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The 20th Century
Richard Giedroyc
其他書名
The Experiences of a Politically Active Eastern European Family
出版America Star Books, 2005
主題History / Europe / GeneralSocial Science / Customs & Traditions
ISBN141373765X9781413737653
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QXtyAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This book is a byproduct of the author's research into his family's history. Due to the placement of people at either the right or the wrong place at a moment in history, the accounts of their experiences help recount events. What is unusual about this book is that sufficient eyewitness or secondary accounts involving people with this surname have survived. No other history book has ever used such a far-flung surname to illustrate history. The author tries to be careful not to over-emphasize the importance of this family, yet presents a personal side to historic events. This is a general history book meant to explain major events of the 20th century and how they impacted most of the world. The book concentrates on nations that dominated the political landscape, also using two nations heavily impacted by the activities of their larger neighbor for supporting information. For this reason the United States, Russia (and Soviet Union), Lithuania, and Poland are the major thrust of the story.