Twentieth Century History For Dummies

Seán Lang

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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 women's suffrage movement leading to
women's 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...

Autorentext
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.

Zusammenfassung
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 women's suffrage movement leading to women's 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...

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: I'm the King of the World! Europe's Empires 133

Chapter 8: Depression and Aggression 147