The Times History of the 20th Century

by RichardOvery (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $3.47

  A major new edition of a best-selling classic of contemporay history The Times History of the 20th Century is a sumptuous overview of this century of paradox and progress, a book as rich and complex as the century itself. This major new edition, to be published on the eve of the new millennium and rejacketed in line with the richly distinctive new Times thematic cover style, now brings the story completely up to date. Its cleverly interwoven tapestry of text, maps and pictures brings the whole story of the 20th century into sharp and provocative focus.

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  Paperback
  2003

  $4.47

  All the century's major developments, from the height of the Imperial Era, through two World Wars, the reconstructon of Europe and on to the challenges of the post-Cold War era are covered in this book. This newly updated paperback edition updates Richard Overy's analytical text and takes the world from the pomp of Europe's imperial heyday and the cataclysm of the First World War through the Great Depression, the Second World War and the Cold War to the global uncertainties following the September 2001 attack on the US. Special attention is paid to the themes and challenges which have faced humanity throughout the century: the environment, health, science, leisure, terrorism and technology.