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006603
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2007
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Great Britain, Cambridge University Press, 1996.
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176pBlue Spine
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Twentieth Century History is a major GCSE core text in the Cambridge History Programme, focusing on international relations between 1914 and the collapse of communism in the late twentieth century.
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The 1919-23 peace treaties
-Origins of the first world war
-First World War
-Russian Revolution
-Paris 1919
-Treaty of Versailles
-Other Peace traties
-Aftermath: the immediate consequences of the treaties
-A harsh treaty
-Review: the peace treaties of 1919-23
The League of Nations
-Setting up
-Reparations: the Dawes and the Young Plans
-Spirit of Locarno
-Rise of Hitler
-Depression and international politics
-Crisis in Manchuria
-Mussolini and Italian fascism
-Conquest of Abyssinia
-Review: the rise and fall of the League of Nations
The collapse of internationa peace
-From the Rhineland to the 'Anschluss'
-Munich and the destruction of Czechoslovakia
-Different views of appeasement
-Nazi - Soviet Pact
-Hitler's war
-Review: the 1930s - the road to war
The Cold War
-Second World war
-Fall of the European empires
-Roots of the Cold War
-1945: the breakdown of the wartime alliance
-Soviet take-over of Eastern Europe
-Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
-American motives at the start of the Cold War
-Berlin Blockade and NATO
-Review: the start of the Cold War
Containing the spread of communism
-Communist China
-Korean War
-Cuban missile crisis
-Cold War and the Middle East
-Vietnam War
-Review: containing communism
Soviet control over Eastern Europe
-Tito and Stalin
-Red Army in Budapest and Prague
-Building the Berlin Wall
-Solidarity
-Gorbachev and the fall of the Soviet Empire
-Review: the Soviet Empire 1948-91
The United Nations Organisation
-United Nations
-UN in action: Korea and the Congo
-Review: the work and the sucess of the UN
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0521893503 Pb.
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| 007080 | 327.0904/MCA | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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008926
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Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1997.
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216pGreen spine
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Oxford history of GCSE
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Provides detailed coverage of the core content required of the new Modern World syllabuses for GCSE. Strongly narrative in approach, it gives students a solid foundation of knowledge to enable them to perform well in their GCSE examinations.
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An introduction to international relations in the twentieth century
The old order
The war to en dall wars, 1914 - 1919
Peace making , 1919 - 1920
Challenges to the old order
The league years, 1919 - 1936
The road to world war, 1933 - 1941
The war years , 1939 - 1945
Towards a new world order
World war to cold war
Cold war to detente
The USSR and Easter Euroep, 1945 - 1991
Towards a united Europe
Case studies in international relations, 1945 - 1995
Britain's changing role in the world , 1945 - 1983
Vietnam, 1945 - 1975
The role of the United Nations
The Middle East , 1948 - 1995
The impact of two world wars on Britain
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9780199171675 Pb.
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| 009311 | 327.0904/REA | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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003852
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Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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176pBlue spine
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Cambridge IGCSE Twentieth Century History covers the Cambridge IGCSE History syllabus and relates to the Twentieth Century core content. The theme of the book is International Relations from 1919 to the end of the 20th century. Lively and accessible text is based around lead questions matching those in the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus. Essential knowledge is provided through background briefings, analysis of issues through investigations and review sections to provide opportunities for revision.
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9780521893503 Pb.
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| 004617 | 327.0904/McA | Main | On Shelf | Teacher Resources | Teacher Resource |
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