The Century

The Century
Title The Century PDF eBook
Author Alain Badiou
Publisher John Wiley & Sons
Pages 248
Release 2018-05-18
Genre Philosophy
ISBN 1509534059

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Everywhere, the twentieth century has been judged and condemned: the century of totalitarian terror, of utopian and criminal ideologies, of empty illusions, of genocides, of false avant-gardes, of democratic realism everywhere replaced by abstraction. It is not Badiou's wish to plead for an accused that is perfectly capable of defending itself without the authors aid. Nor does he seek to proclaim, like Frantz, the hero of Sartre's Prisoners of Altona, 'I have taken the century on my shoulders and I have said: I will answer for it!' The Century simply aims to examine what this accursed century, from within its own unfolding, said that it was. Badiou's proposal is to reopen the dossier on the century - not from the angle of those wise and sated judges we too often claim to be, but from the standpoint of the century itself.

Events that Shaped the Century

Events that Shaped the Century
Title Events that Shaped the Century PDF eBook
Author Time-Life Books
Publisher Time Life Medical
Pages 204
Release 1998
Genre History
ISBN

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The 125 events illustrate many of the happenings that have transformed America since 1900. Each event marks a milestone of change in realms such as science and technology, government, the nation's role in the world, the economy, the women's movement, or civil rights.

Books of the Century

Books of the Century
Title Books of the Century PDF eBook
Author Charles McGrath
Publisher Three Rivers Press (CA)
Pages 700
Release 2000
Genre Literary Criticism
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A treasure-house of literary entertainment, featuring a century's worth of the best reviews, essays, and interviews ever published in "The New York Times Book Review. With more than 250 selections, Books of the Century -- now updated for this paperback edition -- sheds light on some of our greatest writers and how their books were received when first reviewed in "The New York Times Book Review, America's most widely read journal of the literary arts. Arranged chronologically, here are reviews of Franz Kafka's "The Trial, Anne Frank's "The Diary of a Young Girl, E. M. Forster's "A Passage to India, and Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls. Also selected from the Book Review's pages are letters to the editor from Jack London and Joseph Conrad, interviews with Emile Zola and Vladimir Nabokov, essays by Saul Bellow and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and the "Oops!" feature, which humbly presents reviews of classics such as Catch-22 and The Catcher in the Rye that the Book Review initially panned. A time line runs throughout, highlighting the century's literary landmarks. Bringing together classic reviews and writings, "The New York Times Book Review has created a resource to be read and cherished for years to come.

The Century that was

The Century that was
Title The Century that was PDF eBook
Author James Giblin
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 184
Release 2000
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 0689822812

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A collection of essays by well-known authors for young people, reflecting on various aspects of life in twentieth-century America, including politics, the environment, sports, fashion, and civil rights.

People of the Century

People of the Century
Title People of the Century PDF eBook
Author CBS News
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Pages 456
Release 1999
Genre Biography
ISBN 0684870932

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The one hundred most influential people of the twentieth century, as selected by the editors of Time magazine and featured in a series of documentaries produced by CBS.

Another Century of War?

Another Century of War?
Title Another Century of War? PDF eBook
Author Gabriel Kolko
Publisher The New Press
Pages 186
Release 2011-05-10
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1595587284

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Another Century of War? is a candid and critical look at America's “new wars” by a brilliant and provocative analyst of its old ones. Gabriel Kolko's masterly studies of conflict have redefined our views of modern warfare and its effects; in this urgent and timely treatise, he turns his attention to our current crisis and the dark future it portends. Another Century of War? insists that the roots of terrorism lie in America's own cynical policies in the Middle East and Afghanistan, a half-century of real politik justified by crusades for oil and against communism. The latter threat has disappeared, but America has become even more ambitious in its imperialist adventures and, as the recent crisis proves, even less secure. America, Kolko contends, reacts to the complexity of world affairs with its advanced technology and superior firepower, not with realistic political response and negotiation. He offers a critical and well-informed assessment of whether such a policy offers any hope of attaining greater security for America. Raising the same hard-hitting questions that made his Century of War a “crucial” (Globe and Mail) assessment of our age of conflict, Kolko asks whether the wars of the future will end differently from those in our past.

History of the Twentieth Century

History of the Twentieth Century
Title History of the Twentieth Century PDF eBook
Author Martin Gilbert
Publisher Rosetta Books
Pages 723
Release 2014-06-05
Genre History
ISBN 0795337329

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A chronological compilation of twentieth-century world events in one volume—from the acclaimed historian and biographer of Winston S. Churchill. The twentieth century has been one of the most unique in human history. It has seen the rise of some of humanity’s most important advances to date, as well as many of its most violent and terrifying wars. This is a condensed version of renowned historian Martin Gilbert’s masterful examination of the century’s history, offering the highlights of a three-volume work that covers more than three thousand pages. From the invention of aviation to the rise of the Internet, and from events and cataclysmic changes in Europe to those in Asia, Africa, and North America, Martin examines art, literature, war, religion, life and death, and celebration and renewal across the globe, and throughout this turbulent and astonishing century.