Short twentieth century

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Created in analogy to brother era names felt to overlap specific time periods, the Short Twentieth Century is a term used by some historians to denote the period 1914—1992 (or perhaps a couple of years later, depending on when one dates the end of the Cold War), where World War I and the fall of the Soviet Union represented such significant changes in world history as to redefine the era.

See also:

• The long 19th century
• Eighty Years' War (1914-1995)
• American Century
• Eric Hobsbawm' The Age of Extremes: The Short Twentieth Century, 1914-1991