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Totally wacky facts about modern history

Presents more than 100 facts about modern history in a unique layout that appeals to struggling and reluctant readers.

Year zero

a history of 1945
2014
Provides a global history of the year 1945, discussing the events that occured after World War II ended.

The post-Cold War world

The post-Cold War era began with a decade of conflicts often mediated by the United States as the world's only remaining superpower. The September 11 terrorist attacks, however, marked the dawning of a new era. The United States became preoccupied by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, while around the world, new challenges and threats emerged: a more assertive Russia, an increasingly powerful China, dangerous terrorism organizations, and a refugee crisis in the Middle East that spilled into Europe. The story of this fraught era, in which the world was beset by millennial anxiety and destabilized by geopolitical shifts in the balance of power, is told here with great insight and a sure understanding of the complex interplay of action and reaction that characterized the proliferation of conflicts at the turn of the 21st century.

The expanding world

(300-1750)
1999
Presents an inclusive, multidisciplinary look at the rapidly changing world from 300 to 1750 through a combination of reproducible text, maps, timelines, charts, and drawings in loose-leaf format.

The age of revolution

(1750 to 1914)
1999
Presents an inclusive, multidisciplinary look at the age of revolution from 1750 to 1914 through a combination of reproducible text, maps, charts, timelines, and drawings in loose-leaf format.

The 20th century

1999
Presents an inclusive, multidisciplinary look at the triumphs and tragedies of the twentieth century through a combination of reproducible text, maps, charts, timelines, and drawings in loose-leaf format.

Totally wacky facts about modern history

2017
"Presents more than 100 facts about modern history in a unique layout that appeals to struggling and reluctant readers"--Provided by the publisher.

Crawling from the wreckage

2011
A collection of columns by journalist Gwynne Dyer. Gwynne Dyer is cheering up. Sure, the past decade has had more than its share of stupid wars, obsessions about terrorism, denial about climate change, rapacious turbo-capitalism, and lies, lies, lies. But signs of progress actually do abound. While the world is far from perfect as we embark on a fresh decade, Dyer believes that the "sense of sliding out of control towards ten different kinds of disaster has gone." When things go wrong it?s always easy to pin blame ? but singling out the forces that lead to positive change can be trickier. In this illuminating collection of columns from the last five years, Gwynne Dyer ferrets out the signs of hope ? without overlooking the issues that remain seemingly intractable. Mining the events of recent history, Dyer contextualizes the recent past and anticipates what the future might have in store. This journalist?s beat is global: from Africa to South America, from Europe to the Middle East, and any other region with a political pulse. Acerbic and iconoclastic, Dyer has never been afraid to call ?em like he sees ?em ? and we are all the better for his trademark candour and the breadth of his knowledge and expertise. For anyone seeking to understand the larger forces that shape our society and our world. Random House.com.

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