Originally published in 1983 and named one of the Best Books of the Year by The New York Times, this revised edition contains a new final chapter. Included is an incisive account of the seven decades-its events, ideas, and personalities- since the end of World War I.Paul Johnson embodies a rare combination of gifts: he is a distinguished historian and an outstanding thinker. Accordingly, he has written a densely- textured history that not only reports the events and supporting facts, but also analyzes how and why much of this history came to be. The book begins on May 29, 1919, when photographs of the solar eclipse confirmed the truth of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. Johnson then describes Freudianism, the establishment of the first Marxist state, the chaos of "Old Europe," the Arcadian Twenties, and the new forces in China and Japan. Also discussed are Karl Marx, John Maynard Keynes, Calvin Coolidge, Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Franco, Roosevelt...