People's Century: 1900-1999

Age of Hope (1900)
　　Optimism reigns as the new century begins
　　Killing Fields (1916)
　　Marching to glory, soldiers face death on an industrial scale in a ghastly global war
　　Red Flag (1917)
　　Communism brings hope-and horrors-to Russia's millions
　　Lost Peace (1919)
　　The hope for a new world order
　　On the Line (1926)
　　Mass production forever alters the lives of workers and consumers
　　Great Escape (1927)
　　The world forgets its troubles and falls in love with the movies
　　Breadline (1929)
　　Economic depression triggers unemployment on a global scale
　　Sporting Fever (1930)
　　Fans root for the home team in a sports craze that pushes nationalism to new levels
　　Master Race (1933)
　　Nazism overtakes German society
　　Total War (1939)
　　Civilians become targets-contributing to the war effort with their labor and their lives
　　Fallout (1945)
　　Nuclear energy is unleashed
　　Brave New World (1945)
　　A "cold" war embroils the US and the Soviet Union in a contest of ideologies
　　Freedom Now (1947)
　　Colonial rule is overthrown in Asia and Africa
　　Boomtime (1948)
　　Post-war prosperity transforms lifestyles and cultural values in the United States and abroad
　　Asia Rising (1951)
　　From the ashes of war, Japan and Korea rise to economic prominence
　　Living Longer (1952)
　　Medical advances further the fight against disease
　　Endangered Planet (1959)
　　Runaway growth brings prosperity at a price
　　Skin Deep (1960)
　　Rac