ICSE Class 12 History — Chapter Summary
ICSE Class 12 History chapter summary, chapter by chapter across 28 chapters. Follows the ICSE / ISC syllabus.
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Chapter Summaries — 28 Chapters
The origins of the First World War lay in a long build-up of tension across Europe. Economic rivalry, military expansion, alliance blocs, and crisis points in the Balkans and Morocco slowly increased distrust among the Great Powers. By August 1914, these tensions combined with the Sarajevo assassina
The First World War was the first total war in history. It involved armies, navies, civilians, industry, transport, propaganda, and the economies of entire nations. The conflict began with expectations of a quick war, but trench warfare on the Western Front, fighting in the East, the naval blockade,
The period after the First World War was not a stable peace. Fighting ended on the Western Front in November 1918, but violence, civil war, political bitterness, economic crisis, and diplomatic conflict continued across Europe and beyond. The League of Nations was created in January 1920 to build a
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28 chapters
The origins of the First World War
The First World War 1914-1918
A bitter peace 1918-33
The road to war
The Second World War 1939-45
The Cold War: Problems of international relations after the Second World War
The spread of communism outside Europe and its effects on international relations
The United Nations Organization
The Two Europes, East and West since 1945
Conflict in the Middle East
The new world order and the war against global terrorism
Italy, 1918-45: The first appearance of Fascism
Germany, 1918-45: The Weimar Republic and Hitler
Russia, 1894-1917
Russia under Lenin and Stalin
Continuing communism, collapse and aftermath, 1953 to the present
China, 1900-49
China since 1949: The communists in control
Communism in Korea and south-east Asia
USA boom and bust: 1900-29
Roosevelt and the New Deal: 1929-45
USA 1945-68: Uneven prosperity
USA 1968-2012: Opportunity and Challenge
The end of the European empires
Africa since independence
Latin America
The changing world economy since 1900
The world's population
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