The Great Depression and the increasing demands for security that it triggered.
The advance of the welfare state and social democracy in many countries, and the rise of dictatorship and totalitarianism in others.
British responses to the crisis, which included the rise of the Labour party, a partial settlement of the Irish question, and the definition of dominion status.
France's troubles with fascist tendencies, the formation of the Popular Front, and the perseverance of democracy in spite of internal divisions.
The fascist movement in Italy, its supporters, and the introduction of the corporative state under Mussolini.
Hitler's rise to power.
German susceptibility to Nazi propaganda and anti-Semitism.
The policies of the Nazi state.
The origins, characteristics, and consequences of totalitarianism.
