This title is a comprehensive core text covering the rise and fall of Mussolini and the Fascist Party in Italy from 1900 to 1945. Major themes include:
- How Mussolini rose to power and how he secured his regime
- How successful Mussolini was in creating a nation of fascists
- The impact of Mussolini's foreign policy.

This title is a comprehensive core text investigating the history of Germany from the foundation of the Weimar Republic in 1918 to the collapse of the Nazi regime in 1945. It covers all the exam modules on twentieth-century Germany.

Major themes include:
- Why Weimar democracy failed
- How Hitler rose to power
- How the Nazi regime affected people in Germany
- The successes and failures of Nazi foreign policy.