Beschreibung
The 20th 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.
Enormous steps were made in wiping out widespread discrimination, from the womens suffrage movement leading to womens right to vote in western countries, to the civil rights movement in the US challenging racial segregation. The political landscape has provided lots of excitement, with charismatic and scandalous presidents in the White House, the first female prime minister in the UK, dictators working to various manifestoes across the world, the Middle East conflict and the changing balance of political and economic superpowers.
Technological advances have resulted in nigh on universal adoption and dependence on automobiles, computers, mobiles and other wireless technology. The exponential rate at which technology is evolving is one of the variables that make the twentieth century so fascinating.
All this and much, much more happened in a mere one hundred years where did we find the time to do so much?!Twentieth Century History For Dummies tells all...
Autorenportrait
Dr Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and is the author of the best-sellingBritish History For Dummies andEuropean History For Dummies. He is coeditor ofTwentieth Century History Review, and regularly appears on radio and television talking about history.
Inhalt
Introduction 1
Part I: The Great War Years: 190019 9
Chapter 1: Overview of a Century 11
Chapter 2: Fin de Siècle Wrapping Up the Nineteenth Century 31
Chapter 3: The Great War: 191418 55
Part II: The Years of the Great Dictators: 191945 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: Im the King of the World! Europes Empires 133
Chapter 8: Depression and Aggression 147
Chapter 9: The War of the World 165
Part III: The Divided World: 194589 181
Chapter 10: Youre Cold as Ice! The Cold War 183
Chapter 11: Dont Let the Sun Go Down on Me: The End of Empires 201
Chapter 12: Africas 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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