The Age of Extremes A History of the World, 1914-1991

An overview of the history of the twentieth century reviews the legacy of two world wars, the Depression, the end of colonialism, the Cold War, the collapse of the USSR, and the era's technological and scientific advances
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Illustrations
vii
Preface and Acknowledgements ix
The Century: A Bird's Eye View 1 (20)
PART ONE: THE AGE OF CATASTROPHE
The Age of Total War
21 (33)
The World Revolution
54 (31)
Into the Economic Abyss
85 (24)
The Fall of Liberalism
109 (33)
Against the Common Enemy
142 (36)
The Arts 1914--45
178 (21)
End of Empires
199 (26)
PART TWO: THE GOLDEN AGE
Cold War
225 (32)
The Golden Years
257 (30)
The Social Revolution 1945--1990
287 (33)
Cultural Revolution
320 (24)
The Third World
344 (28)
``Real Socialism''
372 (31)
PART THREE: THE LANDSLIDE
The Crisis Decades
403 (30)
Third World and Revolution
433 (28)
End of Socialism
461 (39)
The Avant-garde Dies---The Arts After 1950
500 (22)
Sorcerers and Apprentices---The Natural Sciences
522 (36)
Towards the Millennium
558 (29)
References 587 (24)
Further Reading 611 (4)
Index 615