History of the world : from the late nineteenth to the early twenty first century / by Arjun Dev and Indira Arjun Dev

Includes index.

INTRODUCTION: Periodisation in history -- Contemporary history -- Contemporary history: some characteristic features -- Contemporary history and modern history -- THE WORLD FROM THE 1890S TO THE FIRST WORLD WAR: Europe -- USA -- Japan -- Asia, Africa and Latin America -- The First World War -- The Russian Revolution -- THE WORLD BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS: General features of the period -- The Peace treaties -- USA, USSR and Japan between the two World Wars -- Asia -- South-East Asian countries -- Countries of West Asia -- Africa -- Latin America -- Europe from 1919 to 1923 -- Europe from 1924 to 1936 -- The league of nations -- Aggression and appeasement -- THE SECOND WORLD WAR: The beginning of the war -- US entry into the war -- A global war -- Fascist barbarities -- Allied air raids and the use of atom bombs -- Resistance movements -- Allied war aim -- THE WORLD SINCE 1945: The Cold War -- The beginning of the Cold War -- The Truman doctrine -- The crisis over Berlin and the division of Germany -- The Soviet Union becomes a nuclear power -- Communist victory in China -- The war in Korea -- Further intensification of the Cold War -- The Vietnam War -- The Arab world -- The crisis over missiles in Cuba -- End of the Cold War -- USA -- USSR -- Europe -- Emergence of independent nations in Asia, Africa and Latin America -- South-east Asian countries achieve investment -- Nationalist struggles in the Arab countries -- Algeria's struggle for freedom -- Freedom movement in Southern Africa -- Japan -- Some important developments in Asia -- British and Dutch colonies in South America -- The non-aligned movement