Download or read book A Short History of the Twentieth Century written by John Lukacs and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great themes woven through John Lukacs's spirited, concise history of the twentieth century are inseparable from the author's own intellectual preoccupations: the fading of liberalism, the rise of populism and nationalism, the achievements and dangers of technology, the continuing democratization of the globe, and the limitations of knowledge.