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