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The Superpowers traces the development of the USA and Russia (later USSR) from 1898 through to 2000, placing the Cold War, from inception to ending, into the wider social, economic and political context. This is the first history of the two major participants and their relationship throughout the twentieth century.
The Superpowers explores the intertwining history of two powers chronologically and includes discussion of:
* the inheritance of the two great powers and their imperial background
* World War I and the Russian Revolution
* Capitalism and Socialism
* World War II and its impact
* the conflicts in Berlin, Czechoslovakia, Vietnam and Afghanistan
* Perestroika and the end of the USSR
* the significance of the events of 1991 and their legacy.

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Table of contents : 1. Inheritance: nations and empires, before 1898 2. Conception: the First World War and revolution, 1898-1921 3. Gestation: new world orders and the Second World War, 1921-45 4.Youth: Cold War and decolonisation, 1945-68 5. Maturity: Cold War and the Third World, 1968-91 6. The legacy: death or rebirth? 1991-