Infographic: 20th Century

Author: Guo Yubin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: A concise overview of the entire world history of the 20th century, comprising nearly a thousand entries and over a thousand images. It adopts a chronological approach, succinctly narrating historical events, stories, and figures of the 20th century, accompanied by a wealth of valuable historical photographs. Reading this book is like wandering through a profound historical gallery, transcending time and space to experience the glory, brilliance, dreams, disillusionment, and sorrow of a century of history. The 20th century was a century of turbulent waves. Over the 5,000 years since the birth of human civilization, no century has witnessed as many events as this one, nor as significant or earth-shattering. The book covers a wide range of topics, including: the transformation of the international landscape at the beginning of the century, two world wars, the transition of socialism from theory to practice, the rise of social reform movements and the rule of social democratic parties, the emergence of fascist movements, the development of national liberation movements, the self-rejection and state-monopolistic development of the capitalist system, the establishment of the post-war bipolar world order and the Cold War between the East and the West, the scientific and technological revolution and its impact on social development, the political and economic development of major capitalist countries after the war, the development and transformation of socialist countries, the rise of the Third World and North-South relations, the disintegration of the Yalta system and the end of the bipolar world order, contemporary localized wars, and contemporary world culture.