Written and developed in collaboration with the IB, this companion supports diploma programme students for the 2008 syllabus for route 2, the Prescribed Subjects and 20th Century World History Topics.

• Provides excellent support for the requirements of the IB history syllabus with examples showing comparative methods
• Includes extracts and examples to allow students to evaluate and think critically as they gain knowledge
• Provides a wealth of illustrations, diagrams, maps and charts to help explain difficult concepts
• Provides material for TOK and the learner profile
• Contains examination questions included and guidance on the exam.
• Includes links to websites and other sources with cross curricular material

1: Peacemaking, peacekeeping - international relations, 1918-36
2: The Arab-Israeli conflict, 1945 -79
3: Communism in crisis, 1976-89
4: Causes, practices and the ffects of war
5: Democratic states: challenges and responses
6: Origins and development of authoritarian and single party states
7: Decolonization and the independence movements in Africa and Asia
8: Nationalist and independent movements in post-1945 Central and Eastern European states- Poland and Czechoslovakia
9: The Cold War
10: Index

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