Britain's empire -- West against East -- British invasions -- Resurrection and rebellion --American Civil War -- Two tries for freedom -- Two empires, three republics, and one kingdom -- Becoming modern -- Two more empires, two rebellions -- Canal to the East and a very dry desert -- Far parts of the world -- Unhappy unions -- Old-fashioned emperor and the Red Sultan -- Two Czars and two emperors -- Small countries with large invaders -- Expanding United States -- China's troubles -- Europe and the countries just East -- China, Vietnam -- and France -- Revolution in the Americas ... war in the world -- Revolution begins, and the Great War ends -- National uprisings -- "Peace" and a man of war -- King and II Duce -- Armies in China -- Great crash, and what came of it -- Civil War and invasion -- The Second World War -- End of World War II -- Partitioned countries -- Western bullies and American money -- Africarica and China after World War II -- Communism in Asia -- Dictators in South America and Africa -- Cold War -- Struggles and assassinations -- Two short wars and one long one -- Two ways of fighting -- 1980s in the East and the Mideast -- 1980s in USSR -- Communism crumbles, but survives -- End of the twentieth century -- Table of dates -- a chronology of the Modern Age.