The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 (Routledge Companions to History) - Hardcover

Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415345847 ISBN 13: 9780415345842

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

The Routledge Companion to World History since 1914 is an outstanding compendium of facts and figures on World History. Fully up-to-date, reliable and clear, this volume is the indispensable source of information on a thorough range of topics such as:

• the Arab-Israeli conflict
• anti-semitism and the Holocaust
• all the world's major famines and natural disasters since 1914 
• whether all countries of the world have a king, president, prime minister or other governance
• GNP of the world's major states, year by year
• biographies of key figures
• civil rights movements
• the Vietnam War
• the rise of terrorism
• globalization.

Thematically presented, the book covers topics relevant from the First World War to the Iraq war of 2003, and from post-colonial Africa to conflicts and movements in Southeast Asia.

With maps, chronologies and full bibliography, this user-friendly reference work is the essential companion for students of history, politics and international relations, and for all those with an interest in world history.

About this title

About the Author:

Formerely Head of the Modern Archive Unit, UK Worcester College, Oxford, UK

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0415345847
• ISBN 13: 9780415345842
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 592