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About the Course

This is a survey of modern history from a global perspective. Part Two begins early in the twentieth century, as older ways of doing things and habits of thought give way. What follows is an era of cataclysmic struggles over what ideas and institutions will take their place. The course concludes in the present day, as communities everywhere are transitioning into a new era of world history. Again we work hard to grasp what is happening and ask: Why? Again we are drawn to pivotal choices made at key moments by individuals and communities....

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DE

May 18, 2022

Our professor, Philip Zelikow is amazing!!!! I truly appreciate the time he spent making these outstanding lectures because I very much enjoyed every minute of them. Thank you so much for this course.

BD

Dec 11, 2021

Excellent course. I learned a lot, enjoyed the experience. Prof. Zelnikov is a master teacher. Thanks for the opportunity to listen and learn even after eight years after production of these lectures.

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By Maria F

Feb 13, 2017

Superb course on world history. I've just finished watching all the videos in this and the previous course. Twice.

The pace is wonderful. The blend of facts, anecdotes, notes, photographs, graphics, etc. keeps you hooked till the end.

Thanks for making this great course available to the world.

By Utsav P

May 7, 2023

As a civil engineer i would say that this course has give me deep in sights about development and policy concerning nations, i find it very informative and useful. i would sincerely like to extend my gratitude to Dr. Philip Zelikow for wonderful presentation and understandable language.

By WM C

Nov 9, 2019

This course is excellent to provide analysis of situation, problems, choices made at the time of the world events. I have learned a great deal. As many other students in the forum responded, I do hope that some reading lists can be provided to support further reading on relevant topics.

By Albert L

Nov 20, 2022

In combination with the first part of the course it give the full overview of the drive forces, reasons, choices and and consequences from 1700s till 2013. Thank you a lot for this course! I find this course really grounded and complete. This helps me to stage my worldvies very much.

By Ryan N

Sep 23, 2017

The professor is excellent. He is incredibly knowledgable, and was able to articulate specific moments in history through much wider lenses, describing broad trends that were happening, and other choices that key people in history could have made. I enjoyed this class tremendously.

By Xiao C

Jul 5, 2022

The best Coursera course I have ever taken. A true expert in history, Professor Zelikow is also a great teacher. He emphasizes on how to analyze a historical event, what could have happened, all things considered. I am very grateful for having the opportunity taking his class.

By Andrew O

Apr 18, 2018

Like the first part this was outstanding. Even if you know a lot about history this will help you put more of it together and understand how international and local forces work to influence events. Rather than the usual focus on the what, there is an intense focus on the why.

By Chandrashekhar G

Jul 31, 2020

This is long course but compared to the vast amount time of history it covers, it can be considered short. I absolutely loved. It is not like traditional history course the approach is more analytical and it made it so much enjoyable and helped me understand more thoroughly.

By Saiprasad C

Mar 24, 2021

Thank you Professor Zelikow. It was an honour to be part of the course "The Modern World, Part Two".

The way you brought together Economics, Literature, Popular culture and of course History to help us make sense of the direction/s in which the world moved in this period.

By Helena C

Jan 9, 2019

Great information, engaging unbiased tutor (with the talent of a gifted storyteller) and at last one course that really talks about modern world history as a whole without just remaining and focusing on the WWI and II from only our western world's perspective. Thank you!

By Bryan C

Mar 4, 2018

Excellent survey of history, and I personally appreciate the amount of effort the professor put into organizing the material. He really sets the bar for online presentation, and I would not hesitate to recommend this course to anyone who is interested in world history.

By Albana

May 5, 2020

It was a real pleasure to participate in the course. Professor Zelikow has all the skills of an excellent teacher. He is not just demonstrating what he knows, he also guides our attention to sensitive and key points that clarify complex situations. A wonderful course!

By Jallow S

Dec 20, 2022

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By Parthiban N

Jul 21, 2020

suggest to issues a single unified certification for those who passed both parts or don't print the word Part One and two as both are covering different period of history. having printed part 1 and 2, almost suggests that ,there might be more parts than indicated.

By Neil H

Jan 16, 2019

An exceptional experience. I did it first back in 2014, with all the tests. I have since downloaded it and been through the videos for parts 1 and 2 several times. If you want a broad understanding of the last 250 years of history you will find this hard to beat.

By Brian J

Jan 10, 2016

This is an excellent course. It provides a very good overview of world history since 1910, highlighting key events and providing the context in which decisions affecting those events were made. It whets my appetite for a more detailed treatment of this period.

By Linda

Jan 9, 2016

It is a wonderful course. I highly recommend taking it soon after completing part one because of the way it builds on information described in part I. Information about money systems and thoughts the key world leaders thought at crossroads in history were fa

By Manish P

Oct 1, 2023

Loved this course! Fascinating and logical discussion of historical events, potential reasons behind their occurrence. I especially like that the course is not focused only on America or Europe! It covers cause & effects in Asia, Latin America, Africa, etc.

By Conor N

Oct 29, 2022

I loved the energy and passion and curiousity of Prof Zelikman. Really good course moving through the major events of the last 100 years. It really helps to get a sense of context and feel that the difficulties we face today are not unique to human history.

By Adriana A

Jan 5, 2016

Excellent course, professor Zelikow is an excellent teacher-speaker who not only explain the history but also helps us to understand why things happen, the situation, the choices made and it effects. I took the two parts, I highly recommend both of them.

By sunshinesmile018

Mar 23, 2023

Love it very much. Wish some long presentations could be broken down to shorter ones and make it a 12-15 week course. So, the study hour can be reduced to within 1 hr or so for fulltime employees and students who have many other tasks to complete daily.

By Steven C

Dec 21, 2017

A great, encompassing course on the global history of the past century. Professor Zelikow is a fantastic lecturer and has plenty of experience from his time as a diplomatic and government official. Highly recommended if you're interested in history.

By Owen W

Aug 13, 2017

Prof. Zelikow gave a thorough analysis of 20th century history up til 2013, sticking to analysis of causes, decisions, and consequences of people and states. This course gave me the context to understand, not just spectate, our current events today,

By Yvonne N

Jun 2, 2020

An excellent overview of 250 years of history by an engaging tutor that kept encouraging us to ask the reasons why things happen, the context that shapes events, and the choices countries take at a certain moment in history to solve their problems.

By Heike R

Dec 9, 2019

I'm really enjoying this course. There are so many new aspects and perspectives presented that challenge my understanding of the historical facts I have learnt so far. It's been an eyeopening experience. The presentation is also great.

Thanks you.