A History of the World in the 20th Century
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''A History of the World in the 20th Century'' is a history textbook by J. A. S. Grenville, first published in 1994. It is followed by ''A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century'', which has reached its 5th edition,"Professor J.A.S. Grenville." Retrieved 2-11-201

and is commonly used in IB Diploma Programme, International Baccalaureate 20th Century World History classes.


Table of contents

*Social change and national rivalry in the West, 1900–1914 *The response of China and Japan to western dominance *The
Great War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
, revolution and the search for stability *The continuing world crisis, 1929–1939 *The
Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
*Post-war Europe, 1945–1947 *The United States and the beginning of the Cold War, 1945–1948 *The transformation of Asia, 1945–1955 *The ending of European dominance in the Middle East, 1919–1980 *The Cold War : superpower confrontation, 1948–1964 *The recovery of Western Europe in the 1950s and 1960s *Who will liberate the
Third World The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Western European nations and their allies represented the " First ...
? : 1954-1968 *Two faces of Asia : after 1949 *Latin America after 1945 : problems unresolved *Africa after 1945 : conflict and the threat of famine *The United States and the Soviet bloc after 1963 : the great transformation *Western Europe gathers strength : after 1968 *The Cold War and after


References


Publication data

*''A History of the World in the Twentieth Century'', Belknap Press of Harvard University Press (2000), 1002 p., *''A History of the World From the Twentieth to the Twenty-first Century'', Routledge (2005), 995 p., History textbooks 1994 non-fiction books {{edu-book-stub