Preliminary 1. Enlightenment and Modern Ideas 2. Origin of Modern Politics I. European States System II. American Revolution and American Constitution III. French Revolution & Aftermath (1789-1815) IV. American Civil War with Reference to Abraham Lincoln V. British Democratic Politics (1815-1850) 3. Industrialisation 4. Nation-State System 5. Imperialism and Colonialism 6. Revolution and Counter-Revolution I. Nineteenth Century European Revolutions II. The Russian Revolution, 1917-1921 III. Fascist Counter Revolution: Italy & Germany IV. The Chinese Revolution of 1949 7. World Wars 8. Cold Wars 9. Colonial Liberation 10. Decolonisation and Underdevelopment 11. Unification of Europe 12. Soviet Disintegration and the Unipolar World
