"This hugely successful global history of the twentieth century is written by four prominent international historians for first-year undergraduate level and upward. Using their thematic and regional expertise, the authors have produced an authoritative yet accessible and seamless account of the history of international relations in the last century, covering events in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and the Americas. They focus on the history of relations between states and on the broad ideological, economic and cultural forces that have influenced the evolution of international politics over the past one hundred years". - from back cover.

Introduction --- 1. Great power rivalry and the world war, 1900-1917 --- 2. The search for European stability, 1917-29 --- 3. Japan, China and the origins of the Pacific war, 1900-41 --- 4. The European colonial empires, 1900-45 --- 5. The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict, 1900-48 --- 6. 'Good neighbors'? The United States and the Americas, 1900-45 --- 7. The path to European War, 1930-39 --- 8. The Second World War 1940-45 --- 9. The first Cold War in Europe, 1945-61 --- 10. Asia in turmoil: nationalism, revolution and the rise of the Cold War, 1945-53 --- 11. From Cold War to Détente, 1962-79 --- 12. The Vietnam Wars, 1945-79 --- 13. Neutralism, development and the rise of the Third World, 1945-2014 --- 14. The developmental states: Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, 1945-2014 --- 15. The Peoples Republic of China and North Korea: ideology and nationalism, 1949-2014 --- 16. The United States and Latin America, 1945-2014 --- 17. Africa: decolonization and independence, 1945-2014 --- 18. The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1949 2014 --- 19. The rise of political Islam, 1928-2014 --- 20. The end of Cold War and the New World Order, 1980-2000 --- 21. The rise of a new Europe: the history of European integration, 1945-2014 --- 22. The rise of human rights in international politics --- 23. US decline in a globalized world? --- Conclusion where to next?.