TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rees,John
TI  - Timelines: a political history of the modern world 
SN  - 9780415691024 (hardback)
U1  - 909.82 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - History, Modern
KW  - 20th century
KW  - 1989-
KW  - Military history, Modern
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Balance of power
KW  - History
KW  - World politics
KW  - Social history
KW  - 1970-
N1  - Based on the Timeline television series; "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: The shape of the modern world -- section I: The rise and fall of Great Powers -- The First World War -- The Revolutions that made Russia -- The Consequences of the First World War -- The Rise of Fascism -- The Spanish Civil War -- The real history of the Second World War -- The Cold War -- China -- Obama and US Power -- section II: Empire and after -- Afghanistan -- Iran -- Palestine -- Vietnam -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Immigration -- section III: The rulers and the ruled -- Recessions and resistance -- The Civil Rights Movement -- 1968 : the year that changed the world -- South Africa's struggle for freedom -- Thatcherism -- The Revolutions of 1989 -- Hugo Chavez's Revolution -- Student revolts -- Conclusion: The first decade of the new millennium
ER  -