Robert W. Strayer
Ways of the World:
A Brief Global History
First Edition
CHAPTER 21
The Collapse and Recovery of Europe
1914–1970s
Copyright © 2009 by Bedford/St. Martin’s
The First World War: European
Civilization in Crisis, 1914–1918
• An Accident Waiting to Happen
• Legacies of the Great War
Capitalism Unraveling:
The Great Depression
Democracy Denied:
Comparing Italy, Germany, and Japan
• The Fascist Alternative in Europe
• Hitler and the Nazis
• Japanese Authoritarianism
A Second World War
• The Road to War in Asia
• The Road to War in Europe
• World War II: The Outcomes of Global Conflict
The Recovery of Europe
Chapter 21
The Collapse and Recovery of Europe, 1914–
1970s
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Map 21.1 The World in 1914 (p. 626)
Map 21.2 Europe on the Eve of World War I (p. 628)
Map 21.3 Europe and the Middle East after World War I (p. 631)
Map 21.4 World War II in Asia (p. 646)
Map 21.5 World War II in Europe (p. 649)
Map 21.6 The Growth of European Integration (p. 655)
Snapshot: Comparing the Impact of the Depression (p. 635)
Over the Top (p. 624)
Women and the Great War (p. 630)
The Great Depression (p. 634)
The Faces of European Fascism (p. 638)
Nazi Hatred of the Jews (p. 640)
Hiroshima (p. 651)