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The New Cambridge Modern History

The New Cambridge Modern History

The New Cambridge Modern History

Volume 12: The Shifting Balance of World Forces, 1898–1945
C. L. Mowat
November 1968
12. The Shifting Balance of World Forces, 1898–1945
Unavailable - out of print October 1996
Hardback
9780521045513
Out of Print
Hardback

    This volume of the The New Cambridge Modern History examines the shifting balance of world forces from 1898 to 1945.

    Product details

    November 1968
    Hardback
    9780521045513
    874 pages
    235 × 165 × 59 mm
    1.4kg
    Unavailable - out of print October 1996

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Introductory survey: on the limits of modern history C. L. Mowat
    • 2. The transformation of social life David Thomson
    • 3. The world economy: interdependence and planning Asa Briggs
    • 4. Science and technology Douglas McKie
    • 5. Diplomatic history 1900–12 J. P. T. Bury
    • 6. The approach of the war of 1914 J. M. K. Vyvyan
    • 7. The First World War Brian Bond
    • 8. The peace settlement of Versailles 1918–33 Rohan Butler
    • 9. The League of Nations J. L. Brierly and P. A. Reynolds
    • 10. The Middle East 1900–45 E. Kedourie
    • 11. India and South-East Asia Percival Spear and D. G. E. Hall
    • 12. China, Japan and the Pacific 1900–31 J. W. Davidson and Colin Forster
    • 13. The British Commonwealth of Nations J. C. Beaglehole
    • 14. The Russian Revolution Isaac Deutscher
    • 15. The Soviet Union 1917–39 George Kennan
    • 16. Germany, Italy and Eastern Europe Elizabeth Wiskemann
    • 17. Great Britain, France, the Low Countries and Scandinavia Maurice Crouzet, translated by K. Lloyd-Jones
    • 18. The United States of America Denis Brogan
    • 19. Latin America J. H. Parry
    • 20. Literature 1895–1939 A. E. Dyson
    • 21. Philosophy and religious thought Renford Bambrough and W. R. Matthews
    • 22. Painting, sculpture and architecture M. E. Cooke
    • 23. Diplomatic history 1930–9 D. C. Watt
    • 24. The Second World War Basil Liddell Hart
    • 25. Diplomatic history of the Second World War Llewelyn Woodward
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • C. L. Mowat, David Thomson, Asa Briggs, Douglas McKie, J. P. T. Bury, J. M. K. Vyvyan, Brian Bond, Rohan Butler, J. L. Brierly, P. A. Reynolds, E. Kedourie, Percival Spear, D. G. E. Hall, J. W. Davidson, Colin Forster, J. C. Beaglehole, Isaac Deutscher, George Kennan, Elizabeth Wiskemann, Maurice Crouzet, K. Lloyd-Jones, Denis Brogan, J. H. Parry, A. E. Dyson, Renford Bambrough, W. R. Matthews, M. E. Cooke, D. C. Watt, Basil Liddell Hart, Llewelyn Woodward

    • Editor
    • C. L. Mowat