A History Of The Twentieth Century

Informationen zum Autor Martin Gilbert is Winston Churchill's biographer and the author of eight acclaimed books on the Holocaust. He lives in London. Klappentext Martin Gilbert, author of the multivolume biography of Winston Churchill and other brilliant works of history, chronicles world events year by year, from the dawn of aviation to the flourishing technology age, taking us through World War I to the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt as president of the United States and Hider as chancellor of Germany. He continues on to document wars in South Africa, China, Ethiopia, Spain, Korea, Vietnam, and Bosnia, as well as apartheid, the arms race, the moon landing, and the beginnings of the computer age, while interspersing the influence of art, literature, music, and religion throughout this vivid work. A rich, textured look at war, celebration, suffering, life, death, and renewal in the century gone by, this volume is nothing less than extraordinary. Zusammenfassung Martin Gilbert! author of the multivolume biography of Winston Churchill and other brilliant works of history! chronicles world events year by year! from the dawn of aviation to the flourishing technology age! taking us through World War I to the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt as president of the United States and Hider as chancellor of Germany. He continues on to document wars in South Africa! China! Ethiopia! Spain! Korea! Vietnam! and Bosnia! as well as apartheid! the arms race! the moon landing! and the beginnings of the computer age! while interspersing the influence of art! literature! music! and religion throughout this vivid work. A rich! textured look at war! celebration! suffering! life! death! and renewal in the century gone by! this volume is nothing less than extraordinary.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Martin Gilbert
• Editore: William Morrow
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 17.12.2002
• EAN: 9780060505943
• ISBN: 978-0-06-050594-3
• Pagine: 832
• Dimensioni: 152 mm x 230 mm x 36 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, History of Religion, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, The Holocaust, Hinduism, Local History, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History of the Americas, Historical Geography, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: General, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century, HISTORY: Modern / 19th Century, HISTORY: OF IDEAS, HISTORY: Historical Geography, HISTORY: Modern / 18th Century, RELIGION: Hinduism / History, 20th century;modern history;history;world history, History / History of Ideas, 20th century; modern history; history; world history