A History of the World in the 20th Century
- A History of the World in the 20th Century
"A History of the World in the 20th Century" is a history textbook by J.A.S. Grenville, first published in 1994.
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, revolution and the search for stability
*The continuing world crisis, 1929-1939
*The Second World War
*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? : 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
Further reading
*cite book|author=J.A.S. Grenville|last=Grenville|first=J.A.S|title=A History of the World in the 20th Century|id=ISBN 0-674-00274-1
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