ABSTRACT
This second edition has been thoroughly updated and includes discussions on 9/11 and the second Gulf War, and takes into account the latest historical research.
A comprehensive survey of the key events and personalities of this period throughout the world, it includes discussion on topics such as:
- the rivalry between European nations from 1900–1914
- the Depression and the rise of Fascism during the 1920s and 1930s
- the global impact of the Cold War
- decolonization and its effects
- the continuing conflict in the Middle East.
A History of the World provides a fascinating and authoritative account of the world since 1900, for general readers and students of world history alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|2 pages
Part I SOCIAL CHANGE AND NATIONAL RIVALRY IN EUROPE, 1900–14
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Part II BEYOND EUROPE: THE SHIFTING BALANCE OF GLOBAL POWER
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Part III THE GREAT WAR, REVOLUTION AND THE SEARCH FOR STABILITY
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Part IV THE CONTINUING WORLD CRISIS, 1929–39
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Part V THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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Part VI POST-WAR EUROPE, 1945–7
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Part VII THE UNITED STATES AND THE BEGINNING OF THE COLD WAR, 1945–8
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Part VIII THE TRANSFORMATION OF ASIA, 1945–55
part 9|2 pages
Part IX THE ENDING OF EUROPEAN DOMINANCE IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1919–80
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Part X THE COLD WAR: SUPERPOWER CONFRONTATION, 1948–64
part 11|2 pages
Part XI THE RECOVERY OF WESTERN EUROPE IN THE 1950s AND 1960s
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Part XII WHO WILL LIBERATE THE THIRD WORLD? 1954–68
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Part XIII TWO FACES OF ASIA: AFTER 1949
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Part XIV LATIN AMERICA AFTER 1945: PROBLEMS UNRESOLVED
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Part XV AFRICA AFTER 1945: CONFLICT AND THE THREAT OF FAMINE
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Part XVI THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET BLOC AFTER 1963: THE GREAT TRANSFORMATION
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Part XVII WESTERN EUROPE GATHERS STRENGTH: AFTER 1968
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Part XVIII GLOBAL CHANGE: FROM THE 20th TO THE 21st CENTURY