Revolutions in East and West: Iran and Nicaragua
Thatcher, Reagan and free markets: ghost towns, rust belts and a new individualism
Inside the Soviet bloc: the end of détente and the rise of Solidarność
Africa and decolonisation: twenty years after the "winds of change"
Changes in China: the consequences of Deng Xiaoping's reforms
Bombs, jobs and famine: music and global concerns
Global crises: AIDS, acid rain and the ozone layer
Mikhail Gorbachev: new man, new thinking
Making a "modern" decade: computers, videos and yuppies
The first wave of Indian liberalisation: the Rajiv Gandhi era
South Korea's twisted path to democracy
The Middle East in turmoil: Iran-Iraq and the first Intifada
Reagan and Thatcher depart, a new world order emerges
Latin America's transition to democracy: Chile and Haiti
"Free Nelson Mandela": the end of apartheid in South Africa
The Communist world breaks.