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Historians already try to make a '''survey of the twentieth century'''. One purpose of history is to see long periods as a whole or at least to discover some overall trends. In general there is agreement about the fact that the twentieth century was an age of extreme tensions and war, especially in Europe or through Europe.  The concrete views differ and there are several attempts to define the past century.

===The European civil war=== 

(contracted; show full)ertheless, there are some remarkable similarities. The Dutch war started with irreconcilable tensions between catholics and protestants. It was not won by one of both parties but ended in the [[United Provinces of the Netherlands]], where [[catholicism]] and [[protestantism]] could coexist. The European war ended in a comparable [[European Union]], with coexistance of the former intolerant "[[Left-wing politics|left]]" and "[[Right-wing politics|right]]".

===A turning point===

Others 
definecite as a turning point at the end of [[World War II]], deividing the century in two different halfs. Especially tThe [[atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki]] made (possible) warfare completely different. in particular redefined the paramaters of warfare.

===Important phases (in Europe especially)===  
*[[1914]] [[World War I]], until 1918
*[[1917]] [[Russian Revolution|Lenin’s Bolshevist coup]] and [[Russian Civil War]], until 1922
*[[1919]] [[Versailles Treaty]]
*[[1920]] The [[Red Army]] in Poland
*[[1922]] [[March on Rome]],  [[Mussolini]]’s [[fascism|fascist]] coup
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==Reference==
*[[Eric Hobsbawm|Hobsbawm, Eric]] ''The Age Of Extremes : A History Of The World, 1914-1991'', New York : Pantheon Books, 1994. 
*[[Ernst Nolte|Nolte, Ernst]] ''Der europäische Bürgerkrieg 1917–1945: Nationalsozialismus und Bolschewismus'' Frankfurt : Proyläen, 1987. 

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