Mastering Modern World History

The Origins of the First World War -- The Great War 1914-1918 -- The Bitter Peace -- The Road to War -- The Second World War, 1939-1945 -- The Cold War : problems of international relations after the Second World War -- The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations -- The United Nations Organization -- The Two Europes, East and West since 1945 -- Conflict in the Middle East -- The New World Order and the War Against Global Terrorism -- Italy 1918-1945 : the first appearance of fascism -- Germany 1918-1945 : the Weimar Republic and Hitler -- Russia 1894-1917 -- Lenin and Stalin -- Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath, 1953 to the present -- China 1900-1949 -- China since 1949 : the communists in control -- Communism in Korea and South East Asia -- USA 1900-1929 : Boom and Bust -- Roosevelt and the New Deal : 1929-1945 -- USA 1945-1968 : Uneven Prosperity -- USA 1968-2012 : Opportunity and Challenge -- The end of the European Empires -- Africa -- Latin America -- The changing world economy since 1900 -- The World's Population.