The modern world did not begin with peace but with the memory of a war that failed to end conflict. The unresolved contradictions of the early twentieth century created the conditions for a second, greater confrontation. The years that followed reshaped every major system of human life: governance, economy, technology, culture, and the nature of power itself.
This book traces that transformation from 1939 to 2025. It follows the collapse of empire, the rise of superpowers, the spread of globalization, the fragmentation of the digital age, and the convergence of crises that defined the early twenty-first century. It is a record of acceleration and of the structures that emerged from it.