20th Century Day by Day

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Summary: Extremely Interesting
Review: A fascinating look back at the history of the past 100 years! Including interesting images and photographs, as well as usefull links to allow the reader to follow the different events of the same topic through the pages of the book.

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Summary: Bloody Marvelous!
Review: Cor, blimey! You won't be disappointed with this one. So many pages of so many stories, taken from the headlines as they were that day. It's almost like being there, be it 15, or 50 years ago. If you want to see how the print media saw the headlines as they were written then, this is the book for you.

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Summary: Five-star History
Review: I was looking for a book that summarized World history during the 20th century and this is the one I chose to buy. I was more than happy with my copy. It is easy to look up specific events, and great for general browsing. I only had two complaints - one, that there was MORE detail in it (although that would have been very hard for a single volume!), and two, it didn't come with the CD that was made to go with it.

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Summary: Biased towards American news - where is the World Cup?
Review: I've been reading this book since it was called the Chronicles in the early 1990's. I purposely waited till the new millennium because I wanted it to cover every single day (or month, to be precise) of the 20th Century, before actually making that final purchase decision.

Well, I almost bought the book yesterday. After flipping through its colourful and information-packed pages as one last check, it seemed to me that the coverage of the book is biased towards news and events in USA. Something really obvious is the treatment on sports - for example, the authors made a big deal out of the Superbowl (the final of American football league), a sport only played and mostly watched by Americans. On every first page of each year (January), there's a photo and news article on the Superbowl. Seems very funny to me, this event is only played annually where as the FIFA World Cup ("soccer" to Americans & Australians) held every 4 years (involving all the nations worldwide, with 2 years of pre-qualifying) doesn't get similar coverage like the Summer Olympics where one whole centre-spread is dedicated to all the results.

Come on! Football (or soccer) is a world game, it's like a "religion" to some - I think it should deserve more than just a line or two on the side bar. Where do you think all those great legends like Pele, Charlton, Beckenbauer, Maradona, Zidane, etc made their names, if not at the FIFA World Cup? A photo showing the winning nation holding the trophy aloft in the Final won't be too much to ask, I presume. Don't tell me an event as significant and profound as the World Cup (only second to the Olympics), watched and played by billions of people around the globe, should just be "passed over" in world history!

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Summary: Millennium 20th Century Day by Day
Review: This is an excellent resource book. It will provide one with endless material for research projects. Its great for chronologing events for someone's birthday or anniversary. It is also great for teachers and triva buffs.

There is data for each day with special highlights for each month. A great conversation piece for your coffee table.

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Summary: Millennium 20th Century Day by Day
Review: This is an excellent resource book. It will provide one with endless material for research projects. Its great for chronologing events for someone's birthday or anniversary. It is also great for teachers and triva buffs.

There is data for each day with special highlights for each month. A great conversation piece for your coffee table.

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Summary: Buy this book!!!
Review: What can I say? The book is an incredible collection of every notable historical event in the last 100 years.

The BEST part, to me, is the "chain reference" feature. When you get to the bottom of an article (about, say, the completion of the Hindenburg), there is a small date in italics at the end which points you to the next article concerning the Hindenburg. This is OUTSTANDING for following a chain of events through history.

GREAT reading for knowledge or leisure!

Rating:
Summary: Buy this book!!!
Review: What can I say? The book is an incredible collection of every notable historical event in the last 100 years.

The BEST part, to me, is the "chain reference" feature. When you get to the bottom of an article (about, say, the completion of the Hindenburg), there is a small date in italics at the end which points you to the next article concerning the Hindenburg. This is OUTSTANDING for following a chain of events through history.

GREAT reading for knowledge or leisure!