This book provides a much needed accessible introduction to this key topic for students of the twentieth century.

• An ideal introduction to the events and historiography surrounding this key subject
• Sets the origins of WWII in both its European and Pacific contexts, and within 150 years of world history
• First volume in a new series covering major themes and events of the contemporary world

This book gives an account of the turbulent and remarkable political history of South Africa in the twentieth century, starting with the South African (Boer) War and finishing as Nelson Mandela comes to power.

This comprehensive survey of the nature of the relationship between the Western countries and the Third World, and the debate over its effects, during the twentieth century matches development theory with wide-ranging evidence on the consequences of global integration.

From the late 1980s the seemingly firmly established communist movement collapsed with dramatic suddenness.

From the late 1980s the seemingly firmly established communist movement collapsed with dramatic suddenness.