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020			_a9780197782507
020			_a9780197782491 _q(epub)
020			_z9780197782477 _q(hardback)
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100	1		_aMandelbaum, Michael, _eauthor. _957289
245	1	0	_aTitans of the twentieth century : _bhow they made history and the history they made / _cMichael Mandelbaum.
260			_aNew York _bOxford Univ. Press _c2024
263			_a2409
300			_a338p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_a"The Titans of the Twentieth Century addresses an age-old question: what is the impact of individuals on history? The first half of the twentieth century offered political leaders enormous scope for changing the world. This book consists of essays about eight who, for better and for worse, did just that. Woodrow Wilson had a vision for a cooperative world order that failed after the First World War but gained in influence after the Second. Vladimir Ilich Lenin founded the totalitarian communist political system that controlled a large part of the planet for much of the twentieth century. Adolf Hitler started history's worst war and presided over history's worst atrocity, the Holocaust. Winston Churchill provided inspiring leadership to Great Britain, which made it possible to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II"--
650		0	_aHeads of state _vBiography. _957290
650		0	_aBiography _y20th century. _957291
650		0	_aHistory, Modern _y20th century _xHistoriography. _957292
650		0	_aStatesmen _vBiography. _957293
650		0	_aWorld politics _y20th century. _957294
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _957442
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aMandelbaum, Michael. _tTitans of the twentieth century _dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024] _z9780197782477 _w(DLC) 2024006509
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