Age of extremes :the short twentieth century 1914-1991

Part 1 The age of catastrophe: total wars the world revolution into the economic abyss the fall of liberalism against the common enemy - the 1930s and 1940s the arts 1914-45 the end of empires. Part 2 The golden age: the Cold War the golden years social revolution cultural revolution the Third World real socialism. Part 3 The landslide: the crisis decades the Third World and revolution the fall of socialism the avant-garde dies sorcerers and apprentices - science a millennium dies.