Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The great powers at the dawn of world politics
- 2 Global origins of World War I: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904–1906
- 3 Global origins of World War I: a chain of revolutionary events across the world island
- 4 Balance and revolution, 1914–1918
- 5 A ragged peace, 1919
- 6 Scramble for Eurasia, 1919–1922
- 7 Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922–1923
- 8 Storms in the lull, 1924–1927
- 9 Politics and economics of the great slump, 1928–1933
- 10 A vogue for national economy
- 11 Mussolini’s moment, 1933–1935
- 12 The global civil war, 1936–1937
- 13 Last years of peace, 1937–1939
- 14 The European war, 1939–1941
- 15 The world war
- 16 Balance and hegemony
- Maps
- Notes
- Index
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 The great powers at the dawn of world politics
- 2 Global origins of World War I: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904–1906
- 3 Global origins of World War I: a chain of revolutionary events across the world island
- 4 Balance and revolution, 1914–1918
- 5 A ragged peace, 1919
- 6 Scramble for Eurasia, 1919–1922
- 7 Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922–1923
- 8 Storms in the lull, 1924–1927
- 9 Politics and economics of the great slump, 1928–1933
- 10 A vogue for national economy
- 11 Mussolini’s moment, 1933–1935
- 12 The global civil war, 1936–1937
- 13 Last years of peace, 1937–1939
- 14 The European war, 1939–1941
- 15 The world war
- 16 Balance and hegemony
- Maps
- Notes
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- The Rise of Global PowersInternational Politics in the Era of the World Wars, pp. xPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011