Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index World in 1900 -- Imperialism encompasses the Pacific, 1900-1914 -- Great war, little peace, 1914-1919 -- Internationalism, empire, and autarchy, 1919-1929 -- Knowing and doing : science and technology, 1919-1939 -- Economic consequences of war and peace, 1919-1938 -- Murderous politics of the 1930s -- From regional wars to global conflict, 1936-1946 -- From the United Nations to a bipolar world, 1945-1953 -- Two poles and perpetual crisis, 1950-1964 -- Border crossings -- Many dialects of rebellion, 1960-1975 -- Detente to disarray : the reakdown of the bipolar world, 1969-1981 Reconfigurations of power, 1981-1991 -- Global society in the new millennium