A Concise History of the Modern World

Origin of our times - an Asian-dominated world; the rise of the West; impact of Western man; the expansion of the Russian Empire; the Scientific and Industrial Revolutions; the expansion of the American Empires; the Great War - 1914-1918; 1917 - Communism - a new world religion; "white peril" in the East - the response of China and Japan; World War II - 1939-1945; the balance of terror; the resurgence of Asia; the decolonization of Africa; 20th century Latin America; epilogue - the threat of world anarchy.