Give students in-depth, topic-focused content plus structured exam guidance for GCSE Edexcel History with this textbook written by experts and endorsed by Edexcel. This series for Edexcel GCSE Modern World History has been written to encourage students to achieve the highest possible grades. It does this by combining detailed narrative and a rich variety of sources with a highly structured approach to gradually developing students' skills in answering exam-style questions as they work through the course. - Enable students to gain a good knowledge and understanding of the content by outlining and examining the key issues of the GCSE history topic in turn. - Develop students' enthusiasm for learning the topic through a variety of activities designed to engage and motivate them. - Help students feel secure in how they will be assessed by providing dedicated support in how to answer different exam-style questions, including exam-model answers, exam tips and commentary.

 

This book is part of a book series called Gcse Modern World History For Edexcel .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 112 pages in this book. This book was published 2011 by Hodder Education .

Steve Waugh is an experienced author of GCSE textbooks for a major awarding body. John Wright was an experienced A Level History teacher and has written in the Access to History for the IB Diploma and GCSE Modern World History series.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction Section 1: Why did war break out? International rivalry 1900-14 Chapter 1: The Alliance System and International rivalry 1900-14 Chapter 2: The struggle for control in the Balkans 1900-1914 Chapter 3: The growth of tension in Europe 1900-14 Section 2: The peace settlement, 1918-28 Chapter 4: The Paris Peace Conference and the aims of the 'Big Three' Chapter 5: The peace treaties and the impact on the defeated powers Chapter 6: The League of Nations and the work of its agencies Section 3: Why did war break out? International Relations 1929-39 Chapter 7: The failure of the League of Nations in the 1930s Chapter 8: Hitler's challenge to the peace settlement, 1933-March 1938 Chapter 9: The failure of appeasement, 1937-39 Revision activities Glossary Index