Based on the Timeline television series.
"Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso.
Introduction: The shape of the modern world
section I: The rise and fall of Great Powers
The First World War
The Revolutions that made Russia
The Consequences of the First World War
The Rise of Fascism
The Spanish Civil War
The real history of the Second World War
The Cold War
China
Obama and US Power
section II: Empire and after
Afghanistan
Iran
Palestine
Vietnam
Iraq
Ireland
Immigration
section III: The rulers and the ruled
Recessions and resistance
The Civil Rights Movement
1968 : the year that changed the world
South Africa's struggle for freedom
Thatcherism
The Revolutions of 1989
Hugo Chavez's Revolution
Student revolts
Conclusion: The first decade of the new millennium.
Timelines : a political history of the modern world by John Rees. ISBN 9780415691031. Published by Routledge in 2012. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.