The Twentieth Century: A Brief Global History, 7/e
Richard Goff,
Eastern Michigan University Walter Moss,
Eastern Michigan University Janice Terry,
Eastern Michigan University Jiu-Hwa Upshur,
Eastern Michigan University Michael Schroeder,
Eastern Michigan University
ISBN: 007320692x Copyright year: 2008
Table of Contents
1900: A Preview of the Twentieth Century
PART I: THE ERA OF IMPERIALISM
General Trends before World War I
The Great Powers of Europe
The European Conquest of Africa
The Americas
Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific
The Origins of World War I
World War I
PART II: THE ERA OF REVOLUTION AND WAR
General Trends in the Interwar Years
Russia's Three Revolutions, 1917-1932
Postwar Settlements and Europe in the 1920s
Economic and Social Upheaval in the Americas
East Asia between the World Wars
Nationalist Struggles in India and Southeast Asia
Anticolonialism in the Middle East and Africa
Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe during the 1930s
Aggression in the 1930s
World War II
PART III: THE ERA OF THE COLD WAR AND THE COLLAPSE OF EMPIRES
General Trends in the Era of the Cold War and the Collapse of Empires
Postwar Settlements, Europe, and the Early Cold War
The Americas after World War II
Asia in the Aftermath of World War II
African Struggles for Independence
Economic and Political Developments in the Middle East
The Israeli-Palestinian-Arab Conflict
Detente and Europe, 1963-1984
The Americas in the Late Cold War Era
South and Southeast Asia in the Late Cold War Era
Competing Systems in East Asia in the Late Cold War Era
Africa in the Later Years of the Cold War
Gorbachev, Europe, and the End of the Cold War, 1985-1991
PART IV: THE POST-COLD WAR PERIOD
The Post-Cold War World
Europe and the Americas in a New Era
Asia, The Middle East, and Africa in a New Era
APPENDIXES A. World Geography B. Wealthy Nations, Poor Nations, and Military
Spending in the 1980s and 1990s C. Glossary INDEX
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