Some events more than others have changed the pace and determined the direction that history has taken along its rugged path. Inconsistencies that are not always clearly evident occur much more frequently when the events of humanity speed up. Such was the case in the mid-20th century. In fact, after World War II, several historical events overlapped; new political and military balances, decolonisation, revolutionary technological advances, racial tensions, changes in the geographical economy, cultural and religious conflicts and unrelenting mass migrations. This book is dedicated to precisely those key events in our time; it uses a rich array of iconography to retrace what were to be the points of no return, the developments that would suddenly change the lives of many human beings. This book revisits the greatest events in recent history – from the Korean War that marked the beginning of the Cold War to the various revolutions of 1968, from conquering the moon to the birth of the internet, from the introduction of the Euro to the meeting for denuclearisation between President Trump and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un. Reliving the events makes it easier to understand the reasons and the origins of many of the milestones of contemporary history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This book revisits the greatest events in recent history – from the Korean War that marked the beginning of the Cold War to the various revolutions of 1968, from conquering the moon to the birth of the internet etc.
Introduction by Alfredo Luis Somoza 4
\n1950 – The Korean War 8
\n1953 – Coronation of Elizabeth II 16
\n1959 – The Cuban Revolution 18
\n1961 – The First Man in Space 22
\n1961 – The Construction of the Berlin Wall 24
\n1962 – The Discovery of DNA 28
\n1963 – The Vision of Martin Luther King Jr. 30
\n1963 – The Assassination of John F. Kennedy 34
\n1964 – The Vietnam War 36
\n1965 – The Assassination of Malcolm X 44
\n1967 – The Six-Day War 46
\n1967 – Flight from Biafra and Famine 52
\n1968 – The Prague Spring 56
\n1968 – Student Protests 60
\n1969 – The First Moon Landing 66
\n1969 – The Woodstock Festival 68
\n1972 – Bloody Sunday 72
\n1973 – Coup d’État in Chile 78
\n1973 – The Yom Kippur War
\nand the Oil Crisis 82
\n1974 – Watergate 88
\n1976 – The Foundation of Apple 92
\n1977 – The Space Probes Voyager 1 and 2 94
\n1978 – The Election of John Paul II 96
\n1979 – Khomeini’s Revolution in Iran 98
\n1979 – Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan 104
\n1979 – The Compact Disc 108
\n1986 – The Chernobyl Disaster 110
\n1987 – The First Intifada 114
\n1989 – The Protests in Tiananmen Square 118
\n1989 – The Fall of the Berlin Wall 120
\n1990 – The First Gulf War 124
\n1991 – The Serb-Croat Conflict 130
\n1991 – The Dissolution of the USSR 134
\n1991 – The Creation of the Internet 136
\n1992 – The Creation of the European Union 138
\n1993 – Peace Agreement
\nbetween Arafat and Rabin 140
\n1994 – The Rwandan Genocide 142
\n1994 – Nelson Mandela,
\nPresident of South Africa 146
\n2001 – The Attack on the Twin Towers 148
\n2003 – The Second Gulf War 152
\n2004 – The Birth of Facebook 158
\n2007 – Apple Presents the iPhone 160
\n2007 – The 21st Century Economic Crisis 162
\n2008 – The Election of Barack Obama 164
\n2010 – The Arab Spring 166
\n2011 – Earthquake, Tsunami,
\nand Nuclear Disaster in Japan 172
\n2011 – The Civil War in Syria 178
\n2011 – The Invasion of Libya
\nand the Killing of Gaddafi 182
\n2011 – The Killing of Osama bin Laden 186
\n2011 – The Exploration of Mars 188
\n2013 – The Resignation of Benedict XVI
\nand the Election of Francis 190
\n2014 – The Civil War in the Ukraine 192
\n2015 – Charlie Hebdo Shooting 196
\n2017 – The Fall of Raqqa,
\nCapital of the Islamic Caliphate 198
\n2020 – Brexit 202
\n2020 -The Covid-19 pandemic 204
\n2022 – The Russian Invasion of Ukraine 212
\n2022 – The death of Queen Elizabeth II 218
\nThe Authors \/ Photo Credits 222<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":45390,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[21063],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45389","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-history","7":"author-edited-by-alfredo-luis-somoza","8":"author-edited-by-lorenzo-sagripanti","9":"author-edited-by-margherita-giacosa","10":"publisher-white-star","12":"first","13":"instock","14":"shipping-taxable","15":"purchasable","16":"product-type-simple"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n