Conflict, communism and fascism : Europe 1890-1945

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Title:

Author:

McDonough, Frank.

ISBN:

9780521777964

Personal Author:

McDonough, Frank.

Publication Information:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Physical Description:

iv, 132 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.

Series:

Cambridge perspectives in history

Series Title:

Cambridge perspectives in history

Contents:

1. Russia: the road to revolution, 1890-1917 -- 2. The origins of the First World War, 1890-1914 -- 3. The First World War and its consequences -- 4. The Paris peace settlement and its aftermath, 1919-33 -- 5. Italy, 1919-45: the rise and fall of Mussolini and fascism -- 6. Germany, 1918-45: the rise and fall of the Third Reich -- 7. The origins of the Second World War -- Document study: Nazi Germany, 1933-45.

Abstract:

"The period 1890 to 1945 witnessed such momentous events in European history as the Russian Revolution and the First and Second World Wars. It also saw the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Fascist Italy." "In this text, Frank McDonough concentrates on a number of key themes: the conflict which produced the two world wars, the road to the Russian Revolution and the fascist regimes in Germany and Italy. The text also examines the main historical debates surrounding these topics." "Conflict, Communism and Fascism includes a document study section on Nazi Germany 1933-1945."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Fascism -- Europe.

Communism -- Europe.

Geographic Term:

Europe -- History -- 1871-1918.

Europe -- History -- 1918-1945.

Electronic Access:

Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam022/2001273003.html
Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam026/2001273003.html

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An engaging range of period texts and theme books for AS and A Level history. The period 1890 to 1945 witnessed such momentous events in European history as the Russian Revolution and the First and Second World Wars. It also saw the rise and fall of Hitler's Nazi Germany and Mussolini's Fascist Italy. In this accessible and stimulating text, Frank McDonough concentrates on a number of key themes: the conflict which produced the two world wars, the road to the Russian Revolution and the fascist regimes in Germany and Italy. The text also examines the main historical debates surrounding these topics. Conflict, communism and fascism includes a document study section on Nazi Germany 1933-1945.