Sundance Books and at the campus bookstore. New and used copies of the
assigned texts -often times at discounted prices- can also be found at www.amazon.com; www.half.ebay.com; and
www.alibris.com. Please be forewarned, the texts will not be available on course reserve.
2. Additional materials, including peer reviewed articles, documents, and films, are available via myCourses and the library
course reserve. Among others, we will examine the following films:
The Battle of Algiers. Director Gillo Pontecorvo (1966)
Weekend. Director Jean-Luc Goddard (1967)
Entranced Earth. Director Glauber Rocha (1967)
Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter. Directors Albert and David Maysles, Charlotte Zwerin (1970)
Joe. Director John Avildsen (1970)
El Topo. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970)
Dirty Harry. Director Don Siegel (1971)
Chung Kuo, China. Director Michelangelo Antonioni (1972)
Can Dialectics Break Bricks? Director Ren Vinet (1973)
The Spook who sat by the Door. Director Ivan Dixon (1973)
Death Wish. Director Michael Winner (1974)

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Note: In addition to course reserve, when necessary, I will offer out-of-class screenings of each film prior to its assigned date.
The screenings will occur shortly after the end of lecture. There should be no excuses for failing to watch the films or for
failing to participate in class discussions.

Assignments
A. Map Quiz (9 September 2013)
B. Two Midterm Exams (9 October and 20 Nov. 2013)
C. Final Assignment (16 December 2013)
D. Book Review of a Secondary Source (Any Time)
E. Primary Source Research Paper (4 December 2013)
(Check for Additional Deadlines)
F. Participation (Every Class)

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A. Map Quiz (9 September 2013) (5%)

You will need to identify 30 locations in 10 minutes. For the map quiz, each location will be given a corresponding number.
You will then be asked to place the number on a blank map. For a copy of the map used for the map quiz, please see the last
page of the syllabus.
United States
The Soviet Union
India
Algeria
Algiers
Mediterranean Sea
Ghana
Democratic Republic of Congo
Nigeria
China
Vietnam
France
Paris
Great Britain
Berlin

West Germany
East Germany
Brazil
Mexico
Mexico City
Cuba
New York City
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Egypt
Beijing
Moscow
Italy
Poland
Uruguay

B. 2 Midterm Examinations (30% Total)

First Midterm (9 October 2013) (15%)
Second Midterm (20 November 2013) (15%)
Each Midterm will ask you to select and complete 2 of 3 Short Identifications and 1of 2 Essay Questions in 75 Minutes. Study
sheets will be provided one week prior to the exam.

C. Final Assignment (15%)

The Final Assignment will ask you EITHER to compose a 3 to 4 page written response OR to participate in a 15 to 20-minute
oral examination. In either Final Assignment scenario, you will have a choice of answering 1 of 2 Questions. The Final
Assignment will be based on material covered in the last third of the semester. To successfully answer the question, you must
exhibit a mastery of assigned readings, lectures, and discussions for the last third of the semester. You will also be responsible
for offering a close analysis of one of three films, Siegels Dirty Harry, Avildsens Joe, or Winners Death Wish. The instructor

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will provide the Final Assignment questions to you on November 25. If you choose to write an essay, the essay must be
submitted to me in my office at the time of our final, Monday, December 16, from 6:45 to 9:45. If you choose the Oral
Examination option, you must select a time to take the Oral Examination in my office on December 16. More information
will follow.

D. Book Review (15%)

For this assignment, you will be asked to write a 2 to 3 page review on a book of your choice. The selected book must be a
peer-reviewed secondary source, must be related to course readings, and must be first approved by the instructor. Please
remember that a Book Review is not the same as a Book Report. In a book review, you are expected not only to briefly
identify the components of the book but also to offer a critique of the book. Ultimately, you are suggesting why and for what
reasons a fellow historian should read the book. We will discuss the assignment in greater detail throughout the semester. Also,
feel free to consult these useful websites:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/704/01/
http://apps.carleton.edu/curricular/history/study/review/
Please Note: There will not be a fixed due date for this assignment. You can submit the book review at any time throughout
the semester. Nonetheless, I would highly suggest that you write and submit your book review prior to your primary source
analysis. You might wish to familiarize yourself with my writing requirements before writing your primary source analysis.
More importantly, your selected peer-reviewed, secondary source can also provide the background information that you need
to write an effective primary source analysis. I believe it is in your best interest to select a book that corresponds with the topic
of your primary source analysis.

E. Primary Source Research Paper (20%)

For this assignment, you will be asked to write a 5 to 7 page primary source analysis/research paper that analyzes a primary
source and discusses its importance to 1960s global history. You are free to select any primary source for this exercise. You
can analyze a speech, a novel, a diary, a memoir, a play, a film, a television program, art, photography, an object (such as a
record, birth control pills, etc.), a declaration, anything. Obviously, I encourage you to be as creative as possible with this
assignment. Nonetheless, there are three caveats. First, you must write about your primary source or sources from a global
perspective (so you must think outside of a specific nation state paradigm). Second, you must examine a complete primary
source (so you cannot use excerpts from a speech, television show, novel, speech, etc.). Finally, the instructor must approve
your primary source. The assignment will assess your ability to analyze a primary source, to construct an original argument,
and to support the argument through rigorous research. To ensure the feasibility of the project, I ask that you identify your
proposed primary source and submit a preliminary thesis statement for approval by October 23. Note: Failure to identify your
proposed primary source and submit a preliminary thesis statement without the instructors approval will result in a reduced grade for the assignment.
Additionally, for this assignment, you must incorporate a minimum of five sources. Three of the sources must originate from
outside the assigned course texts or films (note: the book selected for your book review AND your primary source can count
as two of the three outside sources). Again, to ensure that you are on the right track, I ask that you submit a preliminary
bibliography of at least 5 sources by November 13.
Please note that our class discussions and writing assignments will prepare you for the Final Paper, providing you with the
practical experience needed to cite sources properly (according to Chicago/Turabian standards), to construct effective thesis
statements, and to organize your thoughts.
General Guidelines and Suggestions for Written Assignments
A. A quality paper should not only exhibit a clear and well-supported thesis, but it should also be well-written. Organization
and style are just as important as content, an idea that we will discuss throughout the semester.

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B. Additional aid can be found on campus at the Writing and Learning Center. Although the members of the Center will not
proofread your papers, they will help you organize your thoughts, develop ideas, and construct thesis statements. Take
advantage of this great resource!
C. I will also read rough drafts of your research papers. My only stipulation is that I receive a paper copy of the draft no later
than November 20. Outlines, thesis statements, and introductions can be e-mailed to me as late as 9:00 PM the night before
the assigned due date. Feel free to stop by my office hours for feedback or consultation as well.
D. Formatting: All essays must be double-spaced and possess reasonable margins. Additionally, I ask that you use Times New
Roman font and either 11 or 12 size font. Cover pages are not required, but titles and page numbers in the top right hand
corner are required. Titles are particularly important, since they attract the readers attention and identify the topic of the essay.
Make them interesting and informative!
All sources, published, unpublished, internet, etc., must be properly cited according to Turabian/Chicago Manual of Style
standards. Failure to follow proper
citation guidelines will result in a reduced grade. Copies of the Turabian manual are available at the Milne Library reference desk.
Simon Fraser University has also created a useful online website. See: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/writing/chicago-turabian
E. Warning: Do not plagiarize. Plagiarism will result in Automatic Failure of the Assignment and further possible sanctions from
the College. The College Catalogue defines plagiarism as the following:
Plagiarism is the representation of someone else's words or ideas as one's own, or the arrangement of someone else's material(s) as one's own.
Such misrepresentation may be sufficient grounds for a student's receiving a grade of E for the paper or presentation involved or may result
in an E being assigned as the final grade for the course.
The librarians at Milne have also constructed a useful website: http://library.geneseo.edu/research/plagiarism.shtml
If you have any questions regarding the issue of plagiarism, please familiarize yourself with the Colleges policy on
academic honesty, raise questions in class, or see me during office hours.
F. Grades: A late research paper will be marked down half a letter grade for each class day it is overdue. A late paper can be
submitted with no penalty provided there is a legitimate excuse. Legitimate excuses, such as medical and/or therapy treatment,
or a death in the family, must be documented. Legitimate excuses do not include vacations, computer problems, or work due
for another class.

F. Participation/Quizzes (15%)
As outlined by the School, attendance is not required. Nevertheless, to ensure that the course is a successful one, it is vital that
you actively participate in class activities and assignments. What does active participation mean? Active participation does not
mean, attending class. What it does mean is that you:
1. raise questions and concerns related to readings, films, discussions, and lectures.
2. contribute effort and thought to class exercises, which will include reading assignments, brainstorms, brief freewrites, as well as group and general class discussions.
3. conduct yourself in a professional manner. Professionalism means that you come to class on time, turn your cell
phone off, respect opposing points of view that may contrast with your own, and exhibit general civility.
Active participation will be determined according to these standards. Assessment will also be based not simply on
quantity but also quality of in-class participation. Course exercises are designed to target, reinforce, and/or master
various student strengths, whether written, oral, or visual. Such an approach promotes a comfortable and respectful
learning environment and allows the student to develop experience and confidence in any number of critical reasoning
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Quizzes: Quizzes will be given if the instructor believes the class has not adequately prepared for the class session.
Bottom Line: There will be times in the semester when you might become frustrated with the reading. Perhaps you might not
understand a passage or a concept. All that I ask is that you try your best to prepare the days readings, raise questions if you
have them, and actively participate in class.

G. Extra Credit Opportunities

This Fall, both on campus and across the greater Rochester area, there may be films, plays, musicals, or events that are relevant
to the course and course related themes. If you hear about an upcoming film, play, musical, or event that you think might be
relevant to the course, please notify me. I will determine the activitys relevance to the course and make a formal class
announcement. To receive extra credit, I require some proof of attendance (ticket stubs, programs, etc.) and a short oneparagraph reflection of the event and its relevance to course related themes.
-How can extra credit affect my grade?
Extra credit will not change an assignment grade. Extra credit can improve your final overall grade however. Here is
how extra credit works. Lets say that at the end of the semester, when I have calculated the grades, you have an 89, or
a high B+. Lets also say that you have attended a number of extra credit events. Since your grade is close to the Acutoff and you have taken part in a number of extra credit opportunities, I will raise your final grade to an A-.

H. Tentative Schedule and Reading List

August 26

Discuss class syllabus

August 28

What is History?
Carr, E.H.. The Historian and his Facts. In What is History? The George Macaulay Trevelyan Lectures Delivered in
the University of Cambridge, JanuaryMarch 1961, by E.H. Carr, 3-36. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1963

September 2

Labor Day/No Class

September 4

World War II and the Global Cold War

Suri, Power and Protest, 1-43.

September 9

Global Cold War and Decolonization

-Suri, Power and Protest, 44-61.
-Start Fanon, Chapter 1: On Violence, 1-63.

Formal Assignment Due: Map Quiz

September 11

Theories about Imperialism and Liberation

-Finish Fanon, Chapter 1: On Violence, 1-63.
-Gandhi, Satyagraha, Civil Disobedience, Passive Resistance, Non Co-operation. From Kellerman 449-454.

September 16

Third World Politics and National Liberation

-Kalter, Christopher. A Shared Space of Imagination, Communication, and Action: Perspectives on the
History of the Third World. In The Third World in the Global 1960s, edited by Samantha Christiansen, Zachary
Scarlett, 23-38. New York: Berghahn Books, 2012.
-Fanon, Chapter 2: The Trials and Tribulations of National Consciousness, 97-144.
-Optional Screening of The Battle of Algiers

September 18

Discussion: National Liberation and Revolutionary Action

Finish: The Battle of Algiers
-Guevara, Che. The African Dream: The Diaries of the Revolutionary War in the Congo. Translated by Partick
Camiller, 219-244. New York: Grove Press Edition, 1966.

September 23

Anti-Imperialism and the Cultural Revolution of China

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-Suri, Power and Protest, 61-87.
-Cook, Alexander. Introduction: The Spiritual Atom Bomb and its Global Fallout. In Maos Little Red Book:
A Global History, edited by Alexander C. Cook, 1-20. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2013.
-Excerpts from Chung Kuo, China. Director Michelangelo Antonioni (1972)
-Start Perec, Things: A Story of the 60s, 1-126.
September 25

Global Anti-Imperialism and the Cold War

-Slobodian, Quinn. What does Democracy look like? (And Why would anyone want to buy it?): Third World
Demands and West German Responses at 1960s World Youth Festivals. In Cold War Cultures: Perspectives on
Eastern and Western European Societies, edited by Annette Vowinckel, Marcus Payk, and Thomas Lindenberger,
254-275. New York: Berghahn Books, 2012.
-Continue Perec, Things: A Story of the 60s, 1-126.

September 30

Dissent and Dissatisfaction in the Cold War Metropoles

-Suri, Power and Protest, 88-131.
-Continue Perec, Things: A Story of the 60s, 1-126.

October 2

The Dissatisfied Consumer

-Suri, The Global Revolutions of 1968, 72-82.
-Continue Perec, Things: A Story of the 60s, 1-126.
-Optional Screening of Weekend

October 7

Discussion: Perec and Godards Weekend

Suri, Power and Protest, 131-163.
Finish Perec, 1-126; Weekend.

October 9

Formal Assignment Due: First Midterm Exam

October 14

Fall Break

October 16

Global 1968?
-Suri, Power and Protest, 164-212.
-Introduction. In The Third World in the Global 1960s, edited by Samantha Christiansen, Zachary Scarlett, 110. New York: Berghahn Books, 2012.

October 21

Discussion: Students of the World Unite?

-Ivan Jobs, Richard. "Youth Movements: Travel, Protest and Europe in 1968." American Historical Review vol.
114, #2 (April 2009): 376-404.
-Suri, The Global Revolutions of 1968, 216-238.

October 23

France 1968
Start Excerpts from Kugelberg and Verms, eds., Beauty is in the Street.
Formal Assignment Due: Preliminary Thesis/Primary Source

October 28

France 1968, Situationism, and Dtournement

Continue Excerpts from Kugelberg and Verms, eds., Beauty is in the Street.
Watch Excerpts from Can Dialectics Break Bricks?

October 30

Discussion of France 1968, Start West Germany 1968

-Finish Excerpts from Kugelberg and Verms, eds., Beauty is in the Street.
-Klimke, Martin. 40-68: We are not going to Defend Ourselves before such a Justice System!- 1968 and the
Courts. German Law Journal 10.3 (2009): 261-274.

November 4

West Germany 1968

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Bauer, Karin. From Protest to Resistance: Ulrike Meinhof and the Transatlantic Movement of Ideas.
Changing the World, Changing Oneself: Political Protest and Collective Identities in West Germany and the United States in
the 1960s and the 1970s. Belinda Davis, Wilfried Mausbach, Martin Klimke, and Carla MacDougall, eds. New
York: Berghahn Books, 2010. pp. 171-188.
-Suri, The Global Revoutions of 1968, 118-132
November 6

Prague Spring 1968

-Suri, The Global Revolutions of 1968, 158-184.

November 11

Latin America and 1968

-Jeffrey Gould, Solidarity under Siege: The Latin American Left, 1969, The American Historical Review
114: 2 (2009): 348-375.
Optional Screening El Topo. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970)

November 13

Revolution and Massacre in Mexico 1968

Sloan, Julia. Revolution on the National Stage: Mexico, the PRI, and the Student Movement of 1968. In The
Third World in the Global 1960s, edited by Samantha Christiansen, Zachary Scarlett, 171-181. New York:
Berghahn Books, 2012.
Finish El Topo. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky (1970)
Formal Assignment Due: Preliminary Bibliography

November 18

The Mexico City Olympics and Black Power

-Berger, Martin. White Power, Black Power, and the 1968 Olympic Protests. 219-239.
-Berg, Manfred. 1968: A Turning Point in American Race Relations. In 1968: The World Transformed. Edited
by Carole Fink, Philipp Gassert, and Detlef Junker, 397-420. Washington DC: Cambridge University Press,
1998.
-Suri, The Global Revolutions, 238-245.

November 20

Formal Assignment Due: Second Midterm Exam

November 25

Race, Revolution and Terror

-Klimke, in The Other Alliance: Student Protest in West Germany and the United States in the Global Sixties. 108-142.
-Hauser, Dorothee. Terrorism. In 1968 in Europe: A History of Protest and Activism, 1956-1977, edited by
Martin Klimke and Joachim Scharloth, 97-110. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
-Optional Screening of The Spook who Sat by The Door

November 27

Thanksgiving Break

December 2

Discussion: Violence as a mechanism for Transformative Change?

-The Urban Guerrilla Concept. In The Red Army Faction: A Documentary History. Volume 1: Projectiles for the
People, edited and translated by J. Smith and Andre Moncourt, 83-105. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Press, 2009.
-Excerpts from Carlos Marighella The Mini-manual of the Urban Guerrilla. Marxist.org.
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marighella-carlos/1969/06/minimanual-urban-guerrilla/(acceessed 24
June 2013)
Please read the following brief links on the website: A DEFINITION OF THE URBAN GUERRILLA,
PERSONAL QUALITIES OF THE URBAN GUERRILLA, HOW THE URBAN GUERRILLA LIVES,
MOBILITY AND SPEED, OBJECTIVES OF THE GUERRILLA'S ACTIONS, POPULAR SUPPORT.

-Finish: The Spook who sat by the Door.

December 4

United States Counter Culture and Chicago 68

George Lipsitz, Wholl Stop the Rain? Youth Culture, Rock n Roll, and Social Crisis. In The Sixties: from
Memory to History, edited by David Farber, 206-234. Chapel Hill: U of NC Press, 1994.
In-Class: Excerpts from The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter.
Formal Assignment Due: Primary Resource Analysis/Research Paper

December 9

Discussion: United States and the Demand for Law and Order

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-Farber, David. The Silent Majority and Talk about Revolution. In The Sixties: from Memory to History, edited
by David Farber, 291-316. Chapel Hill: U of NC Press, 1994.
-Come to class prepared to discuss your assigned film.
December 16

Formal Assignment Due: Either Final Assignment or Oral Examination.