I. The changing alliances and alignments before the First World War
II. Secret agreements and treaties of the First World War
III. The peace settlements, 1919-23
IV. France, Britain, Italy and Germany, 1921-33
V. France and her Eastern allies, 1921-39
VI. The Soviet Union and her neighbours, 1919-37
VII. The collapse of the territorial settlements of Versailles, 1931-37
VIII. From peace to world war in Europe and Asia, 1937-41
IX. The Grand Alliance, 1941-45
X. The wartime conferences and the surrender of Japan, 1943-45
XI. The peace treaties, 1945-51
XII. The United Nations
XIII. The United States treaty system
XIV. The Soviety treaty system
XV. The German question
XVI. The Irish question, 1920-99
XVII. West European integration, 1947-85
XVIII. European Union, 1985-99
XIX. Asia after 1947
XX. Independent Africa
XXI. The Middle East and the Eastern Mediterranean since 1945
XXII. The Americas, 1960-99
XXIII. Dt?ente and arms control, 1963-86
XXIV. Human rights
XXV. The environment
XXVI. The break-up of the Soviet Empire
XXVII. The disintegration of Yugoslavia
XXVIII. New world order, 1986-99.