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Book SynopsisThe 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.
Trade Review"This is a fascinating insight into an eventful century…" (
BBC History Magazine, April 2008)
Table of ContentsIntroduction 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
