A new chapter on Latin America and its changing relationship with the USA
New sections on the Arab Spring, the 2008 financial crash and its aftermath, and the European Union in crisis
New material on the changing face of communism in China; USA: Bush to Obama; Russia under Putin and Medvedev; the continuing conflict between Palestinians and Israelis and the continuing ‘war against terrorism’
Up-to-date reading lists at the end of each chapter for those wanting to investigate a topic more deeply
Content includes:
A survey of international relations and war from 1900 to 2012
Europe and its history - the rise and fall of fascism and communism
International affairs of the major superpowers - USA, Russia/USSR and China
International conflict -The Holocaust, 9/11 and the fall of Saddam Hussein
Decolonization and subsequent events in Africa, and the rise of political Islam
Global problems - climate change, economic crises, the population ‘explosion’
Mention of disagreements and controversies among historians, as well as new interpretations and discoveries
