History of the Twentieth Century, A, Vol III: Volume Three: 1952-1999 - Couverture rigide

Gilbert, Martin

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 068810066X ISBN 13 : 9780688100667

Editeur : William Morrow, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Gilbert Martin

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Martin Gilbert brings readers up to date in this rich historical narrative of the contradictory events of the last fifty years. Volume II ended in 1951, as the world recovered from World War II, and the nuclear threat increased. In this volume, Gilbert recalls the Cold War and communism--including McCarthyism, the Soviet and Warsaw Pact, the Berlin Wall--and the wars, from Korea to Vietnam to Bosnia. He moves from Poland's Solidarity Movement to Ireland's Bloody Sunday, from Pol Pot and his killing fields to the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Mao began a cultural revolution, Martin Luther King, Jr. and John F. Kennedy were assassinated, and Beijing's Tiananamen Square shocked the world. Technology and medicine advanced in leaps and bounds as the society struggled to catch up. Art, literature, and music, as well as epidemics and natural disasters, all have their place here. Many of the events are described through the words of those who were present. As in the previous two volumes, Gilbert creates a vivid picture through a wide array of sources. The result is extraordinary.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Martin Gilbert is Winston Churchill's biographer and the author of eight acclaimed books on the Holocaust. He lives in London.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: William Morrow
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 068810066X
• ISBN 13: 9780688100667
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 1088