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20th Century
The 20th century was the period between January 1, 1901 and December 31, 2000 inclusive. It was the tenth and last century of the 2nd millennium. It is distinct from the century known as the 1900s (sometimes written 19XX), which began on January 1, 1900 and ended December 31, 1999.
The century had the first global-scale wars between world powers across continents in World War I and World War II. Nationalism became a major political issue in the world in the 20th century, acknowledged in international law along with the right of nations to self-determination, official decolonization in the mid-c ...more
The century had the first global-scale wars between world powers across continents in World War I and World War II. Nationalism became a major political issue in the world in the 20th century, acknowledged in international law along with the right of nations to self-determination, official decolonization in the mid-c ...more
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Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
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Then, leaning back in his chair, [Shelby] Foote began to speak a bit more personally, as I'd hoped he would. "It's been a helluva century," he went on. "I was born during the First World War, spent my adolescence in the Depression and came of age in the Second World War. This is the bloodiest century there ever was." He paused, smiling into his pipe. "Now I'm living to see another terrible thing--the South joining the party of Lincoln.
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― Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
― Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War
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