A Companion to International History, 1900–2001

Gordon Martel9781405125741, 1405125748

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

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
Notes on Contributors……Page 10
Preface and Acknowledgments……Page 15
Maps……Page 16
Introduction……Page 24
Twentieth-Century International History: The Changing Face of Empire……Page 26
Part I: Undertones……Page 34
CHAPTER ONE: Imperialism……Page 36
CHAPTER TWO: Nationalism……Page 49
CHAPTER THREE: Internationalism……Page 62
CHAPTER FOUR: A Shrinking World……Page 75
CHAPTER FIVE: A Changing Diplomatic World……Page 88
Part II: The First World War and Its Consequences……Page 102
CHAPTER SIX: The Triple Alliance……Page 104
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Ententes, 1894–1914……Page 117
CHAPTER EIGHT: The July Crisis……Page 128
CHAPTER NINE: Wartime Promises and Postwar Europe……Page 141
CHAPTER TEN: Wartime Promises and the Postwar Empires……Page 154
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Envisioning a New World Order……Page 166
CHAPTER TWELVE: The Versailles System……Page 177
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Legacy of the First World War……Page 189
Part III: The Coming of the Second World War……Page 202
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Why International Finance Mattered: 1919–1939……Page 204
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Far Eastern Crisis and the Balance of Power, 1920–1941……Page 218
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Challenge to Empire in the Middle East and Asia……Page 230
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Mussolini’s War in Ethiopia……Page 243
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Challenge in Europe, 1935–1941……Page 256
CHAPTER NINETEEN: Appeasement……Page 266
CHAPTER TWENTY: Stalin and the West……Page 280
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The United States and the End of Isolation……Page 292
Part IV From Grand Alliance to Cold War……Page 306
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: The Grand Alliance, 1941–1945……Page 308
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: A Bipolar World……Page 322
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: A Third World?……Page 337
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Making the New Europe: European Integration since 1950……Page 350
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: The Making of Modern Southeast Asia in the Age of Decolonization and the Cold War……Page 363
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: The Middle East, 1945–1991: The Making of a Mare’s Nest……Page 377
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: The Sino-Soviet Alliance……Page 389
Part V: A New World Order?……Page 402
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War……Page 404
CHAPTER THIRTY: War and Peace in the Global Community, 1989–2001……Page 417
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: Globalization……Page 431
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: Terrorism: September 11, 2001 and its Consequences……Page 445
Bibliography……Page 460
Index……Page 482