Mastering Modern World History

Norman Lowe, John Traynor

The Origins of the First World War — The Great War 1914-1918 — The Bitter Peace — The Road to War — The Second World War, 1939-1945 — The Cold War : problems of international relations after the Second World War — The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations — The United Nations Organization — The Two Europes, East and West since 1945 — Conflict in the Middle East — The New World Order and the War Against Global Terrorism — Italy 1918-1945 : the first appearance of fascism — Germany 1918-1945 : the Weimar Republic and Hitler — Russia 1894-1917 — Lenin and Stalin — Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath, 1953 to the present — China 1900-1949 — China since 1949 : the communists in control — Communism in Korea and South East Asia — USA 1900-1929 : Boom and Bust — Roosevelt and the New Deal : 1929-1945 — USA 1945-1968 : Uneven Prosperity — USA 1968-2012 : Opportunity and Challenge — The end of the European Empires — Africa — Latin America — The changing world economy since 1900 — The World’s Population.