International History of the Twentieth Century

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of maps......Page 14
List of tables......Page 16
List of boxes......Page 18
Notes on authors......Page 20
Note on the text......Page 22
Acknowledgements......Page 24
List of abbreviations......Page 26
Introduction......Page 30
Great Power Rivalry and the World War, 1900  17......Page 34
The Search for European Stability, 1917  29......Page 61
Japan, China and the Origins of the Pacific War, 1914  41......Page 87
The European Colonial Empires, 1900  45......Page 109
The Origins of the Arab  Israeli Conflict, 1900  49......Page 135
'Good Neighbors'? The United States and the Americas, 1900  45......Page 160
The Path to European War, 1930  39......Page 181
The Second World War, 1940  45......Page 214
The 'First' Cold War in Europe, 1945  61......Page 241
Asia in Turmoil: Nationalism, Revolution and the Rise of the Cold War, 1945  53......Page 271
From Cold War to Detente, 1962  79......Page 294
The Vietnam Wars, 1945  79......Page 317
Neutralism, Development and the Rise of the Third World, 1945  89......Page 336
The 'Developmental States': Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, 1945  89......Page 355
The People's Republic of China: Ideology and Nationalism, 1949  89......Page 374
The United States and Latin America, 1945  89......Page 391
Africa: Decolonization and Independence, 1945  89......Page 412
The Arab  Israeli Conflict, 1949  91......Page 434
The Rise of Political Islam, 1928  2000......Page 451
The End of the Cold War and the 'Brave New World', 1980  2000......Page 473
Epilogue......Page 509
Glossary......Page 513
Bibliography......Page 526
Index......Page 548