Illustrated Guide to the 20th Century

Author: Guo Yubin, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: A concise overview of the entire 20th century's world history, composed of nearly a thousand entries and over a thousand images, presented in a chronological manner. It succinctly narrates the historical events, stories, and figures of the 20th century, accompanied by a wealth of precious 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 tumultuous waves. In the 5,000 years since the birth of human civilization, no century has witnessed as many events, as significant developments, or as earth-shattering changes as the 20th century. The content covered in this book includes: the transformation of the international landscape at the beginning of the century, the two World Wars, the transition of socialism from theory to practice, the rise of social reform movements and the governance of Social Democratic parties, the rise of fascist movements, the development of national liberation movements, the self-rejection of the capitalist system and the development of state-monopolistic capitalism, the establishment of the bipolar world order after World War II and the Cold War between the East and the West, the impact of the scientific and technological revolution 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. The 20th century was a century of tumultuous waves. In the 5,000 years since the birth of human civilization, no century has witnessed as many events, as significant developments, or as earth-shattering changes as the 20th century. The content covered in this book includes: the transfer of the international landscape at the beginning of the century, the two World Wars, the transition of socialism from theory to practice, the rise of social reform movements and the governance of Social Democratic parties, the rise of fascist movements, the development of national liberation movements, the self-rejection of the capitalist system and the development of state-monopolistic capitalism, the establishment of the bipolar world order after World War II and the Cold War between the East and the West, the impact of the scientific and technological revolution 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.