This impressive overview of a tumultuous century explores both the dramatic events and the underlying trends. Despite the horrific biphasic 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a quadrupling of the population, women's lives have been transformed, while America has assumed undisputed political and cultural leadership. The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century is powerful, international, and definitive.

Pages: 928, Dimensions: 13x13cm