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Autocracy, Reform and Revolution: Russia, 1855–1917

The First World War pushed Russia's already fragile government to breaking point. By 1917, military disaster, food short

Tsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964

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1AThe Age of the Crusades, c1071–1204

1BSpain in the Age of Discovery, 1469–1598

1CThe Tudors: England, 1485–1603

1DStuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702

1ERussia in the Age of Absolutism and Enlightenment, 1682–1796

1FIndustrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885

1GChallenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964

1HTsarist and Communist Russia, 1855–1964

1JThe British Empire, c1857–1967

1KThe making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975

1LThe quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991

2ARoyal Authority and the Angevin Kings, 1154–1216

2BThe Wars of the Roses, 1450–1499

2CThe Reformation in Europe, c1500–1564

2DReligious conflict and the Church in England, c1529–c1570

2EThe English Revolution, 1625–1660

2FThe Sun King: Louis XIV, France and Europe, 1643–1715

2GThe Birth of the USA, 1760–1801

2HFrance in Revolution, 1774–1815

2JAmerica: A Nation Divided, c1845–1877

2KInternational Relations and Global Conflict, c1890–1941

2LItaly and Fascism, c1900–1945

2MWars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957

2NRevolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953

2ODemocracy and Nazism: Germany, 1918–1945

2PThe Transformation of China, 1936–1997

2QThe American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980

2RThe Cold War, c1945–1991

2SThe Making of Modern Britain, 1951–2007

2TThe Crisis of Communism: The USSR and the Soviet Empire, 1953–2000

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