Provides a detailed assessment of how the shape/map of the world has changed during the 20th Century.
The World in 1900. The Final Phase of Imperial Expansion 1900-1914. The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1914-1918. The Springtime of the Nations 1918-1923. The Era of the League of Nations 1923-1939. The World at War 1939-1945. The Era of the United Nations 1945-1950. The Cold War and Decolonisation 1950-1990. Post-Cold War Reordering 1990-2000. The World in the Year 2000. Reflections. Appendix. Bibliography. Indexes.
This is a welcome addition to the literature on the political geography of the twentieth century... --Society of Cartographers Bulletin, Vol. 34/2, 2001