CONTENTS:

1. Telegrams and Timetables – The Franco-Prussian War
2. The Old Order – Habsburg and Ottoman Empires
3. Meeting at Fashoda – Imperialism and the "Scramble for Africa"
4. Subjects of the Queen – British Empire in the Nineteenth Century
5. Two New Giants – USA and Japan
6. Kaiser William Steams Ahead – Causes of the First World War (I)
7. Murder at Sarajevo – Causes of the First World War (II)
8. Defeat at the Marne – The First World War (I)
9. From Ypres to the Somme – The First World War (II)
10. Revolution and Victory – The First World War (III)
11. Woodrow Wilson’s Peace – The Versailles Treaty
12. Greek, Turk, Jew and Arab – The Middle East 1918-1938
13. Communism and Fascism – Russia and Italy 1918-1938
14. Depression and New Deal – USA 1918-1939
15. From Empire to Commonwealth – The British Overseas 1900-1947
16. The World of Adolf Hitler – Germany 1918-1933
17. Swastikas over Europe – Causes of the Second World War
18. Rehearsal in Spain – The Spanish Civil War
19. The Road to Pearl Harbour – The Far East 1917-1941
20. Blitzkrieg – The Second World War in Europe
21. From Midway to Hiroshima – The Second World War in the Far East
22. The Troubled Peace – The United Nations and the Cold War
23. Sun, Chiang and Mao – China until 1953
24. War and Peace – North Africa and the Middle East since 1945
25. The Impossible Dream – Africa since 1900
26. From Stalin to Detente – Russia since 1945
27. Revolutions Lost and Won – The Far East since 1945
28. The Search for Justice – USA since 1945
29. Democracy and Dictatorship – Latin America
30. After Empire – The Dominions, India and Irelands since 1945
31. Defeat and Victory – Europe since 1945