Part I. War and International Relations 1. The World in 1914: Outbreak of the First World War 2. The First World War and its aftermath 3. The League of Nations 4. International relations, 1919- 33 5. International relations, 1933-39 6. The Second World War, 1939-45 7. The Cold War: problems of international relations after the Second World War 8. The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations 9. The United Nations Organization 10. The Two Europes, East and West since 1945 11. Conflict in the Middle East 12. The new world order and the war against global terrorism Part II. The Rise of Fascism and Governments of the Right 13. Italy 1918-45: The First Appearance of Fascism 14. Germany 1918-45: the Weimar Republic and Hitler 15. Japan and Spain Part III. Communism - Rise and Decline 16. Russia and the Revolutions, 1900-24 17. The USSR and Stalin, 1924-53 18. Continuing Communism, Collapse and Aftermath, 1953 to the Present 19. China 1900-49 20. China since 1949: The Communists in Control 21. Communism in Korea and South East Asia Part IV. The United States of America 22. USA boom and bust: 1900–29 23. Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1929–45 24. USA 1945–68: Uneven prosperity 25. Opportunity and challenge Part V. Decolonisation and After 26. The end of the European Empires 27. Africa Since Independence 28. Latin America Part VI. Global Problems 29. The Changing World Economy Since 1900
