Table of Contents

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Series Introduction -- 1 An Introduction to the Period -- 2 The Era of the First World War, 1890–1919 -- 3 Russia, 1855–1917 -- 4 Imperial and Weimar Germany, 1890–1933 -- 5 Italy, 1918–45 -- 6 Nazi Germany, 1933–45 -- 7 Russia and the Soviet Union, 1918–53 -- 8 International Relations, 1919–39 -- 9 General Conclusion: From AS to A2 -- Biographies of Important Personalities -- Glossary of Key Terms -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

About the Author

Stephen J. Lee is Head of History at Bromsgrove School. His many books include The European Dictatorships, 1918–1945 (2nd edition, 2000), Hitler and Nazi Germany (1998) and The Weimar Republic (1998).