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Here’s a perfectly sized reference guide to the world. Includes 80 full-color maps featuring time zones, climate conditions, international dialing codes, currency information and other helpful facts.
Winston Churchill’s History of the English-Speaking Peoples ends in 1900 where Roberts’ new book picks up. He describes how the Americans, British, and their Commonwealth allies “won” the 20th century through four great struggles: the Wilhelmine Empire, the Third Reich, the Soviet Union, and now the Islamists. Roberts focuses on the seminal ideas of the English-speaking peoples—democracy, liberty, the rule of law, Protestantism, market capitalism, and Enlightenment—as well as presenting well-wrought portraits of all of the key players of the 20th century, including Khrushchev, Churchill, De Gaulle, Reagan, Kennedy and Thatcher. Features two 8-page full-color inserts and two maps. Show...
Softcover: 160 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press ( December 08, 2005 )
Item #: 494861
ISBN: 9780195300260
Product Dimensions: 4.562 x 7.5 x 0.375 inches
Product Weight: 8.0 ounces ( View shipping rates and policies )
Hardcover: 752 pages
Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers ( February 01, 2007 )
Item #: 598442
ISBN: 9780060875985
Product Dimensions: 6.0 x 9.0 x 1.94 inches
Product Weight: 37.0 ounces ( View shipping rates and policies )
