Access to History: War and Peace

This new edition has been reformatted and completely revised to examine international relations between 1878 and 1941. The content focuses on the following areas: - Growing international tensions between the Great Powers 1878-1914 - The First World War - Peace settlements and the impact of the Great Depression in the inter-war period - The countdown to and causes of the Second World War Throughout the book, key dates, terms and issues are highlighted, and historical interpretations of key debates are outlined. Summary diagrams are included to consolidate knowledge and understanding of the period, and exam-style questions and tips written by examiners provide the opportunity to develop exam skills.

International Relations 1878-1941: An Introduction
The Ideological Background
The Great Powers 1879-1941
Bismarck's Alliance System 1879-90
The Period of Adjustment 1871-8
Bismarck's Web of Alliances 1879-83
The Anglo-French Quarrel over Egypt and its Consequence
Emperors' Alliance
The Key Debate
The Origins of the First World War
Consequences
Nationalism and Worldwide Imperial Rivalries
The Making of the Triple Entente
The Second Moroccan Crisis 1911, and its Consequences
The Balkans and the Great Powers 1906-14
The Outbreak of the First World War 1914
The Key Debate
The First World War 1914-18
The Military and Strategic Background of the War 1914-15
1916: The Deadlock Still Unbroken
1917: 'No Peace without Victory'
1918: The Final Year of the War
The Armistices of October and November 1918
The Key Debate
The Peace Settlements 1919-23
Problems Faced by the Peacemakers
Aims and Principles of the Victorious Great Powers
The Organisation of the Paris Peace Conference
The Settlement with Germany
The Settlements with Austria, Hungary and Bulgaria
The Settlement with Turkey 1919-23
Enforcing the Treaty of Versailles 1920-3
They Key Debate
Reconciliation and Disarmament 1924-30: The Locarno Era
The Impact of the Dawes Plan
The Locarno Treaties
Power
Russia and Eastern Europe During the Locarno Era
The Development of the League of Nations
Progress Made Towards Disarmament
The Key Debate
The Democracies on the Defensive 1930-6
The Great Depression 1929-33
The Rise to Power of Hitler
The Reaction of the Great Powers to Nazi Germany 1933-5
The Abyssinian Crisis
The Remilitarisation of the Rhineland
The Spanish Civil War
The Rome-Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact
The Key Debate
The Countdown to War in Europe 1937-41
Hitler Considers his Options
The Arms Race: Britain, France and Germany 1936-9
Britain, France and Appeasement
The Anschluss and the Destruction of Czechoslovakia
The Anglo-French Guarantees and Attempts to construct a peace Front
The race to Gain the Support of the USSR
The Outbreak of War
The Spreading Conflict, October 1940-June 1941
The Key Debate
The Countdown to War in Asia 1931-41
The Manchurian Crisis
The Outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War
Japan and the Anti-Comintern Pacts 1936-9
The Road to Pearl Harbour 1940-1
The Key Debate
Interpresting International Relations 1878-1941
The Causes of the First World War
The Peace Treaties
The New Global Balance of Power
The Fragile Stabiliation 1924-9
The Road to War in Europe and Asia 1931-41
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