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The History of the Twentieth Century by Martin gGlbert vols 1-3 c1990's
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The History of the Twentieth Century by Martin gGlbert vols 1-3 c1990’s

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Title: The History of the Twentieth Century Vols 1-3
Author: Martin Glbert
Publisher: Harper Collins
Publication Date: 1997-99
Format: Softbaxk

Condition: Volume 1 in good condition with no marks to pages and covers good. Volume 2 has some creasing to front cover. Pages are clean and unmarked. Volume 3 has small crease to top corner. Pages are clean. All volumes have some photographic illustrations throughout

Book measures: 25cm x 17cm with 921, 1050, 1072 pages

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Description

Across three volumes, Martin Gilbert provides a meticulous year-by-year narrative of the 1900s, transforming a chaotic century into a coherent story. He moves beyond mere dates to focus on the human experience, balancing the grand strategies of world leaders with the lives of ordinary people caught in the crosswinds of change.

Volume 1: 1900–1933

The series begins with the optimism of the new century, quickly eclipsed by the carnage of World War I. Gilbert tracks the collapse of old empires and the fragile peace of the 1920s, concluding with the ominous rise of Adolf Hitler.

Volume 2: 1933–1951

This installment centers on the existential struggle of World War II and the Holocaust. It covers the rapid transition from global conflict to the early Cold War, documenting the dawn of the nuclear age and the reshaping of national borders.

Volume 3: 1952–1999

The final volume explores a world divided by the Iron Curtain. Gilbert details the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the technological leaps of the space race, ending with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the transition into a digital, globalized era.

Additional information

Weight 6 kg

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