Previous ed: 1982

Bibliography: p606-615. - Includes index

$a Preface - Foreword - The World in 1914: Outbreak of the First World War - The First World War and its Aftermath - Russia 1905-24 - Britain 1918-39 - France in Decline 1918-40 - Italy 1918-45: the First Appearance - The USA and the World Economic Crisis - Germany 1918-39: the Weimar Republic and Hitler - Stalin and the USSR 1924-39 - Turkey, Japan and Spain between the Wars - The Empires between the Wars - The League of Nations - Foreign Affairs and International Relations 1919-33 - Foreign Affairs and International Relations 1933-9 - The Second World War 1939-45 - The Cold War: Problems of International Relations after the Second World War - The Spread of Communism outside Europe and its Effect on International Relations - Internal Affairs of the Communist States - China under the Communists - The United Nations - Western Europe since 1945 - The USA, the Americas and Japan after 1945 - The End of the Empires - The New Commonwealth States - Problems in Africa - The Middle East

$a This edition of GCSE textbook has been revised and updated to include a new work section with additional source material and documentary exercises for practice in interpreting historical sources. Both World Wars and international relations between countries during this era are examined.