Table of Contents

1. The Origins of the French revolution 2. The Unification of Italy 3. The Unification of Germany 4. Alexander II 5. The Russian revolutions 1905/1917 and the fall of Tsardom 6. The October revolution 7. The Origins of W W I 8. Kemal Attaturk 9. Fascist Italy 10. The Weimar republic and the establishment of the Nazi dictatorship 11. The Third Reich 12. Stalin 13. The League of Nations 14. The Origins of World War II 15. The background to the May 1948 war (the first Arab Israeli War) 16. The Origins of the Cold War 17. The revolution in Iran 1979 18. The fall of communism in the USSR

About the Author

Sam Oloffson studied History at Lund University, Sweden and has taught it for over 20 years at Malmo Borgarskola in Sweden, specialising in IB History since 1993. Sam is particularly interested in teaching methodology and he is a regular member of OSC's Spring Revision Course and Summer School teaching staff.