World community and world crisis -- The First World War -- The Peace of Paris and the settlement of Europe, 1919-1923 -- The organization of peace -- The United States and world organization, 1920-1929 -- Seeds of anarchy -- The deterioration of security -- Disruption of world economic relations -- The Nazi Revolution -- Return to international anarchy -- Formation of the axis -- The United States and the balance of power -- The axis offensive: Munich to Warsaw -- The Nazi Blitzkrieg -- The United States in the war.