SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; and a review quiz and essay topics. Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers.
Covers major figures and events in Europe, the United States, and the Pacific from 1939 to 1945. Includes Germany's aggression in Europe, the German invasion of Russia, Japan and Pearl Harbor, North Africa, the invasion of Italy, the Holocaust, diplomacy and the Allied Powers, the war in Southeast Asia, the D-Day invasion of France, and the fall of Germany and Japan.
Covers major figures and events in Europe from 1914 to 1919. Includes the causes of World War I, Germany's offensives in Europe, the air war and war at sea, the war in the Near East and Russia, trench warfare in Europe, the U.S. entrance into the war, the armistice, and the Treaty of Versailles.
Covers major figures and events in Europe, the United States, and Asia from 1945 to 1963. Includes post-World War II tensions, containment, the domino theory, Communist paranoia and McCarthyism, NATO, the Warsaw Pact, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and the Cuban missile crisis.
History SparkNotes help students strengthen their grasp of History by focusing on individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, History SparkNotes make it easier for students to see how events, figures, movements, and trends interrelate. History SparkNotes are a perfect for high school and college history classes, for students studying for History AP Test or SAT Subject Tests, and simply as general reference tools.
Each note contains a general overview of historical context, a concise summary of events, lists of key people and terms, in-depth summary and analysis with timelines, study questions and suggested essay topics, and a 50-question review quiz.
