Overview
This entry-level textbook for students covers the heartland of modern world history, including World War I, Nazi Germany, international relations between 1919 and 1939, World War II, and the Cold War.
Each topic is pared down to its essentials and memorable key ideas. There are tasks which are designed to get students thinking about the key ideas in the ways that examiners expect.
The text concentrates on human stories, which bring the topic to life.
The causes of the First World War
Britain and the First World War - 1914-1918
British depth study 1906-1918
the peace treaties after the First World War
Russia and the USSR 1905-1941
Germany 1918-1945
the USA 1919-1941
the League of Nations
causes of the Second World War
the world at war 1939-1945
the beginnings of the Cold War - 1945-1948
the Cold War 1950-1973
the USA 1941-1980
Eastern Europe, detente and the end of the Cold War, 1948-1968
Ben Walsh is a celebrated expert in the use of digital technology in history teaching. As well as writing best selling books for GCSE Modern World History he has been the key developer of the highly praised Learning Curve online exhibitions for the National Archives (formerly the Public Record Office) and he has blazed a trail in the use of digital video archives in the teaching of GCSE history.
Ben Walsh is an experienced GCSE history teacher, senior examiner with a major examination board and best-selling author in Modern World History for GCSE.