The 20th century revolutionized our world in almost every way: the rapid pace of change in politics, science and society has brought about a dizzying cocktail of disorder, development and decay. Yet this very complexitty makes it seem a tightly bundled knot of contradictory strainds and challenges. The Times Atlas of the 20th Century makes clear the vast panorama of the last 100 years and provides crucial signposts to the conflicts in the past that affect our present and the developments which are transforming our future...