A History of the 20th Century

Conflict, Technology and Revolution

De: Jeremy Black

Narrado por: Richard Trinder

Duración: 10 h y 22 m

Resumen del Editor

From one of the world's leading historians comes an ambitious and sweeping history of the world in the 20th century.

Spanning from the world wars to the space race and the birth of the internet, A History of the 20th Century documents the events, the characters, the ideologies, the cultural transformations and the dramatic politics of these turbulent times.

Jeremy Black examines subjects as diverse as the Russian Revolution, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the Iranian Revolution and decolonization in a compelling narrative. Keen to highlight the role of demographics, the environment, culture and technology as well as the better-known tales of political rivalries, he brings a new perspective to this most important subject.

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A global look at history

In Highschool, I never enjoyed the huge amount of details and dates we had to learn by heart about very regionally limited aspects of history.
So I thought it would be fun to take in history in a different format, and an opportunity to close any gaps I had to due that previous aversion.
This book looks at global history and the greater connections, and I enjoyed that very much. Performance is good and pretty matter of fact, as you’d expect for a non fiction history book.

A good overview

It is a good bock if someone looks for an overview of the 20th century. The VA is good and hebinformation is to the point, but to an ex-historian it requires more conclusions. If you are curious about this defining age, it is definetly worth a read. For people who are already familiar with the century, it is just a list of dates.

Bullet points on the timeline of the 20th century

A thorough, albeit very concise timeline of the 20th century's most important events. It would definitely benefit from having the print material to follow along.
There is a lot to unpack in the complex and dense history of the past century, so this book can serve as a guide to those interested in locating and linking specific periods along the course of that era before unravelling them.
(I received this title free, but I present my honest opinion)