Description: The second volume of Martin Gilbert's magnificent three-volume history of the century. Spanning the years 1933-1951, this book charts the dramatic and inexorable buildup to WWII, then chronicles the events that led to the tragic deaths of more than forty-six million people and caused deep and lasting upheavals in the world's social and political orders. At the same time, attempts to preserve human values, to maintain the rule of law, and to uphold the rights and dignity of the individual are powerful themes in this volume, as rulers across the world try to carry their people through strife and war in order to give them better lives, Gilbert takes the story to 1951, with the US and USSR grappling to establish the primacy of their respective systems as the threat of nuclear war looms over the world.

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