Susie Hodge was a secondary school teacher and a governor of the University of London. She has written articles and resources for museums and galleries, as well as numerous education books, and has run educational workshops in schools and other institutions. Currently, Susie is a full time writer, art historian, speaker and artist.

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• Introduction \ Section A: Reforms in Britain in the 20th Century \ 1. Poverty reforms in Britain \ 2. Opposition to poverty reforms \ 3. Welfare and reform \ 4. Votes for women (1) \ 5. Votes for Women (2) \ 6. Votes for Women (3) \ Section B: World War I \ 7. Women and the First World War \ 8. The Causes of the First World War (1) \ 9. The Causes of the First World War (2) \ 10. Long and Short-term causes of the First World War \ 11. The Schlieffen Plan \ 12. Rivals and enemies \ 13. British Society and World War I \ 14. Trench Warfare \ 15. The Battle of the Somme \ 16. What caused stalemate for most of WWI? \ 17. Why was the war not over by Christmas? \ 18. To what extent did conditions change between 1914 and 1918? \ Section C: International relations (1) \ 19. The peace treaties \ 20. The Treaty of Versailles (1) \ 21. The Treaty of Versailles (2) \ 22. The Treaty of Versailles (3) \ 23. Why did the Weimar Republic face opposition between 1919 and 1923? \ Section D: Russia \ 24. How was Russia structured at the beginning of the 20th century? \ 25. Russia divided \ 26. Rasputin (1) \ 27. Rasputin (2) \ 28. Russian rulers at the beginning of the 20th century \ 29. The Provisional Government and the Bolsheviks \ 30. Murder of the monarchy \ 31. How did the Bolsheviks rule? \ 32. Bolsheviks to Communists \ 33. Russian Civil War \ 34. The New Economic Policy (NEP) \ 35. Trotsky and Stalin \ 36. Stalin and the creation of the USSR \ Section E: Germany \ 37. Weaknesses of the Weimar Republic \ 38. The Nazi Party \ 39. How Hitler took control \ 40. How did Hitler consolidate his power? \ 41. The Police state and opposition to the Nazis \ 42. How did the Nazis deal with the churches? \ 43. What was the Nazis' approach to young people in Germany? \ 44. Youth and women in Nazi Germany \ 45. Persecution \ 46. The Holocaust \ 47. German economy under the Nazis \ Section F: America \ 48. What was America like in the 1920s? \ 49. The Roaring Twenties \ 50. Immigration in the 1920s \ 51. Intolerance in the 1920s \ 52. Prejudice in the US in the 20th century \ 53. The fight for civil rights \ 54. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X \ 55. Changes for women \ 56. The Wall Street Crash \ 57. The Great Depression \ 58. The effects of the Depression \ 59. Roosevelt's New Deal \ 60. What was the New Deal? \ Section G: International relations (2) \ 61. The League of Nations in the 1920s \ 62. The League of Nations in the 1930s \ 63. The League and international relations \ 64. What caused the Second World War? \ 65. Hitler's actions - war-inducing or not? \ Section H: World War II \ 66. Why did international peace collapse in 1939? \ 67. Appeasement \ 68. Countdown to war \ 69. Why did World War II happen? \ 70. The outbreak of World War II \ 71. Hitler's early invasions, Churchill and Dunkirk \ 72. The Battle of Britain and the Blitz \ 73. What happened on D-Day? \ 74. How were women affected by the war? \ 75. The effects of the Second World War \ Section I: The Cold War \ 76. The beginnings of the Cold War \ 77. The Cold War \ 78. The collapse of communism \ Recommended resourcesIndex