No. of pages 110
This book is aimed at children in secondary school.
There are 110 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Hodder Education .
John D Clare is Deputy Headteacher at Greenfields Comprehensive School, Newton Aycliffe and a well-known author of educational textbooks.
This book has the following chapters: Part 1: Core Content: Aspects of International Relations, 1919-2005 Section A : The Inter-War years, 1919-1939 1 Were the Peace Treaties of 1919-1923 fair? 2 To what extent was the League of Nations a success? 3 Why had international peace collapsed by 1939? Section B: The Cold War, 1945-1975 4 Who was to blame for the Cold War? 5 Who won the Cuban Missile Crisis? 6 Why did the USA fail in Vietnam? Part 2: Studies in depth Depth Study 11: Germany, 1918-1945 1 Was the Weimar Republic doomed from the start? 2 Why was Hitler able to dominate Germany by 1933? 3 The Nazi regime: how effectively did the Nazis control Germany, 1933-1945? 4 The Nazi regime: what was it like to live in Nazi Germany? Depth Study 12: Russia, 1905-1941 1 Why did the Tsarist regime collapse in 1917? 2 How did the Bolsheviks gain power, and how did they consolidate their rule? 3 How did Stalin gain and hold on to power? 4 What was the impact of Stalin's economic policies? Depth Study 13: The USA, 1919-1941 1 How far did the US economy boom in the 1920s? 2 How far did US society change in the 1920s? 3 What were the causes and consequences of the Wall Street Crash? 4 How successful was the New Deal? Depth Study 15: Causes and events of the First World War, 1890-1918 1 Why was there increasing tension between the Great Powers, 1890-1914? 2 Why did the First World War break out in 1914? 3 What happened on the Western Front? 4 How important were the other fronts? Depth Study 17: USA 1945-1975 1 Why was there a 'Red Scare' in the USA 2 How successful was the struggle for civil rights in the 1950s? 3 Who improved civil rights the most in the 1970s and 1980s? 4 How far did other groups achieve civil rights in America? Part 3: British Depth Studies British Depth Study, 1890-1918 1 How was British society changed, 1890-1918? British Depth Study, -1975 2 How far did British society change, 1939-1975?