Covers the conflicts, contrasts, culture, ideas, political movements, social change, science and technology that have shaped this amazing era and the world as we know it today. From the fall of communism to the rise of the European Community, Tiananmen Square to the Oval Office, and much more, this engaging guide will make this history as readable as it is memorable. There will be extensive print advertising, including "BBC History", "History Today" and "Prospect" magazine. The 20 th Century brought revolutionary changes to our world and our lives: the human population of the world tripled,…mehr
Covers the conflicts, contrasts, culture, ideas, political movements, social change, science and technology that have shaped this amazing era and the world as we know it today. From the fall of communism to the rise of the European Community, Tiananmen Square to the Oval Office, and much more, this engaging guide will make this history as readable as it is memorable. There will be extensive print advertising, including "BBC History", "History Today" and "Prospect" magazine.The 20 th Century brought revolutionary changes to our world and our lives: the human population of the world tripled, space travel became reality, two world wars and a host of other conflicts were fought, and huge advances in science, technology and communication resulted in the globalised world we know today.
Dr Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and is the author of the best-selling British History For Dummies and European History For Dummies. He is coeditor of Twentieth Century History Review, and regularly appears on radio and television talking about history.
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Introduction 1 Part I: The Great War Years: 1900-19 9 Chapter 1: Overview of a Century 11 Chapter 2: Fin de Siècle - Wrapping Up the Nineteenth Century 31 Chapter 3: The Great War: 1914-18 55 Part II: The Years of the Great Dictators: 1919-45 81 Chapter 4: The Red Flag - Communism 83 Chapter 5: Men in Black (Shirts): The Right-Wing Dictators 101 Chapter 6: The Twenties: The Decade that Roared 115 Chapter 7: I'm the King of the World! Europe's Empires 133 Chapter 8: Depression and Aggression 147 Chapter 9: The War of the World 165 Part III: The Divided World: 1945-89 181 Chapter 10: You're Cold as Ice! The Cold War 183 Chapter 11: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me: The End of Empires 201 Chapter 12: Africa's Wind of Change 219 Chapter 13: Going Bananas: Latin America 237 Chapter 14: Asian Tigers 259 Chapter 15: Disneyland: Post-War America 279 Chapter 16: Red on Red: Russia and China 295 Part IV: To the Millennium 315 Chapter 17: Muddle in the Middle East 317 Chapter 18: Europe Rides Again 337 Chapter 19: New Order: Wrapping up the Twentieth Century 353 Chapter 20: And the Living Is Easy - For Some 371 Part V: The Part of Tens 387 Chapter 21: Ten Iconic Images 389 Chapter 22: Ten Triumphs of Technology 393 Chapter 23: Ten Films That Made an Impact 399 Chapter 24: Ten International Bodies that Made a Difference 405 Chapter 25: Ten BAD Ideas 411 Index 415
Introduction 1 Part I: The Great War Years: 1900-19 9 Chapter 1: Overview of a Century 11 Chapter 2: Fin de Siècle - Wrapping Up the Nineteenth Century 31 Chapter 3: The Great War: 1914-18 55 Part II: The Years of the Great Dictators: 1919-45 81 Chapter 4: The Red Flag - Communism 83 Chapter 5: Men in Black (Shirts): The Right-Wing Dictators 101 Chapter 6: The Twenties: The Decade that Roared 115 Chapter 7: I'm the King of the World! Europe's Empires 133 Chapter 8: Depression and Aggression 147 Chapter 9: The War of the World 165 Part III: The Divided World: 1945-89 181 Chapter 10: You're Cold as Ice! The Cold War 183 Chapter 11: Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me: The End of Empires 201 Chapter 12: Africa's Wind of Change 219 Chapter 13: Going Bananas: Latin America 237 Chapter 14: Asian Tigers 259 Chapter 15: Disneyland: Post-War America 279 Chapter 16: Red on Red: Russia and China 295 Part IV: To the Millennium 315 Chapter 17: Muddle in the Middle East 317 Chapter 18: Europe Rides Again 337 Chapter 19: New Order: Wrapping up the Twentieth Century 353 Chapter 20: And the Living Is Easy - For Some 371 Part V: The Part of Tens 387 Chapter 21: Ten Iconic Images 389 Chapter 22: Ten Triumphs of Technology 393 Chapter 23: Ten Films That Made an Impact 399 Chapter 24: Ten International Bodies that Made a Difference 405 Chapter 25: Ten BAD Ideas 411 Index 415
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