{"product_id":"the-titans-of-the-twentieth-century-9780197823835","title":"The Titans of the Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Michael Mandelbaum\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Oxford UP\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP\u003cbr\u003e • Subject: History\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAn engaging and original historical portrait of eight of the most influential political figures of the twentieth century: Woodrow Wilson, Lenin, Hitler, Churchill, FDR, Gandhi, David Ben-Gurion, and Mao.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Titans of the Twentieth Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e addresses an age-old question: what is the impact of individuals on history? The first half of the twentieth century offered political leaders enormous scope for changing the world. This book consists of essays about eight who, for better and for worse, did just that.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWoodrow Wilson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e had a vision for a cooperative world order that failed after the First World War but gained in influence after the Second.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eVladimir Ilich Lenin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e founded the totalitarian communist political system that controlled a large part of the planet for much of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAdolf Hitler \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003estarted history's worst war and presided over history's worst atrocity, the Holocaust.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWinston Churchill \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eprovided inspiring leadership to Great Britain, which made it possible to defeat Nazi Germany in World War II.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFranklin D. Roosevelt \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esteered the United States through the Great Depression and the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMohandas Gandhi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e led the movement, and developed the philosophy of non-violence, that ended British rule in South Asia, paving the way for the end of empires throughout Asia and Africa.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eDavid Ben-Gurion\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e led the miraculous restoration of Jewish sovereignty in the Holy Land.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMao Zedong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, imposed totalitarian communist rule on China and became history's most egregious mass murderer.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Individually, each chapter offers fresh and often surprising portraits of the twentieth century's titans. Collectively, the essays present a vivid and revealing portrait of a turbulent half-century that shaped the world of today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford UP","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45662613536919,"sku":"9780197823835","price":1117.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780197823835.webp?v=1769295164","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-titans-of-the-twentieth-century-9780197823835","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}