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Trade Review'Mastering Modern World History is loved by students because it covers modern history in a truly global sense. Ranging from the First World War to the current wars against terrorism, it connects the past with the present. The book offers students insights in many areas of modern history and encourages them to dig deeper.' * Dr Alexander Korb, University of Leicester *
'In this admirable new edition of
Mastering Modern World History, John Traynor combines broad sweep, crisp analysis, a wealth of relevant detail, and beautifully clear exposition. Revised chapters on the origins of the two World Wars and twentieth-century United States particularly stand out for their command of the most recent historical scholarship. Altogether authoritative, engaging, and lucid: a very good read.' * Professor Richard Carwardine, University of Oxford *
Table of ContentsList of figures List of maps List of tables Acknowledgements Preface to the sixth edition PART I WAR AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS 1 The Origins of the First World War 2 The First World War 1914-1918 3 A Bitter Peace 1918–33 4 The Road to War 5 The Second World War 1939–45 6 The Cold War: problems of international relations after the Second World War 7 The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations 8 The United Nations Organization 9 The Two Europes, East and West since 1945 10 Conflict in the Middle East 11 The New World Order and the War Against Global Terrorism
PART II THE RISE OF FASCISM AND GOVERNMENTS OF THE RIGHT 12 Italy 1918–45: the first appearance of fascism 13 Germany 1918–45: the Weimar Republic and Hitler
PART III COMMUNISM – RISE AND DECLINE 14 Russia 1894 – 1917 15 Russia under Lenin and Stalin 16 Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath,1953 to the present 17 China 1900–49 18 China since 1949: the communists in control 19 Communism in Korea and South East Asia
PART IV THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 20 USA 1900-1929: Boom and Bust 21 Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1929-1945 22 USA 1945 – 1968: Uneven Prosperity 23 USA 1968 – 2012: Opportunity and Challenge
PART V DECOLONIZATION AND AFTER 24 The end of the European Empires 25 Africa since independence 26 Latin America
PART VI GLOBAL PROBLEMS 27 The changing world economy since 1900 28 The world’s population
