Link: Historic Events of the 20th Century

About: Historic Events of the 20th Century contains the following e-books: The Civil Rights Movement, The Collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union, The Holocaust, Islamic Fundamentalism, World War I and World War II. Each of these resources features a narrative history and analysis with primary documents, biographical profiles, hyperlinked chronologies, glossaries, photos, maps, over 1,800 web links and multimedia resources. 

To locate these books in the ABC-Clio ebooks database, simply enter the title you are looking for in the search box at the top left of the page. Full text.

Dates of Coverage: 1914-1999.

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