As the year 2000 approaches, historians are looking back, prognosticators are looking forward, and everybody is looking for a party. You can never go wrong by cozying up with a good book . . . This enormous tome presents about ten powerful photos per year that reveal some of the most historically significant events since 1899. By letting each image stand alone on a page, accompanied by only short, simple, straightforward cut-lines, editor Bruce Bernard truly lets the pictures speak for themselves. In his preface, Bernard explains that pictures of man's inhumanity are often strongest and push others aside.
Century is very disturbing.
And that's fine with Bernard. Our Century in Pictures . These icons of our age lose not an ounce of impact by being familiar. All the events covered are put into context with wonderful essays written by experts in each field. Eyewitness to the 20th Century stays true to the magazine's long tradition of educating and enlightening.