The Twentieth Century and Beyond

'Written by a diverse group of scholars who bring their regional expertise together, this best-selling text offers a balanced treatment of global events and developments in the twentieth century and beyond. By integrating key themes of science and technology, economics, political and social developments, international relationships, and cultural trends throughout its chronological chapters, the book uses its organization as a key tool to help students appreciate this important period in global history. Its clear prose weaves basic factual information and analysis together to create a student-friendly text, while still allowing for professors\' personal interpretations. This seventh edition incorporates the latest scholarship on twentieth century history, including the work of a new co-author, Michael Schroeder, and addresses key issues of twenty-first century concern, including terrorism, the environment, and more.'

1. 1900: A Preview of the Twentieth Century

PART I: THE ERA OF IMPERIALISM

2. General Trends before World War I

3. The Great Powers of Europe

4. The European Conquest of Africa

5. The Americas

6. Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific

7. The Origins of World War I

8. World War I

PART II: THE ERA OF REVOLUTION AND WAR

9. General Trends in the Interwar Years

10. Russia's Three Revolutions, 1917-1932

11. Postwar Settlements and Europe in the 1920s

12. Economic and Social Upheaval in the Americas

13. East Asia between the World Wars

14. Nationalist Struggles in India and Southeast Asia

15. Anticolonialism in the Middle East and Africa

16. Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe during the 1930s

17. Aggression in the 1930s

18. World War II

PART III: THE ERA OF THE COLD WAR AND THE COLLAPSE OF EMPIRES

19. General Trends in the Era of the Cold War and the Collapse of Empires

20. Postwar Settlements, Europe, and the Early Cold War

21. The Americas after World War II

22. Asia in the Aftermath of World War II

23. African Struggles for Independence

24. Economic and Political Developments in the Middle East

25. The Israeli-Palestinian-Arab Conflict

26. Detente and Europe, 1963-1984

27. The Americas in the Late Cold War Era

28. South and Southeast Asia in the Late Cold War Era

29. Competing Systems in East Asia in the Late Cold War Era

30. Africa in the Later Years of the Cold War

31. Gorbachev, Europe, and the End of the Cold War, 1985-1991

PART IV: THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD

32. The Post-Cold War World

33. Europe and the Americas in a New Era

34. Asia, The Middle East, and Africa in a New Era

APPENDIXES

A. World Geography B. Wealthy Nations, Poor Nations, and Military Spending in the 1980s and 1990s C. Glossary INDEX