Part I. War and International Relations: 1. The world in 1914: outbreak of the First World War; 2. The First World War and its aftermath; 3. The League of Nations; 4. International relations, 1919-33; 5. International relations, 1933-9; 6. The Second World War, 1939-45; 7. The Cold War: problems of international relations after the Second World War; 8. The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations; 9. The United Nations Organization; 10. The two Europes, East and West since 1945; 11. Conflict in the Middle East; 12. The new world order and war against global terrorism
Part II. The Rise of Fascism and Governments of the Right: 13. Italy, 1918-45: the first appearance of Fascism; 14. Germany, 1918-45: the Weimar Republic and Hitler; 15. Japan and Spain
Part III. Communism, Rise and Decline: 16. Russia and the revolutions, 1900-24; 17. THe USSR and Stalin, 1924-53; 18. Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath, 1953-2005; 19. China, 1900-49; 20. China since 1949: the communists in control; 21. Communism in Korea and south-east Asia
Part IV. The United States of America: 22. The USA before the Second World War; 23. The USA since 1945
Part V. Decolonization and After: 24. The end of the European empires; 25. Problems in Africa
Part VI. Global Problems: 26. The changing world economy since 1900; 27. The world's population.
