Book excerpt: This title includes Modern Ireland (two topics to be studied): Movements for Political and Social Reform, 1870-1914; The Pursuit of Sovereignty and the Impact of Partition, 1912-1949; and Government, Economy and Society in the Republic of Ireland, 1949-1989. Modern Europe and the Wider World (two topics to be studied) includes: Nation States and International Tensions, 1871-1920; Dictatorship and Democracy in Europe, 1920-1945; Division and Realignment in Europe, 1945-1992; and The United States and the World, 1945-1989. Case Studies and Key Personalities for each topic are also summarized .