Description: The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Twentieth Century, a far-ranging and fun look back at the names and faces, happenings, and places, tells the full story of the years 1900 to 1999. Broken down by decades and their distinguishing characteristics, the book offers a breathtaking panorama: conflicts, such as WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam; the assassinations of President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr.; technological achievements like the mobile, space flight, and the computer age; great historical figures like churchill, Roosevelt, and Gandhi; economic shifts such as the Depression and recessions; social happenings like strikes, marches, and riots; crime and terrorism; crises in the Middle East, Asia, and around the world; and much more. It all wraps up in the back with a handy chronology, a who's who, and a glossary of key terms.

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