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
Notes on Contributors ix
Preface and Acknowledgments xiv
Maps xv
Introduction 1
Twentieth-Century International History: The Changing Face of Empire 3
Gordon Martel
Part I Undertones 11
1 Imperialism 13
John MacKenzie
2 Nationalism 26
R. J. B. Bosworth
3 Internationalism 39
Andrew Webster
4 A Shrinking World 52
Jeffrey A. Engel
5 A Changing Diplomatic World 65
Ralph Blessing
Part II The First World War and Its Consequences 79
6 The Triple Alliance 81
Jürgen Angelow and Gordon Martel
7 The Ententes, 1894-1914 94
Keith Neilson
8 The July Crisis 105
Samuel R. Williamson, Jr.
9 Wartime Promises and Postwar Europe 118
David Dutton
10 Wartime Promises and the Postwar Empires 131
Matthew Hughes
11 Envisioning a New World Order 143
Ian D. Thatcher
12 The Versailles System 154
Erik Goldstein
13 The Legacy of the First World War 166
Gaynor Johnson
Part III The Coming of the Second World War 179
14 Why International Finance Mattered: 1919-1939 181
Robert D. Boyce
15 The Far Eastern Crisis and the Balance of Power, 1920-1941 195
Greg Kennedy
16 The Challenge to Empire in the Middle East and Asia 207
Gavin D. Brockett
17 Mussolini's War in Ethiopia 220
Giuseppe Finaldi
18 The Challenge in Europe, 1935-1941 233
P. M. H. Bell
19 Appeasement 243
Andrew Crozier
20 Stalin and the West 257
Alexander Hill
21 The United States and the End of Isolation 269
Justus D. Doenecke
Part IV From Grand Alliance to Cold War 283
22 The Grand Alliance, 1941-1945 285
Warren F. Kimball
23 A Bipolar World 299
Saki Ruth Dockrill
24 A Third World? 314
Norrie MacQueen
25 Making the New Europe: European Integration since 1950 327
Piers Ludlow
26 The Making of Modern Southeast Asia in the Age of Decolonization and the Cold War 340
Kevin Ruane
27 The Middle East, 1945-1991: The Making of a Mare's Nest 354
Saul Kelly
28 The Sino-Soviet Alliance 366
Sergey Radchenko
Part V A New World Order? 379
29 The Collapse of the Soviet Union and the End of the Cold War 381
Martin McCauley
30 War and Peace in the Global Community, 1989-2001 394
Lloyd E. Ambrosius
31 Globalization 408
Alfred E. Eckes
32 Terrorism: September 11, 2001 and its Consequences 422
Michael Bauer
Bibliography 437
Index 459
