| | Consultant Editors Preface | | |
| | Preface and Acknowledgements | | |
| | Maps | | |
| | Introduction | | 1 |
1 | | The Powers in 1919 and After | | 17 |
2 | | The Making of the Inter-War World, 1919-1923 | | 37 |
3 | | The Failed Peace, 1919-1933 | | 49 |
4 | | The Challenge of Fascism and the Democratic Response | | 75 |
5 | | The International System Challenged, 1933-1936 | | 97 |
6 | | The Deepening Crisis, 1936-1938 | | 120 |
7 | | The Outbreak of War in Europe | | 146 |
8 | | Crisis in the Far East | | 176 |
9 | | From War to World War | | 206 |
10 | | Interpretation and the Changing View | | 226 |
| | Conclusion | | 260 |
App. 1 | | Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Finance Ministers, 1918-1941 | | 263 |
App. 2 | | Chronology of Events | | 269 |
| | Notes | | 277 |
| | Bibliography | | 304 |
| | Index | | 307 |