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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. xviii, 973 p. : ill. ; 27 cm. ; ISBN: 0674399609 : LCCN: 94-8591 ; OCLC: 30035397 ; LC: D421; Dewey: 909.82 ; Contents: Social change and national rivalry in the West, 1900-1914 -- The response of China and Japan to western dominance -- The Great Wa r, revolution and the search for stability -- The continuing world crisis, 1929-1939 -- The Second World War -- Post-war Europe, 1945-1947 -- The United States and the beginning of the Cold War, 1945-1948 -- The transformation of Asia, 1945-1955 -- The ending of European dominance in the Middle East, 1919-1980 -- The Cold War : superpower confrontation, 1948-1964 -- The recovery of Western Europe in the 1950s and 1960s -- Who will liberate the Third World? : 1954-1968 -- Two faces of Asia : af ter 1949 -- Latin America after 1945 : problems unresolved -- Africa after 1945 : conflict and the threat of famine -- The United States and the Soviet bloc after 1963 : the great transformation -- Western Europe gathers strength : after 1968 -- The Cold War and after. ; " This is global history on a grand scale, a full account of the twentieth century from its first days to our own. Drawing on inexhaustible reserves of energy and knowledge, the distinguished British historian J. A. S. Grenville tells a story as remarkable for its sweep and drama as for its deft attention to detail. From the economic fallout of Versailles to the emergence of Japan, from the Great Depression to the Spanish Civil War, from the Soviet threat to the Middle East Crisis, we see history unfolding here and encounter the forces and personalities that have transformed the world. Grenville paints clear, sharp portraits of great events and of key figures such as Churchill and Hitler, Kennedy and Khrushchev, Mao and Gandhi, Golda Meir and Margaret Thatcher. " ; blue & white cloth in white, blue, red and grey dustjacket ; shaken ; large volume ; VG/VG. Book.