000			02074cam a2200265 a 4500
020			_a9781137483645 _cRs.699.00
040			_aHCCL
041			_aeng
082			_a909.82 _bLOM
100	1		_4aut _aLowe, Norman
245			_aMastering modern world history _cby Norman Lowe
250			_a5th ed.
260			_aNew York _bPalgrave Macmillan _c2013
300			_axx, 698p. : _bill., maps ; _c24 cm.
490			_aPalgrave Master Series
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aPART I: WAR AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- The world in 1914: outbreak of the First World War -- The First World War and its aftermath -- The league of Nations -- International relations 1919-33 -- International relations 1933-39 -- The Second World War 1939-45 -- The Cold War: problems of international relations after the The Second World War -- The spread of communism outside Europe and its effect 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 -- PART II: THE RICE OF FASCISM AND GOVERNMENT OFTHE RIGHT -- Italy 1918-45: the first appearance of fascism -- Germany 1918-45: the Weimar Republic and Hitler -- Japan and Spain -- PART III: COMMUNISM: RICE AND DECLINE -- Russia and the revolutions 1900-24 -- The USSR and Stalin 1924-53 -- Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath 1953 to the present -- China 1900-49 -- China since 1949, the communists in control -- Communism in Korea and South East Asia -- PART IV: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -- The USA before the Second World War -- The USA since 1945 -- PART V: DECOLONIZATION AND AFTER -- The end of the European empires -- Problems of Africa -- Latin America -- PART VI: GLOBAL PROBLEMS -- The changing world economy since 1900 -- The world's population
650			_aHistory _xWorld history _y1900-1999
650			_aHistory
653			_aModern Period
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