BL Covers the core content of all the Modern World History GCSE specifications, including the most popular outline and depth studies, and coursework options BL Presented in double page spreads, the text focuses on the essential information and historical skills needed to do well in the exams BL Introductory spreads at the start of each chapter encourage students to focus on the key issues, and end of chapter summaries and Examiner's tips help students to prepare for the exams BL Difficult terms are highlighted and explained on the page, while extra information is provided in the margins to challenge and stimulate the more able BL Questions develop both knowledge and skills and concentrate on areas commonly found most difficult

 

 

This book is part of a book series called Oxford History For Gcse .

There are 304 pages in this book.

It is aimed at Young Adult readers. The term Young Adult (YA) is used for books which have the following characteristics: (1) aimed at ages 12-18 years, US grades 7-12, UK school years 8-15, (2) around 50-75k words long, (3) main character is aged 12-18 years, (4) topics include self-reflection, internal conflict vs external, analyzing life and its meaning, (5) point of view is often in the first person, and (6) swearing, violence, romance and sexuality are allowed.

This book was published in 2001 by Oxford University Press .

Allan Todd is a writer and Chief Examiner for a major examining board for GCSE History. He was involved with the writing of the GCSE Bitesize History materials for the BBC.

This book has the following chapters: 1. Britain before the First World War ; 2. The First World War ; 3. The Peace Treaties ; 4. The League of Nations, 1919-1929 ; 5. Britain between the wars ; 6. Russia and the USSR, 1919-1941 ; 7. Germany, 1918-1945 ; 8. The USA, 1918-1941 ; 9. The Second World War ; 10. Britain in the Second World War ; 11. The Cold War, 1945-1961 ; 12. Containment and 'hot spots' ; 13. The USSR and Eastern Europe ; 14. Conflict in the Middle East ; 15. South Africa ; 16. China ; 17. Britain since 1945 ; 18. The USA since 1945