The Clever Teens' Guide To... World War One The Russian Revolution  Nazi Germany World War Two The Cold War. FIVE BOOKS IN ONE.  World War One: from the pre-war tensions, the assassination that sparked the war to its bloody conclusion four years later.  The Russian Revolution: from the circumstances behind the rise of Lenin and the Bolsheviks, to the consequences of their struggle for a new socialist utopia. Nazi Germany: from the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party, his domestic policies and foreign dealings, the racism and murder to World War Two and the Holocaust.  World War Two: the war that, unlike any other, was total war. The Cold War: for almost half a century the East and the West eyed each other with suspicion and often hostility.  Ideal for your "clever teenager".