Promotional Information

Arranged thematically, this ambitious and masterly book defines the twentieth century in a single volume. A work of easy reference, it contains a massive amount of fascinating data and will be of value for decades to come. 19990305

About the Author

Clive Ponting is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. He is the author of Breach of Promise- Labour in Power 1964-1970; 1940- Myth and Reality; A Green History of the World; the highly controversial revisionist biography Churchill; and Armageddon- The Second World War.

Reviews

If you want a single book that is bound to tell you something you did not know about the twentieth century, and hold your interest, and make you think, this is the volume for you
*Daily Telegraph*