Books in the The Making of the Twentieth Century series

Draws upon a wealth of specialized studies that focus on key issues relating to Spain during the civil war and the early years of the Second World War. By including Portugal and beginning from 1931, this work is the general study of the significance of the Spanish area to the foreign policies and diplomatic relations of the Great Powers.

A critical and comprehensive overview of the origins of Fascism and the movement's taking and consolidation of power, in which Philip Morgan focuses on the workings of the first ever "totalitarian" system and its impacts on the lives and outlooks of ordinary Italians.

The true nature of Mussolini's foreign policy during the late interwar period has been the subject of considerable controversy.

Jonathan Wright explores the events, discusses rival interpretations and places the policies of Hitler in the context of Germany as a whole. Wright explains that support rose and fell, but, nevertheless, by December 1941 Hitler had succeeded in carrying Germany into a world war for racial empire.

Historians have heatedly debated the Soviet role in the origins of the Second World War for more than 50 years.

In this revised edition, Zara S. Steiner and Keith Neilson maintain the view that Britain was forced into World War I in order to preserve the European balance of power and Britain's favourable position within it.

This truly international history of Yugoslavia exposes the role played by other nations in the rise and fall of the nation. Ann Lane's argument is that the world's most powerful countries exacerbated the tensions in Yugoslavia, manipulating domestic difficulties for the purpose of power politics.

Building on the success of the previous edition (Versailles to Maastricht: International Organization in the Twentieth Century), this book is a valuable introduction to the complex history of modern international organization.

This fourth edition of the classic text on the Weimar Republic begins with Germany's defeat in 1918 and the revolutionary disturbances which followed the collapse of Wilhelm II's Empire.

This text has established itself as one of the most highly regarded studies on the subject. Revised, updated and expanded, this second edition incorporates the latest research and includes more discussion of the League, reparations, Eastern Europe, Russia and the Near and Middle East. It also features a new map and Chronology.

Sally Marks' analysis of European diplomacy between World War I and Hitler's advent explores the reasons why a lasting peace failed to occur in the interwar era.

This book provides a fresh and original approach to a controversial episode in British history, Chamberlain's policy of 'appeasement' towards Hitler's Germany.