A Concise History of the Modern World: 1500 to the Present: A Guide to World Affairs

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Origin of our Times: an Asian-dominated World....Pages 8-22
Europe: 1500–1914....Pages 23-43
Africa: 1500–1914....Pages 44-53
The Rise of the West....Pages 54-62
The Impact of Western Man....Pages 63-80
‘White Peril’ in the East....Pages 81-98
The Expansion of the Russian Empire....Pages 99-112
The Expansion of the American Empires....Pages 113-135
The Scientific and Industrial Revolutions....Pages 136-152
The Great War: 1914–18....Pages 153-171
1917: Communism — a New World Religion....Pages 172-182
Asia in the Interwar Years....Pages 183-202
The Second World War: 1939–45....Pages 203-218
The Balance of Terror....Pages 219-227
The Decolonization of Africa....Pages 228-240
Communism and its Collapse in the USSR and Eastern Europe....Pages 241-257
Latin America and the United States in the Twentieth Century....Pages 258-275
Western Europe and North America....Pages 276-296
The Resurgence of Asia....Pages 297-333
The Threat of World Anarchy....Pages 334-351
Back Matter....Pages 352-430