A History of the World in the 20th Century
# A History of the World in the 20th Century

A History of the World in the 20th Century is a history textbook by J. A. S. Grenville, first published in 1994. It is followed by A History of the World from the 20th to the 21st Century, which has reached its 5th edition, and is commonly used in International Baccalaureate 20th Century World History classes.

## Table of contents

* Social change and national rivalry in the West, 1900–1914
* The response of China and Japan to western dominance
* The Great War, revolution and the search for stability
* The continuing world crisis, 1929–1939
* The Second World War
* Post-war Europe, 1945–1947
* The United States and the beginning of the Cold War, 1945–1948
* The transformation of Asia, 1945–1955
* The ending of European dominance in the Middle East, 1919–1980
* The Cold War : superpower confrontation, 1948–1964
* The recovery of Western Europe in the 1950s and 1960s
* Who will liberate the Third World? : 1954-1968
* Two faces of Asia : after 1949
* Latin America after 1945 : problems unresolved
* Africa after 1945 : conflict and the threat of famine
* The United States and the Soviet bloc after 1963 : the great transformation
* Western Europe gathers strength : after 1968
* The Cold War and after
