You probably know, or think you know, quite a bit about what happened in the 20t
h century - chances are, if you're reading this, you lived through at least some
of it - and you may have referenced the Cuban Missile Crisis, the double helix,
or the Wall Street Crash in conversation. But even for people who were there, i
t was the fastest-moving hundred years in history, so refresh your memory with t
hese pacey profiles on everything from Sputnik to Stonewall. Twentieth Century p
resents a unique approach to modern history, condensing 100 years of innovation
and art, politics and conflict, triumph and disaster, into 50 graphic snapshots
that offer an instant appreciation of the way the world revolves and evolves.
