Tabla de Contenidos: “…The great powers at the dawn of world politics -- Global origins of World War I: from the China scramble to the world crisis of 1904-1906 -- Global origins of World War I: a chain of revolutionary events across the world island -- Balance and revolution, 1914-1918 -- A ragged peace, 1919 -- Scramble for Eurasia, 1919-1922 -- Drastic acts of unhappy powers, 1922-1923 -- Storms in the lull, 1924-1927 -- Politics and economics of the great slump, 1928-1933 -- A vogue for national economy -- Mussolini's moment, 1933-1935 -- The global civil war, 1936-1937 -- Last years of peace, 1937-1939 -- The European war, 1939-1941 -- The world war -- Balance and hegemony…”