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Power
of
Women

Power
of
the
Press

Power
of
Religion

Power
of
Science

Art
and
Literature

The
Power
of
Change

Chapter 13

The First World War 1914 to 1918

Casualties

Financial
Costs

Other
Costs

Causes
of
the
Great
War

The
von
Schlieffen
Plan

Mobilization

Deciding
Factors
(in
order
of
importance)

The
War
Begins

Stalemate
in
the
West

the
Western
Front

The
Russian
Front

The
War
at
Sea

New
Technology

The
Eastern
Front
and
Revolution

Other
Fronts

Turning
Point:
The
United
States
of
America
Enters
the
War

Aftermath

Some
Thoughts
on
the
Great
War
and
the
Aftermath

Books
and
Resources
on
the
Great
War

Chapter 14

The Interwar Years 1919 to 1939

The
Great
Depression 1929-1942?

Background

Causes

The
Contraction
Starts

Hoover
and
Roosevelt—The
Twins
of
Economic
Failure

Economic
Theories

European
Government’s
under
Stress:
Fascist
and
Communist

Japan
Taken
Over
By
Militarists

The
Future
Goes
Dark

Books
and
Resources
on
the
Great
Depression
and
the
Rise
of the
Third
Reich

Chapter 15

World War II 1939 to 1945

How
Many
Dead?

Compare
1914
and
1939

Deciding
Factors

World
War
II
Begins

The
Battle
of
France

Battle
of
Britain

Invasion?

The
Battle
of
the
Atlantic

Industrial
Production

The
Crucial
Years

North
Africa

El
Alamein

The
USSR

Barbarossa

Japan
Enters
the
War
December 7,
1941

Background

Deciding
Factors
In
the
Pacific

Pearl Harbor A
nd
the
Japanese Centrifical Offensive

Pearl
Harbor

Japans’
Southern
Offensive

Singapore

The
Philippines

The
Battle
of
Midway

The
South
Pacific
and
Indochina

Guadalcanal

Midpoint
in
the
Second
World
War
Europe:
Key
Decisions

Axis
(mis)
Management

Hitler
Attacks
in
the
East

War
In
The
Atlantic

North
Africa

Sicily
and
Italy

Planning
D-Day

Midpoint
in
the
Second
World
War—Pacific

Tarawa

Marianas
and
New
Guinea

The
Philippines—The
Return
of
the
USA

Hammering
Toward
Victory—The
Pacific

Battle
of
Leyte
Gulf—the
Philippines

Submarine
Efforts—Axis
and
the
Allies

Hammering
Toward
Victory—Europe

D-Day
and
Beyond

Background
to
D-Day

The
Atlantic
Wall
Breached

The
Battle
of
the
Bulge

The
Air
War
Over
Europe

The
Eastern
Front—After
Stalingrad

The
End
in
Europe

The
End
in
Asia

Battle
of
Okinawa

Operation
Olympic

Truman
Uses
the
A-Bomb

Books
and
References

Chapter 16

The Cold War 1945 to 1989

Truman:
Neophyte
Cold
Warrior

Eisenhower:
Careful
Cold
Warrior

Kennedy:
Risk-Taking
Cold
Warrior

Lyndon
B.
Johnson:
Worthless
Cold
Warrior

Nixon:
Winning
Cold
Warrior

Carter:
Incompetent
Cold
Warrior

Reagan:
Ultimate
Cold
Warrior

Books
and
Resources

Chapter 17

The Korean War

Background
to
Invasion

The
Red
Empires
Strike!

Inchon
The
UN
Allies
Strike
Back

China
Enters
the
War

The
New
Air
War

UN
Forces
Move
North—Again

Stalemate

Use
the
Bomb—or
Not?

Analysis

Chapter 18

The Vietnam War

Background

Eisenhower
Stays
Out

The
Fall
of
Dien
Bien
Phu

America
Steps
In
(it)

Johnson
Commits
US
Troops—1964

Tet
Offensive

Nixon
Gets
the
United
States
Out

The
South
Falls

After
the
Fall

Why?
The
Analysis
of
the
War
and
its
Aftermath

Books
and
Resources

Chapter 19

The Postmodern World . . . or Not?

The
Long
View
of
History

What
About
the
West
is
Unique?

Modern
Philosophy—of
the
west

Propaganda

Beyond
the
Cold
War

Technology

War

US
Civil
Rights
Movement

Bureaucracy
in
the
Modern
World

The
Future
and
our
Ability
to
Discern
the
Future

A
Final
Thought

Online Sources

Table of Figures

Time Line of
World History

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