Introduction -- Versailles to World War ll -- America: the roaring twenties -- The transportation revolution -- The great depression -- A new deal for the USA -- The Hollywood dream factory -- Birth of the Soviet Union -- Stalin's Russia -- Fascism in Italy -- Reshaping the Middle East -- Britain's imperial sunset -- China in turmoil -- Civil War in Spain -- Hitler's rise to power -- World War ll breaks out -- Hitler's war to the west and east -- Britain's home front -- Battle for the pacific -- Path to victory -- Arts and science.
Summary:
"Learn about the world from 1919 to 1945, from the peace treaty after World War l to the Great Depression, and from the rise of Nazi Germany to the end of World War ll. " --p. [4] cover.
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