Chapter 1: “The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: Crisis within Imperialism,” Chapter 2: “Stabilization, Crisis, and the Second World War,” and Chapter 3: “The End of Empire and the Transformations of the International System"

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Maier C. Chapter 1: “The World at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century: Crisis within Imperialism,” Chapter 2: “Stabilization, Crisis, and the Second World War,” and Chapter 3: “The End of Empire and the Transformations of the International System". In: History of Humanity: Scientific and Cultural Development, vol. VII, The Twentieth Century. London and Paris: Routledge and UNESCO; 2008. pp. 21–55.