Uncertain Order: The World in the Twentieth Century - Softcover

For courses in 20th Century World History. This text offers a narrative, chronological, and regionally organized approach to twentieth century world history. Throughout the presentation, three themes emphasize the importance of ideology, conflict, and technology to the century's events. Its broad and inclusive focus also pays attention to necessary detail and specifics, and incorporates relevant material into the body of the text to offer students an uninterrupted historical narrative.

Uncertain Order offers a chronological and regionally-organized approach to twentieth-century world history, emphasizing the roles of individuals in the shaping of the century's events. This approach is supported by three major themes: ideology, conflict, and technology. With full coverage of Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and full chapters devoted to the First and Second World Wars, Uncertain Order provides readers with a compelling perspective on the twentieth century.

Key Features Include:

• Biographical essays emphasize the roles of individuals in shaping the century's events
• Balanced coverage of major world regions including Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the non-western world in general
• Focus on both the First and Second World Wars
• Three-part organization covering: The Decline of European Hegemony, 1900-1945; The Age of the Superpowers, 19451989; and The World Order in Transition, 1989-Present
• Straightforward and accessible format with a lively, narrative writing style