World History Handbook: Simplified for UPSC & PCS

World History Handbook: Simplified for UPSC & PCS - Your Ultimate Guide to Mastering World History!

Are you preparing for UPSC, PCS or other competitive exams? Struggling to remember historical events and their significance? The World History Handbook: Simplified for UPSC & PCS is here to make history engaging, easy to grasp and exam-oriented!. This book covers major historical events, revolutions, ideologies, and global transformations—all structured in a concise and interactive format.

What’s Inside?

Module 1: Foundations of the Modern World

Renaissance and the rise of modern ideas • Enlightenment and the spread of reason and democracy • Industrial Revolution and its social and economic transformations

Module 2: The Age of Revolutions

American Revolution (1763–1783) and the creation of a new nation • French Revolution (1789–1799), its major events and the rise of Napoleon

Module 3: Colonialism and Global Transformations

Expansion of European imperialism and its global impact • Decolonisation movements across Asia and Africa

Module 4: Global Wars and Political Shifts

World War I and its causes • Russian Revolution and Bolshevik rise • Interwar period and totalitarian regimes • Fascism and Nazism • World War II and its consequences

Module 5: The Modern World and Its Ideologies

Cold War and bipolar world order • Communism, capitalism and socialism • Democracy and authoritarian systems • Globalisation and growing interdependence • New International Economic Order and global economic restructuring