Mastering Modern World History By Norman Lowe

Mastering Modern World History By Norman Lowe

Fifth edition

The fifth edition of this bestselling book is for school and college students taking courses in Modern World History and for undergraduates in History and international Relations. Its a complete self-contentedly readable course, suitable for individual study of classroom. People who wishes to find out how the world got into its present state will also find the book useful.

Key features of the fifth edition:

• A new chapter on Latin America and its changing relationship with the USA New sections on the Arab Spring the 2008 financial crash and its aftermath, and
• the European Union in crisis New material on the changing lace of communism in China USA Bush to Obama Russia under Putin and Medvedev the continuing conflict between Palestinians and Israel and the war against terrorist.

Content includes:

• A survey of international relations and war from 1900 to 2012
• Europe and its history-the rise and fall of fascism and communism International affairs of the major superpowers-USA Russia/USSR and China international conflict-the Holocaust. 9/11 and the fall of Saddam Hussein Decolonization and subsequent events in Africa,
• and of the political global problems-climate change economic crises, the population explosion
• Mention of disagreements and controversies among historians, as well as new interpretations and discover

About the Author:

Norman Lower has had many years experience of teaching History at all levels and for 25 years was Head of History at Nelson and Colne College in Lancashire He is the author of Mastering Modern British History and Mastering Twentieth Century Russian