Introduction

Timeline of the 20th Century

1. The 20th Century World: An Overview
An overview of the 20th Century

2. New Zealand @1900: ‘For King and Country’
Britain, America, The Pacific and Australia

3. Race Relations in New Zealand to World War Two
Government Policies – Maori Leadership: inside, outside or alongside the Pakeha system? – The colonization experience in Australia and America

4. World War One, 1914-1918
Background – The Wester Front forms – The Gallipoli Campaign – The Western Front – The Middle East Campaign – ‘Home Front’ – Remembering the war

5. Socialism versus Capitalism
New Zealand workers’ revolution?

6. The Russian Revolution, 1900-1939
Background – Revolution – The Bolsheviks in power – The rise and rule of Stalin

7. From World War One to World War Two
Treaty of Versailles and its aftermath – The Great Depression and the rise of aggressor nations

8. World War Two, 1939-1945
War in Western Europe – New Zealand’s War, overseas and at home – War in Eastern Europe – War in Asia and the Pacific

9. The Rise of Nazi Germany
From Autocracy to Democracy: Weimar Germany – The Nazis: gaining and keeping control – The Holocaust

10. Israel-Palestine
Background – Zionism – Creation of the State of Israel – War and Israeli occupation – Palestinian response

11. The Islamic World
Background – Islam in the 20th Century: ‘secular nationalism’ or the umma? – Islam and the West

12. The Post-World War Two World: Decolonisation; the Pacific; Race Relations in New Zealand
Decolonisation: Case study, India – Rise of consumerism – Rise of the teenager – New Zealand and its music – New Zealand, the Commonwealth and the United Nations – The Pacific: Case study, Tonga – Immigration and its issues – New Zealand and Asia – Maori and the search for mana motuhake – Waitangi Tribunal

13. Cold War
A new world order – Crises in Berlin – Western military alliances, ANZUS and SEATO – The death of Stalin: ‘socialism with a human face’ – The Korean War, New Zealand’s role – Communists everywhere! McCarthyism in America – The Cuban Missile Crisis – Détente: the Cold War thaws, briefly – Momentous changes: perestroika, glasnost and the end of the Cold War – New Zealand and the Cold War – Vietnam War – Nuclear issues

14. China: From and Manchus to Mao and Beyond
New Zealand and China – Background: China’s troubles – The rise of Mao Zedong – The war against Japan, and the communist revolution – The problem of being in power: revolutionary campaigns – The death of Mao and a new era: Deng Xiaoping

15. Changes: Discrimination, the Role of Women and Economics
The struggle for civil rights in the US – Influence of the Cold War and African decolonisation – The struggle for civil rights in South Africa – South Africa and America: the struggle compared – New Zealand’s sporting contact with South Africa – The changing role of women in New Zealand – Economic changes in New Zealand

Bibliography

Acknowledgements

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