Gilbert History Of The Twentieth-Century Sparknotes

‘History of the Twentieth-Century’ is a global narrative that covers a very broad range of events which took place over the twentieth-century. Gilbert writes about world events year by year, covering a range of topics such as the dawn of aviation, the Boer War, the flourishing technology age, World War One and follows onto other significant events such as the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt as president of the United States and Hitler becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933. In addition to this Gilbert is able to include many detailed facts into a rich and captivating style. In this volume the reader is able to understand more about specific events that took place during this period and helps the reader to make sense of them in a global

Within these chapters, Gilbert has also provided the reader with a better understanding of the economic, moral, technological, social and military developments that took place during the first third of the twentieth century. In addition to this, Gilbert is able to include some detail about the revolutions and political upheavals that took place during this period and has also been able to take account of the story of ordinary men and women in every continent. This allows the reader to understand more about how these people were an important part of the events that were taking place as well as gaining perspective about the way that people suffered and how they were often victims in their situation. Gilbert is able to demonstrate that he is able to draw out links between certain events in history and is able to take the reader through a detailed account of the first third of the twentieth century in a concise, clear narrative which shows the reader that despite the significant changes that took place across the entire globe in that period, the effects directly linked one event to another as well as demonstrating how the situation in one country affected other countries

In many ways, this book can be seen as a useful historical source due to the fact that it gives the reader a detailed insight into a specific period of history and thoroughly explains the events in detail. This allows us to have a better understanding about the ways in which certain events in history linked to one another and begin to understand the causes, consequences and reasons for some of these events as well. However, on the other hand, whilst choosing to cover the periods in history year by year can be seen as a detailed method which may have been constructed to provide the reader with a better understanding, it can be difficult to follow at times. Gilbert briefly explains the events and issues which were taking place in one country before quickly moving on to the next one. This can make it difficult to fully understand the issues at length due to the fact that the flow of the narrative and development of the themes are interrupted during some points. However, there are also some exceptions to this such as the description of the First World War, where Gilbert is able to write in extensive chronological details about the events that took place and the links between