Dr Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and is the author of the best-selling British History For Dummies and European History For Dummies. He is coeditor of Twentieth Century History Review, and regularly appears on radio and television talking about history.

• Introduction 1Part I: The Great War Years: 1900–19 9Chapter 1: Overview of a Century 11Chapter 2: Fin de Siècle – Wrapping Up the Nineteenth Century 31Chapter 3: The Great War: 1914–18 55Part II: The Years of the Great Dictators: 1919–45 81Chapter 4: The Red Flag – Communism 83Chapter 5: Men in Black (Shirts): The Right-Wing Dictators 101Chapter 6: The Twenties: The Decade that Roared 115Chapter 7: I’m the King of the World! Europe’s Empires 133Chapter 8: Depression and Aggression 147Chapter 9: The War of the World 165Part III: The Divided World: 1945–89 181Chapter 10: You’re Cold as Ice! The Cold War 183Chapter 11: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me: The End of Empires 201Chapter 12: Africa’s Wind of Change 219Chapter 13: Going Bananas: Latin America 237Chapter 14: Asian Tigers 259Chapter 15: Disneyland: Post-War America 279Chapter 16: Red on Red: Russia and China 295Part IV: To the Millennium 315Chapter 17: Muddle in the Middle East 317Chapter 18: Europe Rides Again 337Chapter 19: New Order: Wrapping up the Twentieth Century 353Chapter 20: And the Living Is Easy – For Some 371Part V: The Part of Tens 387Chapter 21: Ten Iconic Images 389Chapter 22: Ten Triumphs of Technology 393Chapter 23: Ten Films That Made an Impact 399Chapter 24: Ten International Bodies that Made a Difference 405Chapter 25: Ten BAD Ideas 411Index 415

"This is a fascinating insight into an eventful century…" (BBC History Magazine, April 2008)

Dr Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and is the author of the best-selling British History For Dummies and European History For Dummies. He is coeditor of Twentieth Century History Review, and regularly appears on radio and television talking about history.

• Introduction 1Part I: The Great War Years: 1900–19 9Chapter 1: Overview of a Century 11Chapter 2: Fin de Siècle – Wrapping Up the Nineteenth Century 31Chapter 3: The Great War: 1914–18 55Part II: The Years of the Great Dictators: 1919–45 81Chapter 4: The Red Flag – Communism 83Chapter 5: Men in Black (Shirts): The Right-Wing Dictators 101Chapter 6: The Twenties: The Decade that Roared 115Chapter 7: I’m the King of the World! Europe’s Empires 133Chapter 8: Depression and Aggression 147Chapter 9: The War of the World 165Part III: The Divided World: 1945–89 181Chapter 10: You’re Cold as Ice! The Cold War 183Chapter 11: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me: The End of Empires 201Chapter 12: Africa’s Wind of Change 219Chapter 13: Going Bananas: Latin America 237Chapter 14: Asian Tigers 259Chapter 15: Disneyland: Post-War America 279Chapter 16: Red on Red: Russia and China 295Part IV: To the Millennium 315Chapter 17: Muddle in the Middle East 317Chapter 18: Europe Rides Again 337Chapter 19: New Order: Wrapping up the Twentieth Century 353Chapter 20: And the Living Is Easy – For Some 371Part V: The Part of Tens 387Chapter 21: Ten Iconic Images 389Chapter 22: Ten Triumphs of Technology 393Chapter 23: Ten Films That Made an Impact 399Chapter 24: Ten International Bodies that Made a Difference 405Chapter 25: Ten BAD Ideas 411Index 415

"This is a fascinating insight into an eventful century…" (BBC History Magazine, April 2008)

Dr Sean Lang studied history at Oxford and is the author of the best-selling British History For Dummies and European History For Dummies. He is coeditor of Twentieth Century History Review, and regularly appears on radio and television talking about history.

• Introduction 1Part I: The Great War Years: 1900–19 9Chapter 1: Overview of a Century 11Chapter 2: Fin de Siècle – Wrapping Up the Nineteenth Century 31Chapter 3: The Great War: 1914–18 55Part II: The Years of the Great Dictators: 1919–45 81Chapter 4: The Red Flag – Communism 83Chapter 5: Men in Black (Shirts): The Right-Wing Dictators 101Chapter 6: The Twenties: The Decade that Roared 115Chapter 7: I’m the King of the World! Europe’s Empires 133Chapter 8: Depression and Aggression 147Chapter 9: The War of the World 165Part III: The Divided World: 1945–89 181Chapter 10: You’re Cold as Ice! The Cold War 183Chapter 11: Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me: The End of Empires 201Chapter 12: Africa’s Wind of Change 219Chapter 13: Going Bananas: Latin America 237Chapter 14: Asian Tigers 259Chapter 15: Disneyland: Post-War America 279Chapter 16: Red on Red: Russia and China 295Part IV: To the Millennium 315Chapter 17: Muddle in the Middle East 317Chapter 18: Europe Rides Again 337Chapter 19: New Order: Wrapping up the Twentieth Century 353Chapter 20: And the Living Is Easy – For Some 371Part V: The Part of Tens 387Chapter 21: Ten Iconic Images 389Chapter 22: Ten Triumphs of Technology 393Chapter 23: Ten Films That Made an Impact 399Chapter 24: Ten International Bodies that Made a Difference 405Chapter 25: Ten BAD Ideas 411Index 415

"This is a fascinating insight into an eventful century…" (BBC History Magazine, April 2008)