Synopses & Reviews
'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.'
Table of Contents
1. 1900: A Preview of the Twentieth CenturyPART I: THE ERA OF IMPERIALISM2. General Trends before World War I3. 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 WAR9. General Trends in the Interwar Years 10. Russia's Three Revolutions, 1917-193211. Postwar Settlements and Europe in the 1920s12. Economic and Social Upheaval in the Americas 13. East Asia between the World Wars 14. Nationalist Struggles in India and Southeast Asia15. 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 EMPIRES19. General Trends in the Era of the Cold War and the Collapse ofEmpires 20. Postwar Settlements, Europe, and the Early Cold War21. 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 East25. The Israeli-Palestinian-Arab Conflict26. Detente and Europe, 1963-1984 27. The Americas in the Late Cold War Era28. South and Southeast Asia in the Late Cold War Era29. Competing Systems in East Asia in the Late Cold War Era30. 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 PERIOD32. The Post-Cold War World33. Europe and the Americas in a New Era34. 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