A History of the Modern World: Vol 2

Prologue - a revolutionary half-century; reaction versus progress, 1815-1848; revolution and the reimposition of order, 1848-1870; the consolidation of large nation-states, 1859-1871; European civilization, 1871-1914; Europe's world supremacy; the First World War; the Russian Revolution and the Soviet Union; the apparent victory of democracy; democracy and dictatorship; the Second World War; the postwar era - the age of the superpowers; empires into nations - Asia, Africa, the Middle East; the contemporary age - a world transformed.