The impact of photography, with its permutations and manipulations, has created incredible images of human hope and suffering throughout the 20th century. Inured as readers may be to the sights of our age, anyone who leafs through the astonishing chronicle that is Bruce Bernard's Century cannot fail to be impressed and moved by this vast visual document of the past 100 years. Weighing in at around 10 pounds and containing more than 1,000 photographs, this significant document of 100 years of human history displays Bernard's 30 years of experience as a picture editor with the Sunday Times Magazine.

Preface

Look,We Have Come Through Bruce Bernard

1899-1914

High Hopes and Recklessness

Contemporary Voices

Photographs

Historical Background

1914-33

Self-Inficted Wonds Remain Infected

Contemporary Voices

Photographs

Historical Background

1933-45

Rise and Fall of the Unspeakable

Contemporary Vpices

Photographs

Historical Background

1945-65

Atomic Truce Walks a Tightrope

Contemporary Voices

Photographs

Historical Background

1965-85

Vietnam to the Moon to Soviet Collapse

Contemporary Voices

Photographs

Historical Background

1986-99

Chaos and Hope on a Burdened Planet

Contemporary Voices

Photographs

Historical Background

Index

Acknowledgements