Table Of ContentGreaMty sterieosf t he2 0tChe ntury
the
•
U
nex
GreaMty sterieosft he2 0tChe ntury
JENNRYNA DLES
INDEX
Firsptu blishienGd r eaBtr itaiinn1 994b y
AnayaP ublishLeirmsi te3dr dF looSrt,r odHeo use
44-5O0s naburgSht reLeotn donN WI 3ND
Textc opyri©g h1t994J ennyR andles
All righrtess ervNeod .p arotf t hipsu blicatmiaoybn e
reproducsetdo,r eidna retriesvyaslt eomr,t ransmitt,e d
ina nyf ormo rb ya nym eanse,l ectromneicch,a nical,
photocopyriencgo,r dionrog t herwiwsiet,h otuhte
priowrr ittpeenr missoifot nh ec opyrigohwtn er.
BritiLsihb raCrayt aloguiinnP gu blicaDtaitoan
RandleJse,n ny
TheU nexplainGerde:a Mty steroifet sh e2 0thC entury
I.T itle
001.9
ISBN1 -85740 -178(-h9a rdbaocnkl y)
ISBN1 -85740 -086(-p3a perbaocnkl y)
DesignbedyG lynnP ickerill
DesigPnr oductbiyoT nh eR & B Partnership
EditebdyJ ohnG ilbert
Printaendd b oundi nP ortugal
Coveprh otograbpyhF so rteaPni ctuLrieb rary
Frontispioefa c mee,d iump roduciencgt oplaisnam
1920e xperimebnytF ,o rteaPni ctuLrieb rary
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
6
19��]9�9
rrhNee w Centurv 8
I
191�[1919
Portenotfs\ Var 20
ln�J19l9
rrheR oarinrgl \venties 36
19J�]9J9
A Shrinki\nrgV orlcl 44
194�JI949
Disastaenrd R ecovery 52
191�]1919
AlieEnn counters 66
196�]969
TheS pacRea ce 86
19]79�7 9
Challenogfet heP aranonnalI0 2
198�]989
Socieatnyd t heU ncxplaineId I4
T�1e9 9��
�rheF uturBee ckons I26
aonn�w ar�...
I 83
FurtheRre ading 139
I42
Index
Acknowledgen1ents 144
INTRODUCTION
uring thet wenteithc enturyt hes tarnegst
D
thinghsa vhe appenedb othi nt hew orldosf
sicence and poafar sicence.
So-callneodr maslc ienhcaesw itnesas ed
revloutiosno i mmenes ast oe quaolr e vens urpass
thsoep ioenerebdy N ewton andG aleiol.v Veh ave
reachuedp waradn do utwardi tnos pac,e
DrJWIIo1rtg h e probedt hei nteiroro ft hea otm,
'JerDseevy1 l'.
Phrlacfiv eelnprhnig< J discorveedh didenr adiatniso,
Bu/ljedtnrun1d.9ry 0 9
revealae gdh osutni verfsilele dw ith
tmie-tarvellinpgh antoamnsd c reated
tehcnolgoicamli ralceusn foreseeenv enb y
thew riteorfss ceincfeci tino.T hes niiesrt
sidteo t hesea chieemventsi st he
unleahsinogf n autralc aatstorpheasn d
thefo ringgo fw eaponcsap abloefe nding
lifoen E arht.N o signlece nturyi nh istory
canm atcht hirse corodfi vnentvieness,
with uintilsmt iedp oetntiafolrc retaion
andd esturctino.
Int he wakeo ft hsi�o- allJoi�uin cha�< rre
byt he forceosf r aotinalishma sc omea
delgueo fp aranormaplh enoemnaIh at
semest oh earlda returtno tdhiset anagte
ofs upersttiino.\ Veh aveb eena skedt ob elieivne
f�tiarnidess pa cemne,w e haves oughtf (Jmre aning
ITJ
inp asltie vsa ndw e havue sedc omputerst op robe
thef utreu.O uro cenash avet eetuweidt mho ntsers,
ourf iledhsa ev beens pecklweitdh m ysetrious
cicrelsa ndo urs kiseh aveb eeno vefrlowbny
dazzlinflget eso fU FOs.
Its eemasp propriatteh,ec eatnsu rdyr awtso a
clsoet,o r evietwh el ogbooofkt he lashtu ndredy ears,
examinisnogme o ft heser emarkaebvlneets a nd
develmoepnttso s eeh owt hisnm gayi nter-relate.
To thsie ndI h aved eviesda chornologyo ft en
moste xtaroridnaryd ecad,ed sesrcbiinmga nyo f
thebr oda trendasn di nidviudalmvstertihetas
I
havep arallealneddo, ft eno uttsirppe,dt here alist ie
ofI �Katn d tlh�em tasoiffe isic ot.nT heyh aev
woventh eri way,l kiea ni nvibsliet hraedt,h rough SwJ ohnH unlte aditnhgeE verest
exped1toifo1 n9 5T1h e
thea nnlaso ft hsil asncaiting H1malhaayvaeb see nt hes cene
ofs everal aslilgehgte1odnf tg hse
periodt o crea;: ttalpee sotfr y Abom1nSanbolwem an.
awesombeea utoyusthining
,
antyhinignt hep ageosf t he
AmbimN1i ghts.
Soc limabb oarodu rm agic
carpfeto ra r idteh orught he
twentiectehn tur\yV.h o
knowsw hawto ndesrw e
shacloln foint·?
ITJ
THEN EWC ENTURY
;\
st he twenteithce ntruyd awned,t hanskt o
fi_
Darwinst hoerv ofe voultionth,e bitrho f
' '
psycohanalyassip si oenerebdy S imgund Freud
and the eexrpimtelanr esearocfAh n toPna vlvo,
scineces eemde doset oc retainagn o rdreed,
prdeictawbolrel pde olpedb ya uotmataa: g odless
Unievrsew itnho s pi,r intsoo ualn dn oa heriell.
Moree nocuraginwge ret hefi rls�lt1t ierngst pes
inot a� ravi-tfvreeen voinrmenatss ciesntsta ind
u '
aviatrosc onevrteadge -olddre amsi ntor elai.t y
Yeta,st arditionalr elgiiodne clidn,te heh uman
spriirteb elledc.r etiangn ewm odeso fe xperssion
f(:>r itisnn erw orlda,s i f ptroo vteo s ceincet haatll
wasn otq utiea ss imlpea si ste eemd.
[JJ
BoxingD ay.t het ul-emee n lefitn c harge
19��
had vanishe:'\do. weaponsh ad been
FERBUYA R
14
toucheadn dt herwea sn ot racoef a disrtu
THEV ANISHGI ANTH ANGINRGO CK banceT.h el ast elnotgrb yy t hem en.d ated
15 Decemberr,e ferrteodt he calmneosfs
Oneo fth em osta stoniinsgdh isappearancetshe seaa fter etnhdei nogfa starnge storm
on recortd ook placaet H angingRo ck, notr enlrdetdw etn�m·i leasw aya,n dm en
ncar:\ lcloburnc\,' inor:iu\as,t ralTihai.s toined thatt heyw erea fraipdr,a yinagn d
wasr ecordiedn1 h eb ookP irnait1c / aginng allirimntgh a'tG odi so Yearl 'l.
RotbyhJ oanL insday( 1967a)n,dw asa lso
thes ubjeocfta nc th crcaaln de eri1e9 57
19�1
filomf t hes ame tibtyl Pee te\r\ 'eTihre.
JUNE
booka,l thoulgahb elal neodv eils,b yi mpli
catiobna sed on ICttt retl.lo sfa school AN EARYL CLOSEEN COUNTER
partoyn a dayo utniga tt hei solabteeadu ty
spota,n dh m,·f ourt eneageg irlasn da The firsrctc onlcddo see nocunteorf t he
femaltee achvearn ishaefdt esre tntgio ffi,n thirkdi nd( ora liecno ntacotc)c urreadt
sighotf mancyol leagtuoe se.x plao rroec k Bournborok\,\ 'ei\slti dlanEdnsg,l anwdh,e n
lace in butshhe.O ne girrle trunedi na ano bjelfile k a 'hutw'a ss een a igna rdebny
slatoefd eeps hcok.A notheri,na ne qularl ay outhI.tc ontaitnweods lllmaelnl.u nde4r
caattonriocn diitonw,a sf ounad weelkae tr. feetta lwle,a riknhg akis uiatns dh elmteso,n e
:'\eithecro uledx plawihna t hado cucrred. of whom approachtehde w imessb d(lre
The thremei snsgi memberso ft hep art}' rctumiinnsgi deTh.e o �jle nfcateadn c lcr
werel lCc\r found. A strangpei nkc loud trcialg lowa rounidt bsa sea nd toooikls 'k y
seenh m·erinnge arb r reifnorcedt he wardw iht wah ooshinnogi se.
superntaura,l· ietwh atth erh ads lpiepd
intaon othcdt·im ensoino rt imeT.h ee vent
119 �1
sttrL(a· ckl 10rdde epi nt hep sychbee cause
0A UGUST
ofi tdsi rernh aclnlge tos (·icnotmin(iip(o·
tencOen. theo thehra ndw,h ereamsa nro f TIMSELIAPT VERSAILLES
thep eoplaen dp laredisd h istoriecxailslty,
theJ oanL indsayn o\'erlo ntaisnesr ious Two Englissrhh oloteacsh,cA rnne:\ tuber
errorosff; lcatn dn o contemproarmye dia leya ndE leanJooru rdaiwne,r eo nh oliday
accounts rteof tehre v anishin\g\s'.h en in FranceV.i sintgi theg ruonds of the
askeidn 1 97i7fs heh adi nventeidta llth,e Palacoef Versail01l1e as hots unny day,
authorre plieedni,g maitcaltlhya,tt h is wast hey clatiomh eadv e been promjoercet ed
impossitbola en wser becaus'ef aactn df ic thana centurbya cki nt imeT.h eyc ame
tioanr es od osclivn tretwined'. acrostsh eP ettT irainont,h e smcahlalt eau
I
giYcbny L ouisX \'1t ol\ larie-,\ntaosn iette,
ith adb eeno n1 0A ugus1t7 92t,h eh sitroic
19��
day when theF rencrho yafla milwya s
MI-DEDCEMBER
forceldo f leTeh. e1 w o womenw andered
THEL IGHTHOUDSISEA PEPARACNE pathwa\'St hatn o lonegt·e xiesdt,s aw
people olindf -ahsionecdol tihnga nde ven
On G Dc(·embe.rJ,o sep:\hl oorJee lflo r witnessae dw oman busyp anitingwh o
three weleckas\'f' reo mt he deoslatEei lean straedt hemt il.lit nt he face and tbhme· e
:\lorl igthhousoen theF luananI lsesw,e st resemblanocfe :\ larico-iAnntetleh erself.
ofL ewisS,c oltand\.'\ hehne returneod n Onlyf (llnlgow liate\r' istiott sh es cene.
THNEE WCN ETURY
