The Penguin History of the Twentieth CenturyBy: J M Roberts This dazzling overview of a turbulent century explores both dramatic events and underlying trends. Despite a terrible two stage 'European civil war' and the traumatic rise and fall of communism, wealth has increased dramatically alongside a four fold leap in population, women's lives have been transformed, America has assumed undisputed political and cultural leadership. The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century is powerful,