Includes bibliographical references and index.

1900: A Preview of the 20th Century Part 1 The era of imperialism: General Trends before World War I; The Great Powers of Europe; The European Conquest of Africa; The US and Latin America; European Imperialism in Asia and the Pacific; The US and Japan in Asia and the Pacific; The Origins of World War I; World War I. Part 2 The era of revolution and war: General Trends in the Interwar Years; Postwar Settlements; The Transformation of Russia, 1917-1932; Europe in the 1920s; Economic and Social Upheaval in the US and Latin America; East Asia between the World Wars; Nationalist Struggles in India and Southeast Asia; Anticolonialism in the Middle East and Africa; Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe during the 1930s; Aggression in the 1930s; World War II. Part 3 The Contemporary Era: General Trends in the Era of the Cold War and the Collapse of Empires; Postwar Settlements, Europe, and the Early Cold War; The US and Latin America After World War II; Asia in the Aftermath of World War II; African Struggles for Independence; Continued Crisis in the Middle East; The Arab-Israeli Conflict; Detente and Europe, 1963-1984; The US and Latin America in Recent Years; South and Southeast Asia in Recent Decades; Competing Political, Economic, and Social Systems in East Asia; African Problems and Promise; Gorbachev and the Transformation of Europe, 1985-1991; Postscript to a Changing Century.