International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond, 2nd edition

✍ Scribed by Antony Best

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 638
• Edition: 2
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas from the last century and beyond. Among the areas this book covers are: the decline of European hegemony over the international order  the diffusion of power to the two superpowers  the rise of newly independent states in Asia and Africa  the course and consequences of the major global conflicts of the twentieth century. This second edition is thoroughly updated, and includes extended coverage of European integration, the rise of supra-governmental organizations, and the ‘global War on Terror'. A support website provides supplementary exercises, questions and tutor guidance.

✦ Table of Contents

BOOK COVER......Page 1
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
CONTENTS......Page 8
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 15
AUTHORS......Page 18
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 19
NOTE ON THE TEXT......Page 21
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 22
INTRODUCTION......Page 26
CHAPTER ONE Great Power rivalry and the World War, 1900–17......Page 30
CHAPTER TWO The search for European stability, 1917–29......Page 57
CHAPTER THREE Japan, China and the origins of the Pacific War, 1900–41......Page 83
CHAPTER FOUR The European colonial empires, 1900–45......Page 106
CHAPTER FIVE The origins of the Arab–Israeli conflict, 1900–48......Page 132
CHAPTER SIX ‘Good neighbors’? The United States and the Americas, 1900–45......Page 158
CHAPTER SEVEN The path to European war, 1930–39......Page 180
CHAPTER EIGHT The Second World War, 1940–45......Page 213
CHAPTER NINE The ‘first’ Cold War in Europe, 1945–61......Page 241
CHAPTER TEN Asia in turmoil: nationalism, revolution and the rise of the Cold War, 1945–53......Page 272
CHAPTER ELEVEN From Cold War to détente, 1962–79......Page 296
CHAPTER TWELVE The Vietnam Wars, 1945–79......Page 320
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Neutralism, development and the rise of the Third World, 1945–2007......Page 340
CHAPTER FOURTEEN The ‘developmental states’: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, 1945–2007......Page 360
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The People’s Republic of China and North Korea: ideology and nationalism, 1949–2007......Page 382
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The United States and Latin America, 1945–2007......Page 404
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Africa: decolonization and independence, 1945–2007......Page 429
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN The Arab–Israeli conflict, 1949–2007......Page 454
CHAPTER NINETEEN The rise of political Islam, 1928–2000......Page 481
CHAPTER TWENTY The end of the Cold War and the ‘new world order’, 1980–2000......Page 505
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE The rise of a new Europe: the history of European integration, 1945–2007......Page 526
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO The war on terror in a globalized world......Page 547
GLOSSARY......Page 567
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 586
INDEX......Page 626