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The End of the Modern World

An introduction to the history and geopolitics of the last century
by Piero Scaruffi
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Table Of Contents
Preface
    1. Colonialism
    2. World War I
    3. The New Isms
    4. World War II
    5. Decolonization
    6. Cold War
    7. The US Empire
    8. 2001 Earth Odyssey

  1. Colonialism
    1. The powers at the turn of the century
      1. Britain
      2. France
      3. Germany
      4. Austria
      5. Italy
      6. Turkey
      7. Russia
      8. Japan
      9. USA
    2. The colonial world
      1. China
      2. Arabs
      3. India
      4. Far East
      5. Africa
      6. Latin America
    3. Marxism
    4. The old world order
    5. Sport
    6. Technology
  2. World War I
    1. Winners and losers
    2. The new world order
  3. The New Isms
    1. Lenin and Stalin: communism
    2. Mussolini: fascism
    3. Hitler: nazism
  4. World War II
    1. Winners and losers
    2. The Holocaust
    3. Leagues of Nations
    4. Hiroshima and Dresden
    5. Yalta
  5. Decolonization
    1. Arab nationalism
    2. Israel
    3. Mao
    4. Gandhi
    5. Ho Chi Min
    6. Africa
    7. Latin America
    8. Population explosion
  6. Cold War
    1. The Domino theory
    2. The Wall
    3. Korea and Vietnam
    4. Cuba and Chile
    5. National ways to socialism
    6. Caudillos and guerrillas
    7. Weapons of mass destruction
    8. Consumerism
    9. The moon landing
    10. The youth culture
    11. Women’s liberation
    12. Oil
    13. Terrorism
  7. The US Empire
    1. The fall of communism
    2. The spread of democracy and capitalism
    3. Free trade zones
    4. The global village
    5. Druglords
    6. AIDS
    7. Islamic fundamentalism
    8. Silicon Valley
    9. The African wars
    10. Nuclear proliferation
    11. The age of wealth
    12. Nation building
    13. The new regional powers
      1. European Union
      2. Russia
      3. Turkey
      4. Israel
      5. Iran
      6. China
      7. India
      8. Japan
      9. Vietnam
      10. Australia
      11. Nigeria
      12. South Africa
      13. Brazil
      14. Argentina
    14. Central Asia
    15. Hyper-terrorism
  8. 2001 Earth Odyssey
    1. The new world order: USA, Russia and China
    2. The new world war: the West vs Islam
    3. The end of the oil economy
    4. The pro-sumer
    5. Multi-national unions
    6. Crisis of longevity
    7. Global recessions
    8. The African century
    9. Biotechnology and Artificial Intelligence
    10. Space travel
    11. The death of God

Appendix: Photos

Appendix: Timelines

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