The Inter-War Crisis: Revised 2nd Edition, 2nd Edition

A new, revised edition of this popular, concise introduction to the inter-war period.

• Document sections illustrate key points and encourage students to read original sources
• A chronology provides an at-a-glance guide to key dates
• Who’s Who section provides short bibliographies of major figures
• A guide to further reading ensures quality of students research

Introduction to the series
Acknowledgements
Chronology

PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND

1.         What Kind of Crisis?

 PART TWO: ANALYSIS

2.         Revolution and Counter-Revolution
                        The Russian Revolution
                        Exporting the Revolution
                        The failure of revolution

3.         A Crisis of Modernisation
                        The challenge of modernity
                        The conservative revolt

4.         The ‘End of Civilisation’
                    Decline of the West
                    Science and civilisation
                    Women, sex and moral decline
                     Psycho-Analysis and the Modern Malaise
                    War and civilisation

5.         The ‘Great Crash’: Capitalism in Crisis
                     The causes of the Crash
                     The effects of the recession
                     The search for recovery
                     The end of capitalism?

6.        Democracy and Dictatorship
                     The decline of democracy
                     The appeal of dictatorship
                     The ‘New Order’ in Politics

7.         The International Crisis
                     The unsettled peace
                     The world crisis
                     The slide to war

PART THREE: ASSESSMENT

8.         The Challenge of Progress

PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS

Glossary
Who’s Who
Bibliography

Index