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The book History of the 20th Century by one of the world's leading historians Jeremy Black brings an ambitious and at the same time clear and richly illustrated history of the world in the 20th century. It captures the events, characters, ideologies, cultural transformations and dramatic politics of this tumultuous time, from world wars to the traumas of decolonization to the technological triumphs of the space race. The historian explores topics as diverse as the Russian Bolshevik Revolution, the Great Depression, the Cold War, globalization, climate change, and the birth of the Internet in his compelling narrative. He likes to include insights from the fields of demography, the environment, culture and technology, as well as familiar political controversies, to bring a new perspective to this most important topic. In the book, you will find remarkable maps, illustrations and photographs, which bring the key events of the 20th century into account with extraordinary clarity.