The historian John Lukacs offers a concise history of the twentieth
century--its two world wars and cold war, its nations and leaders.
The great themes woven through this spirited narrative are
inseparable from the author's own intellectual preoccupations: the
fading of liberalism, the rise of populism and nationalism, the
achievements and dangers of technology, and the continuing
democratization of the globe. The historical twentieth century
began with the First World War in 1914 and ended seventy-five years
later with the collapse of the Soviet Empire in 1989. The short
century saw the end of European dominance and the rise of American
power and influence throughout the world. The twentieth century was
an American century--perhaps the American century. Lukacs explores
in detail the phenomenon of national socialism (national socialist
parties, he reminds us, have outlived the century), Hitler's sole
responsibility for the Second World War, and the crucial roles
played by his determined opponents Churchill and Roosevelt. Between
1939 and 1942 Germany came closer to winning than many people
suppose. Lukacs casts a hard eye at the consequences of the Second
World War--the often misunderstood Soviet-American cold war--and at
the shifting social and political developments in the Far and
Middle East and elsewhere. In an eloquent closing meditation on the
passing of the twentieth century, he reflects on the advance of
democracy throughout the world and the limitations of human
knowledge.
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