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Best Antony. International History of the Twentieth Century and Beyond. Routledge,2008. — 638 p.. 2008

This major global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors cover events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas from the last century and beyond.

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Contents
Illustrations
Authors
Acknowledgements
Note on the text
Abbreviations
Introduction
Great Power rivalry and the World War, 1900-17
Introduction
The Great Powers, power politics and the states system
The long-term causes of the First World War
From one crisis to the next, 1905-13
1914: decisions for war
The triple stalemate
Conclusion
The search for European stability, 1917-29
Introduction
The ‘new diplomacy'
The armistice
The Paris peace settlement
The Paris peace settlement in Central and Eastern Europe
The implementation of the peace
The Locarno era
Conclusion
Japan, China and the origins of the Pacific War, 1900-41
Introduction
The First World War in East Asia
The Washington Conference
Chinese nationalism and the Northern Expedition
The Manchurian Crisis
Japan's ‘Monroe Doctrine' for East Asia
The Sino-Japanese War
Towards the Pacific War
Conclusion
Recommended reading
CHAPTER FOUR The European colonial empires, 1900-45
Introduction
Empires and power
Ireland and the British Dominions
Empire and nationalism in the Middle East
India in crisis
Rationalization and resistance in South-East Asia
The colonial empires in Africa
The Second World War and empire
Conclusion
The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1900-48
Introduction
The origins and development of Zionism
Palestinian nationalism
The twice-promised land
The mandate and British policy
Palestine and the Second World War
Partition and the end of the mandate
Arab and Zionist institution-building
The 1948 war
Conclusion
‘Good neighbors'? The United States and the Americas,
Introduction
The Monroe Doctrine and the imperial thrust
The Spanish-American War
Theodore Roosevelt and the American empire
Woodrow Wilson, the First World War and the Americas
Wilsonian visions defeated
From boom to bust
From gunboat diplomacy to the 'Good Neighbor' Policy
Pan-Americanism and the approach of war
The Second World War and the Monroe Doctrine
Conclusion
CHAPTER SEVEN The path to European war, 1930-39
Introduction
The dual crisis
Revolution and expansion
Diplomacy and deterrence
Isolation and co-existence
From Munich to European war
Conclusion
The Second World War, 1940-45
Introduction
From European war to World War
The Axis at war
The Grand Alliance at war
The collapse of the Grand Alliance
Conclusion
The ‘first' Cold War in Europe, 1945-61
Introduction
The German question
The United States, containment and Western Europe
On every front
Stability and revolts
A wasting asset? Nuclear weapons
Culture and propaganda
The Berlin Wall
Conclusion
Asia in turmoil: nationalism, revolution and the rise of the old War, 1945-53
Introduction
The end of the Raj
Nationalism and independence in South-East Asia
The Chinese Civil War
China, Japan and the Cold War in Asia
The Korean War
Asia and the consequences of the Korean War
Conclusion
From Cold War to detente, 1962-79
Introduction
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Towards the world of MAD
France, Germany and the origins of European detente
Trouble in the Soviet bloc
Triangular diplomacy and the 'two detentes'
The death of detente: SALT II and Afghanistan
Conclusion
The Vietnam Wars, 1945-79
Introduction
The origins of the conflict and the first Indochina War
Divided Vietnam and American nation-building
The Americanization of the Vietnam War
'Peace' and unification
Indochina in turmoil after 1975
Conclusion
Neutralism, development and the rise of the Third World, 1945-2007
Introduction
Neutrality in Cold War Europe
India and the path to Bandung
The birth of the Non-Aligned Movement
Development and the Group of 77
The fragmentation of the Third World
Conclusion
The ‘developmental states': Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, 1945-2007
Introduction
The American occupation of Japan
The ‘1955 system' and the revision of the Security Treaty
High-speed growth and its discontents
Japan as an economic superpower
The troubled nineties
Japan's neighbours: South Korea and Taiwan
Conclusion
The People's Republic of China and North Korea: ideology and nationalism, 1949-2007
Introduction
The rise and decline of the Sino-Soviet alliance
Revolutionary China and the Third World
The opening to America and the death of Mao
Tiananmen and after: causes and consequences
North Korea: the last Stalinist state
Conclusion
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The United States and Latin America, 1945-2007
Introduction
Hemispheric unity, internal dislocation
Guatemala
The Cuban Revolution
The Alliance for Progress
Revolutionaries and reformers from Chile to Nicaragua
Into the new millennium: an age of uncertainty
Conclusion
Africa: decolonization and independence, 1945-2007
Introduction
The end of empire
The rise and fall of pan-Africanism
Imperialism and ‘white rule' in southern Africa
The Cold War in Africa
The end of apartheid in South Africa
The African state and the legacy of empire
Poverty, resources and the troubled road to democracy
Conclusion
The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1949-2007
Introduction
The 1956 Suez-Sinai campaign
The 1967 June War
The 1973 October War
The 1982 Lebanon War
The peace process, its collapse and attempts to revive it
The 2006 Lebanon War
Conclusion
CHAPTER NINETEEN The rise of political Islam, 1928-2000
Introduction
The rise of political Islam
The 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran
Fundamentalist Islam: Afghanistan and the Taliban
Islamic resistance: Hizb'allah, Hamas and Laskar Jihad
Conclusion
The end of the Cold War and the ‘new world order', 1980- 2000
Introduction
The superpowers and the Third World
The disintegration of the Soviet bloc
The First Gulf War
The unipolar moment: America at the apex
The ‘new world order' and ethnic conflict
Conclusion
The rise of a new Europe: the history of European integration, 1945-2007
Introduction
The idea of Europe
From the Second World War to the Treaty of Rome
Widening and deepening in the shadow of the Cold War
Conclusion
The war on terror in a globalized world
Introduction
Backfire: Iraq, Afghanistan and the war on terror
The challenge of nuclear proliferation
America's conundrums: hyperpower humbled
Al-Qaeda since 9/11
The 'war on terror' in South-East Asia
Conclusion: where to next?
Glossary
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