| Title: |
A History of the Twentieth Century, Volume One: 1900-1933 |
| Publishing data: |
UK (HarperCollins); USA (William Morrow), hardback, 1997; paperback, 1998 |
| Summary: |
A comprehensive history of the first thirty-three years of the twentieth century, starting with the intervention of the Great Powers (including Britain, Germany and the United States) in China, and closing with Roosevelt as the newly-elected President of the United States and the inauguration of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany. The narrative moves from Continent to Continent and country to country, conveying the dramas, struggles and achievements of nations and individuals, as well as the chronicling the diseases and natural disasters of the first third of the century, the advance of science and medicine, wars, revolutions and political upheavals. |
| Notes About This Book: |
53 photographs, 29 maps prepared specially by the author for this volume.8-page bibliography of works cited. |
