{"product_id":"2026200011735-secondhand-a-short-history-of-the-20th-century","title":"A Short History Of The 20Th Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew centuries in human history have been as turbulent, transformative, or devastating as the twentieth — and Geoffrey Blainey's A Short History of the 20th Century distills its defining moments into a masterfully concise and illuminating narrative. From the trenches of the First World War and the catastrophic rise of totalitarianism to the astonishing technological revolutions and the uneasy geopolitical balancing act of the Cold War, Blainey chronicles a hundred years of human ambition, folly, and resilience with remarkable clarity and authority. The book presents both the grand sweep of global events and the intimate human stories behind them, guiding the reader through the ideological battles, economic upheavals, and social transformations that shaped the modern world.\n\nBlainey, one of Australia's most celebrated and prolific historians, writes with a brisk, confident prose style that renders complex historical forces accessible without sacrificing intellectual rigour. His analysis argues that the twentieth century was defined less by the march of progress than by the recurring tension between humanity's capacity for extraordinary creation and catastrophic destruction. A work of remarkable scope compressed into an elegantly readable volume, A Short History of the 20th Century leaves the reader questioning not only where we have been, but what the lessons of a century drenched in both brilliance and blood might yet demand of us.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130865328347,"sku":"2026200011735-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/55ca662f-7a9b-40de-afa2-4f114bf87c09.png?v=1786591445","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011735-secondhand-a-short-history-of-the-20th-century","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}