Mastering modern world history
by Lowe, Norman
This new edition of the best-selling coursebook is ideal for GCSE and other first examinations in history. It meets the requirements of the revised, post-Dearing Modern World History courses. * The third edition contains new material in all chapters and contains an even wider range of maps and illustrations * Coverage has been brought right up to date, and includes sections on recent important developments in world history, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the civil wars …
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- Full title :Mastering modern world history / Norman Lowe ; foreword by Keith Foreman.
Summary
This new edition of the best-selling coursebook is ideal for GCSE and other first examinations in history. It meets the requirements of the revised, post-Dearing Modern World History courses. * The third edition contains new material in all chapters and contains an even wider range of maps and illustrations * Coverage has been brought right up to date, and includes sections on recent important developments in world history, such as the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe and the civil wars in Rwanda and Yugoslavia * Questions have been rewritten, with lots of new source material, to bring them into line with the most recent GCSE papers.
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- Publication Date:1997.
- Edition:3rd ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Macmillan
- Place of Publication:Basingstoke
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1997.
Notes
Previous edition: 1988.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxi, 522 pages : : illustrations, maps, portraits ; : 24 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0333685237, 9780333685235, 0333693434, 9780333693438
- oclc:ocm37371608
- LC Classification:D421
- Dewey Decimal:909.82
Table of Contents
War and international relations. The world in 1914: outbreak of the First World War. Prologue. The world in 1914. Events leading up to the outbreak of the world. What caused the war, and who was to blame? The First World War and its aftermath. Summary of events. 1914. 1915. 1916. The war at sea. 1917. The Central Powers defeated. The problems of making a peace settlement. The Treaty of Versailles with Germany. The peace treaties with Austria-Hungary. The settlement with Turkey and Bulgaria. Verdict on the peace settlement. The League of Nations. What were the origins of the League? How was the League organized? The successes of the League. Why did the League fail to preserve peace? International relations 1919 -- 33. What attempts were made to improve international relations, and how successful were they? How did France try to deal with the problem of Germany between 1919 and 1933? How did relations between the USSR and Britain, Germany and France develop between 1919 and 1933? United States foreign policy 1919 -- 33. International relations 1933 -- 9. Relations between Japan and China. Mussolini's foreign policy. What were Hitler's aims in foreign policy, and how successful had h…
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