The other side of history : a unique view of momentous events from the last 60 years /
History is more than facts and figures, people and places, wars and politics, deaths and disasters. Stories are never fixed in stone; they continue to morph and evolve with every retelling. Author Simon Maier casts himself in the role of a hotelier who has worked in different cities around the world...
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Singapore :
Marshall Cavendish Edition,
[2017]
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; CONTENT; A NOTE; THE START; DON'T CRY FOR ME ARGENTINA: EVA PERÓN'S LAST BROADCAST; SNAKE HIPS: ELVIS PRESLEY CUTS HIS FIRST RECORD; STANDING UP FOR HER RIGHTS: ROSA PARKS DOES NOT GIVE UP HER SEAT; BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE DEEP RED SEA:NASSER SHUTS THE SUEZ CANAL; FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD: THE INSTANT NOODLE; THE LION IN LION CITY: LEE KUAN YEW COMES TO POWER; THE AMERICAN DREAM: JFK AND THE NEW RHETORIC; A BLACK DAY: THE ASSASSINATION OF MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.; ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE: THE BEATLES BREAK UP; LIGHT SIDE OF THE MOON: THE FIRST MOON LANDING.
- ENTER BILL GATES AND PAUL ALLEN: THE FIRST REAL HOME COMPUTERTHE GREAT DICTATOR: THE RISE AND RISE OF SADDAM HUSSEIN; DEATH COMES KNOCKING: INDIRA GANDHI'S ASSASSINATION; BORN FREE: NELSON MANDELA'S RELEASE FROM PRISON; THE TUNNEL: DEATH OF PRINCESS DIANA; AND IN THE END: THE HANDOVER OF HONG KONG; THE KILLING FIELDS: POL POT'S BRUTAL REGIME AND ITS END; REACHING FOR THE SKIES :THE PETRONAS TWIN TOWERS; TELLING THE TIME: THE BIG WORRY OF YEAR 2000; INTERLUDE; GROUND ZERO: 9/11; HELLO, HELLO: THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVENTION OF THE CELL PHONE.
- "ON SUCH A FULL SEA ARE WE NOW AFLOAT" A TSUNAMISPEAK LIKE A PRESIDENT: OBAMA'S ELECTION NIGHT SPEECH; THE BEAR GROWLS: RUSSIA'S ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA; THE JEWELS OF CHINA: ALIBABA IPO; THE STRANGER: FORMULA ONE NIGHT RACE; BIG GUNS: NORTH KOREA AS A NUCLEAR THREAT; THE END OF THE AFFAIR: HILLARY CLINTON'S CONCESSION SPEECH; THE OTHER SIDE OF HISTORY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.