world history

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world history

The 1600s

2001

The birth of the modern

world society, 1815-1830
1991
Chronicles the history of people, politics, and economics from 1815-1830 that laid the foundations of the modern world.

A tabloid history of the world

1997
World history in tabloid format.

The 21st century

1999
Presents more than twenty essays and articles on topics related to the year 1000 and the second millennium, the year 2000 and the third millennium, the planet's future, the economic outlook, and the society of the future.

Modern times

the world from the twenties to the eighties
1991
Covers events, personalities, and ideas of the past six decades since the end of the First World War.

Twentieth century history

the world since 1900 : sourcebook
1989
Describes the political and social changes throughout the world from 1900 to the present day.

Profiles in folly

history's worst decisions and why they went wrong
2008
Profiles thirty-five separate situations in history where major political, military, scientific, or economic decisions led to disaster including George Armstrong Custer's fatal mistakes at the Little Bighorn and Japan's Isoroku Yamamoto's decision to bomb the naval base at Pearl Harbor.

What's next

the experts' guide : predictions from 50 of America's most compelling people
2008
Jane Buckingham, founder of the consulting company The Intelligence Group, draws on interviews with dozens of people in a wide range of industries to predict how American culture, government, and society will change in the future.

The Execution Channel

2007
In the years following the War on Terrorism, people around the world cope with terrorist attacks and governments intentionally misinforming its citizens, making the only place to receive true information a rogue media outlet; and after witnessing a nuclear bomb attack which their country denies, Scottish software engineer James Travis and his peace activist daughter, Roisin, begin to understand just how desperate the world has become.

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