The Origins of the Contemporary Global Order

Carl James Strikwerda is an independent consultant based in Washington DC, USA. Previously, he completed his PhD in History at the University of Michigan. His research has been supported by the American Philosophical Society, the Belgian American Educational Foundation, the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, the German Marshall Fund, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has served as an historical consultant to the National World War One Museum in the USA, published three books and thirty articles on European and global history, lectured at universities in Belgium, China, and Germany, taught at the University of California, Riverside, University of Kansas, and College of William and Mary, and served as both President and Professor of History at Elizabethtown College. Carl also won a Kemper Award for Excellence in Teaching from the University of Kansas. His article, 'World War One in the History of Globalization,' has been the number one downloadedarticle worldwide for the journal, Historical Reflections/Reflexions historiques, from 2018 through 2020.

1. The Long Shadows of the Great War.- 2. Creating a Global World: Free Trade, Gold, and Peacemaking.- 3. Confronting a Global World: Empires and the Coming of War.- 4. The Great War: Stalemate on the Western Front.- 5. The Great War: The Global Conflict.- 6. The Impact of the Great War: Peace and War After the War.- 7. The Revenge of the Great War: The Crisis of the 1930s.- 8. The End of the Era of the Great War, 1944-1947.- 9. Rise and Flaws of a New Global Order, 1947-1960.- 10. Global Order, Great Powers, and Globalization over a Century.