Timelines : A Political History of the Modern World (Paperback)

Introduction: The Shape of the Modern World  Section 1: The Rise and Fall of Great Powers  1. The First World War  2. The Revolutions that Made Russia  3. The Consequences of the First World War  4. The Rise of Fascism  5. The Spanish Civil War  6. The Real History of the Second World War  7. The Cold War  8. China  9. Obama and US Power  Section 2: Empire and After  10. Afghanistan  11. Iran  12. Palestine  13. Vietnam  14. Iraq  15. Ireland  16. Immigration  Section 3: The Rulers and the Ruled  17. Recessions and Resistance  18. The Civil Rights Movement  19. 1968: The Year that Changed the World  20. South Africa’s Struggle from Freedom  21. Thatcherism  22. The Revolutions of 1989  23. Hugo Chavez's Revolution  24. Student Revolts.  Conclusion: The First Decade of the New Millennium