A Companion to International History 1900 - 2001

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Gordon Martel
John Wiley & Sons, Mar 29, 2010 - History - 496 pages

A comprehensive overview of the most important international events, movements, and controversies of the 20th century.

  • Written by distinguished scholars, each an authority in their field
  • Explores influential, underlying themes such as imperialism, nationalism, internationalism, technological developments, and changes in diplomatic methods
  • Addresses a broad range of topics, including diplomacy of wartime and peacemaking, the cold war era and the "new world order", the end of European empires, the rise of nationalism in the Third World, globalization, and terrorism
  • Chronological organization makes the volume easily accessible
  • Includes useful guides for further reading and research
 

Contents

The Changing Face of Empire
3
Imperialism
13
Nationalism
26
Internationalism
39
A Shrinking World
52
A Changing Diplomatic World
65
The Triple Alliance
81
The Ententes 18941914
94
Stalin and the West
257
The Grand Alliance 19411945
285
A Bipolar World
299
A Third World?
314
European Integration since 1950
327
The Making of Modern Southeast Asia in the Age of Decolonization
340
The Making of a Mares Nest
354
The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War
381

Wartime Promises and the Postwar Empires
131
The Versailles System
154
19191939
181
The Far Eastern Crisis and the Balance of Power 19201941
195
Mussolinis War in Ethiopia
220
The Challenge in Europe 19351941
233
War and Peace in the Global Community 19892001
394
Globalization
408
September 11 2001 and its Consequences
422
Bibliography
437
Index
459
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About the author (2010)

Gordon Martel is Professor of History at University of Northern British Columbia. He is author of Imperial Diplomacy (1985) and The Origins of the First World War (second edition, 1996), and editor of The Origins of the Second World War Reconsidered (second edition, 2002), and The Times and Appeasement (2002). He is also General Editor of the forthcoming Encyclopedia of War (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011).

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