The Earls of Warwick
1399-1499
Judith Loades
ISBN 978 1 85944 295 1
It is the first in a NEW SERIES to
be launched in 2010 to mark the 20th anniversary.
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EUROPE IN
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY WORLD 1918 - 1990
Sarah
Newman
Formerly teacher of History
at Colfes School
The volume is important because
it emphasises the value of documents and so many of those included are presented for the first time.
These sources
provide a mass of information requiring evaluation and analysis.
A major theme of twentieth century history was the mass movement of refugees: another is the impact of nationalism, which - like the rise and clash of ideologies - brought
about the deaths of millions.
Chapter 1:
Economic background: Russia between the Wars; Germany 1923-1943; Poland 1980; Environment Matters and USSR East Europe 1990
Chapter
2: Society: Three Dictators; Those who live by the sword; Germany 1919 to 1945; Family and related matters; Germany 1921 to 1941; Migrants
Chapter
3: Minorities and Nationalities: The night of broken glass; The Final Solution; Eastern Europe 1938-39 and 1990; Gypsies
Chapter
4: Religion: The Churches under Fascism; The Roman Catholic Church in the Communist World Poland 1970-1990; The Jewish Nation? Islam 1980 - 1990
Chapter 5: The New Faith 'The God that failed': Civil War and Intervention in Russia
1918 - 1920; Enemies of Communism 1923 - 1948; Victims of
Communism; Euro-Communism
Chapter 6:
The Fascist World: Italy to 1943; The Spanish Civil War 1936- 1938; Austria to 1943; Hungary between the wars
Chapter 7:
Education and Science: Italy and Germany between the wars History; Politics; Re-education; Germany 1930 - 1951; France 1968; The Soviet Bloc
Chapter
8: The End of Empire?: The French in South West Asia 1920 - 1941; The French in South East Asia 1940 - 1947; The French in Algeria; The Soviet Empire
Chapter 9: Western European Cooperation: The Marshall Plan; The Schuman Plan; The European
Investment Bank; NATO
Chapter 10: Europe and the Wider World: The United States and Europe; The Sino-Soviet Split;
The Offshore Island and the Community; Japan and the Community
ISBN 978 1 85944 216 6
A4 200 pages £20
due November 2009
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