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Bezig met laden... A History of the Twentieth Century: 1952-1999: 3 (editie 1999)door Martin Gilbert (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkA History of the Twentieth Century: Volume 2, 1933-1951 door Martin Gilbert
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 3364. A History of the Twentieth Century Volume Two 1933-1951, by Martin Gilbert (read Oct 29, 2000) I enjoyed the book--it is hard not to enjoy reading history--but it is not an inspired work. Sometimes it seemed plodding. Much of the account of Worl War II consisted in a mere recitation of atrocities and bombings. Gilbert does not seem to me to have a good sense of proportionality--insignificant things get mentioned, other more important things are ignored, e.g., U.S. politics gets only the slightest of nods; the birth of Israel is covered only by indirection, etc. I am not sure it is worthwhile to read Volume III ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)A History of the Twentieth Century (Volume 2)
From Britain's 'greatest living factual historian' (Paul Johnson, Evening Standard), Volume II of his global history. Martin Gilbert is Britain's leading popular historian. His three-volume History of the Twentieth Century is a complete global narrative history of our century. He is the undisputed master of narrative history with an extraordinary ability to muster detailed facts into rich and compelling prose. Volume I ended with Roosevelt as the newly-elected President of the United States and Hitler appointed as Chancellor of Germany. Volume II takes the story on to the end of 1951, as the world recovers from the devastation of World War II. 'Martin Gilbert is a phenomenon who arouses envy among less productive professional historians... This is fascinating. I congratulate Gilbert on his good work and look forward to the next two volumes.' PAUL JOHNSON, Sunday Times. 'Gilbert is one of Britain's most eminent historians... His knowledge and scholarship make him in many ways ideally suited to write a history of our century and great insights emerge.' JOHN RAMSDEN, Financial Times. 'There can be few other contemporary historians who would be capable of such a work calling for so much knowledge and so resolute a control of a flood of disparate material.' PHILIP ZIEGLER, Literary Review Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)909.82History and Geography History World history 1800- 1900-1999, 20th centuryLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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