The twentieth-century world and beyond: an international history since 1900 (4th ed.)

Contents 
 Maps 
 Preface 
 Prologue: The Global Context of International Relations at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century 
 The Europeanization of the World 
 The Emergence of Japanese Power in East Asia 
 The Rise of American Power in the Western Hemisphere and the Pacific 
 A Shrinking Earth and the Geopolitical Worldview 
 The First Age of Globalization 
 PART ONE:  THE THIRTY YEARS\' WAR (1914-1945) 
 Chapter 1:  Germany\'s Bid for European Dominance (1914-1918) 
 The Road to Armageddon 
 Stalemate and Slaughter 
 Revolutionary Russia leaves the War 
 Causes and Consequences of the American Intervention 
 Chapter 2:  The Peace of Paris and the New International Order 
 The Messiah from the New World 
 The Dominance of the \"Big Four\" 
 France\'s Peace Aims 
 Britain\'s Peace Aims 
 America Goes Home 
 Civil War and Allied Intervention in Russia 
 The Making of the Modern Middle East 
 Verdict on Versailles 
 Chapter 3:  The Western World in the Twenties: The Era of Illusions 
 The Illusion of Economic Restoration 
 The Illusion of Continental Security 
 Chapter 4:  The Western World in the Thirties: The Illusions Dispelled 
 The Collapse of the World Economic Order 
 The Collapse of the European Security System 
 Chapter 5:  Germany\'s Second Bid for European Dominance (1939-1945) 
 Poland\'s Demise and the \"Phony War\" 
 The European War 
 The World War 
 Allied Plans for Liberated Europe 
 The Destruction of the European Jews 
 Chapter 6:  The Confirmation of United States Supremacy in Latin America 
 The Era of Direct Domination (1914-1932) 
 The Era of Indirect Hegemony (1933-1945) 
 Chapter 7:  The Rise and Fall of Japan\'s Supremacy in East Asia 
 The Period of Peaceful Penetration (1914-1930) 
 The Period of Military Expansion (1931-1941) 
 The War in Asia (1941-1945) 
 PART TWO:  THE COLD WAR BETWEEN THE SUPERPOWERS (1945-1985) 
 Chapter 8:  The Formation of the Bipolar World in the Truman-Stalin Era (1945-1953) 
 The Political Division of Europe 
 Superpower Conflicts on the Periphery 
 The Consolidation of the Two Blocs 
 The Rearmament of the West 
 Chapter 9:  Coexistence and Confrontation (1953-1962) 
 Deepening Ideological Divisions 
 The Era of Peaceful Coexistence 
 The Pursuit of Non-Alignment in the \"Third World\" 
 The End of American Invulnerability 
 The Anomaly of Berlin 
 The Formation of an Inter-American Security System 
 Chapter 10:  Detente and Multipolarity (1962-1975) 
 The Quest for Nuclear Superiority 
 France\'s Challenge to American Leadership 
 The Political Settlement in Europe 
 The Middle East as Perennial Hot Spot 
 Chapter 11:  The Rise of China and the Cold War in Asia 
 The Communist Victory in the Chinese Civil War 
 America\'s Reengagement in the Far East 
 The U.S.S.R. and China: From Partnership to Rivalry 
 Indochina\'s Thirty Years War 
 The Development of the Sino-American Rapprochement (1969-1975) 
 Chapter 12:  The Resurgence of East-West Tension (1975-1985) 
 The Prospects for Pluralism and Interdependence 
 The Renewal of the Nuclear Arms Race 
 Turmoil in South Asia 
 Conflict and Compromise in the Middle East 
 Chapter 13:  Latin America\'s Quest for Development and Independence 
 Washington\'s Containment Policy in the Western Hemisphere 
 Prospects for Economic Growth 
 The Latin American Debt Crisis 
 A Mini-Cold War in the Caribbean 
 Chapter 14:  Africa: From Independence to Dependency 
 Decolonization and Dreams of Unity and Development 
 The Persistence of \"Neo-Imperialism\" 
 The Curse of Economic Stagnation 
 The Cold War Reaches the Continent 
 The Last Stand of the White Settler Regimes 
 Chapter 15:  The Far East: The Road to the New Co-Prosperity Sphere 
 The Miracle of Japan 
 The Rise of the East Asian Tigers 
 China Awakens: The Deng Revolution in China 
 PART THREE:  FROM COLD WAR TO NEW WORLD DISORDER (1985-2010) 
 Chapter 16:  Moscow, Washington, and the End of the Soviet Empire 
 Gorbachev: Glasnost, Perestroika, and Arms Control 
 East Bloc Dissolution and German Reunification 
 Soviet Disengagement and Collapse 
 Ethnic Conflict in the Successor States 
 Russia\'s Turbulent Transition to Capitalism and Democracy 
 Chapter 17:  Europe: Integration and Disintegration 
 The Relaunching of the European Idea 
 The Balkan Tragedy 
 Chapter 18:  Asia at the Crossroads 
 Economic Growth and Security Dilemmas in East Asia 
 Tensions on the Indian Sub-Continent 
 Chapter 19:  Africa on Its Own: Ethnic Conflict, Autocracy, and Underdevelopment 
 Ethnic Turmoil on the Horn 
 Genocide and Civil War 
 Nigeria\'s Role as the Gendarme of West Africa 
 The End of Apartheid in South Africa 
 Islamism and Regional Identity in the Maghreb 
 The Adverse Consequences of the End of the Cold War 
 China, the New Imperial Power in Africa 
 The Scourge of AIDS 
 Chapter 20:  The Middle East: The Elusive Quest for Peace, Prosperity, and Stability 
 The Gulf War and Its Aftermath 
 From Political Reform to Nuclear Ambitions in Iran 
 The Revival of the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process 
 The Peace Process Derailed 
 Chapter 21:  Latin America: Democracy, Free Markets, and Regional Security 
 High Hopes for the \"Washington Consensus 
 The Progress of Democratization 
 The Rise of Populism and the Collapse of the \"Washington Consensus\" 
 Chapter 22:  From the Old to the New Century 
 The Quest for International Cooperation after the Cold War 
 The Management of the Global Economy 
 The Mixed Record of Arms Control 
 The Expanding Role of International Nongovernmental Organizations 
 Globalization and Its Discontents 
 Washington\'s Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq 
 Glossary of International Economics Terminology 
 Glossary of Nuclear Weapons Terminology 
 Bibliography 
 Index