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Covering the beginnings of the 20th century up to the present day with great detail and depth, Encyclopedia of the Modern World contains more than 8,000 entries of comprehensive information unavailable in any other similar work. This highly detailed three-volume encyclopedia spans the full extent of world history since 1900, including world leaders, diplomacy, conflicts, government, explorers, inventions, music, literature, film, athletes, and more. This edition has been completely updated by a leading scholar in world history and now contains hundreds of new entries concerning recent events and approximately 300 photographs, illustrations, and maps. New entries include: Madeleine Albright Kofi Annan Osama Bin Laden Tony Blair  George W. Bush  William Jefferson Clinton  Clones and cloning Czech Republic East Timor European Union  Bill Gates  Globalization Human Genome Project  Islamism Stephen Jobs  Hamid Karzai Microsoft Napster  NASDAQ  Vladimir Putin  Al-Qaeda J.K. Rowling September 11, 2001  Tiger Woods  and many others.