The 20th Century Year by Year: The People and Events That Shaped the Last Hundred Years

by Charles Phillips, Neil Grant, Margaret Mulvihill

This guide to the 20th century uses newspaper-style presentations to reveal the stories behind the heroes and villains of recent times, the major events that have shaped our lives, and the people or things that have entertained us.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Reference, World History

Hardcover

First published July 15, 1999

About the author

There is more than one author by this name on Goodreads

Charles Phillips (b. 1962) is an established writer of popular history, a contributor to Cassell's Dictionary of Modern Britain as well as to the Chronicle of Britain and several illustrated stories.

He has a keen interest in the mythology and history of the great Maya and Aztec civilizations and was a key writer on Time Life's Myth and Mankind series.
Phillips is a graduate of Oxford University, and holds an MA from the University of Westminster.

See also:
Charles Phillips, 1787-1859
Charles Phillips, Goodreads author, Historical Fiction
Charles Phillips, b.1948, American history

Reviews

[Jacqueline Wehrle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Written like a newspaper, this book is great at tying together the cultural, political, and social changes that happened during the most momentous hundred years in history. The unique perspective of seeing things play out in several episodes, both separate and related to events occurring somewhere else in the world, helps the reader to understand the subtleties of cause and effect in history and provides a comprehensive picture of the century. A recommendation

[Andy Luke · Rating 3 out of 5]

Comprehensive collation of headline news suceeding in a context for our times. Main drawback is tiny fonts which strain the eyes. The editorial bias tows the mainstream line in a very 20th c. BBC way: interesting nonetheless.

[Annalise · Rating 3 out of 5]

We are still in the middle of reading this in our family. It's world history for the 20th century. It's a well written book and it has lots of interesting tid bits of information. It also contains full color pictures that really help you understand some things better. There are a few inapropriate pictures, but generally it's a very useful book.

[Victoria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dipped in and out of this rather than read from cover to cover. Full of interesting little facts and histories. Nicely written in newspaper style. Whole world news but sometimes, I found it focused heavily on America.

[Edel Waugh Salisbury · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book will appeal to anyone but especially someone with a love of history.Literature, politics, famous faces, medicine to name a few of the many topics this book covers. I think this would make a great book gift as there is something in here to interest everyone .

[Alex Cruse · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite books that I own. A fantastic overview of the 20th century through 1997.