World history/WHME103/Resources

All course material can be found in the Learning Pathways. We endeavor to provide the highest quality course material available. However copyright restrictions mean we can only include material that is open access, that is, freely available on the internet. You may also like to consult additional resources to build your knowledge further, and ensure you are familiar with recent developments in our understanding of history. General texts on World History in this period are likely to be useful and can often be obtained from your local library. Here are some good suggestions:

Books

Brose, E., A History of Europe in the Twentieth Century, Oxford: OUP, 2004.

Chickering, R. et. al, A World at Total War: Global Conflict and the Politics of Destruction, 1937-1945, Cambridge: CUP, 2010.

Hastings, M., Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945, New York: Random House, 2012.

Howard, M. (ed.), The Oxford History of Twentieth Century, Oxford: OUP, 2006.

Keylor, W., Bannister, J. and Kinney, T. The Twentieth Century World: An International History, Oxford: OUP, 2010.
 * (Note: 2nd ed. includes a chapter on the first decade of the twenty-first century.)

Lowe, N., Mastering Modern World History, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Mawdsley, E. World War II: A New History, Cambridge: CUP, 2009.

Palmer, R. and Colton, J., A History of the Modern World, New York: Knopf, 2007.

Roberts, J. and Westad, O., The History of the World, Oxford: OUP, 2013. (selected chapters)