000 00893nam a22001457a 4500
020 _a9781137483645
082 _a909.82
_bLOW.M
100 _aLowe, Norman
245 _aMastering Modern World History
250 _a5th edition
260 _aUK
_bPalgrave Macmillan
_c2018
300 _a698 Pages
650 _a A survey of international relations and war from 1900 to 2012 • Europe and its history - the rise and fall of fascism and communism • International affairs of the major superpowers - USA, Russia/USSR and China • International conflict -The Holocaust, 9/11 and the fall of Saddam Hussein • Decolonization and subsequent events in Africa, and the rise of political Islam • Global problems - climate change, economic crises, the population 'explosion' • Mention of disagreements and controversies among historians, as well as new interpretations and discoveries
942 _cBK
999 _c353414
_d353414