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This is the century of war and revolution, of communism, fascism, and nationalistic fervor, of empires crumbling and new orders arising, of technological explosion, mass communication, and, most of all, movement. Never has so much happened so quickly to so many. And never has this uniquely global century received the rich historical insight afforded by this book. This is global history on a grand scale, a full account of the twentieth century from its first days to our own. Drawing on inexhaustible reserves of energy and knowledge, the distinguished British historian J. A. S. Grenville tells a story as remarkable for its sweep and drama as for its deft attention to detail. From the economic fallout of Versailles to the emergence of Japan, from the Great Depression to the Spanish Civil War, from the Soviet threat to the Middle East Crisis, we see history unfolding here and encounter the forces and personalities that have transformed the world. Grenville paints clear, sharp portraits of great events and of key figures such as Churchill and Hitler, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Mao and Gandhi, Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher. But he also stresses the underlying developments in health, finance, industry, warfare, and communication against which all individuals, movements, nations, and ideologies rose or fell. The twentieth century has seen human beings subjected to indiscriminate terrorism, state-sponsored massacres, and systematic extermination in concentration camps and killing fields. Grenville graphically renders the sufferings of individuals, as well as their triumphs in Tiananmen Square, in Eastern Europe in 1989, in Gandhi's India, in Martin Luther King Jr.'s America, in Mandela's SouthAfrica, and even in the bomb shelters of Sarajevo. Richly illustrated with some 275 photographs, A History of the World in the Twentieth Century offers splendid testimony to the difference men and women have made and can make in shaping the course of the history of the world.

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A sweeping synopsis for the history buff. As the twentieth century draws to a close, students of history are fortunate to have Grenville's monumental history available to sum it up. Although not a reference book in the strict sense of the term, it is still encyclopedic in scope and contains a detailed index that allows specific topics to be easily located...The intelligent reading public will find it just right. In a perfect world, libraries will buy two copies, one for reference and the other one to circulate. -- Ronald H. Fritze "American Reference Books Annual" Magnificently detailed, brilliantly written...An extraordinarily readable global history. -- Herbert Kupferberg "Parade Magazine" This is one of the most impressive books that we have seen for some time. It consists of almost one thousand pages, containing eighty-nine chapters which provide detailed accounts of just about every major event that occurred during the twentieth century, in every part of the world. This massive tome follows a relatively new trend among historians to abandon their sometimes narrow parochialism in favor of 'world history'...This volume deals with more thematic issues like industrialization, the empowerment of women, the rise of environmental concerns and multinational corporations. The narrative flows smoothly through such major events as the rise of the United States and Japan as world powers, Latin America and its continuing struggles, and the dissolution of communism in Eastern Europe and concludes with the post-Cold War era and the dawn of the Clinton presidency. Recommended for academic and public libraries.
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In 1980, the first part of the Collins History of the World in the 20th Century was published, covering the years 1900-1945. This is a revision of and extensive expansion upon that text, now covering the entire century. It is organized in chronological sequence and is amply illustrated with some 275 photographs. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc.

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