Author Information: Tat Wood is the author of the About Time series, which brings science, politics, and British social theory to an American audience. He has worked in education, teaching English and history to adults and young adults, and has contributed numerous essays to books published by IB Tauris, University of Manchester Press, and Virgin Books. Dorothy Ail is a recent Harvard graduate with a major in Government and a minor in History. During her studies, she worked as a researcher for the book "Citizenship, Faith and Feminism." Dorothy recently co-authored About Time Volume 7 with Tat Wood and plans to work on further volumes in the future.

Blurb: What happened to the Roman Empire? Why was the Magna Carta so important? What led to World War I? Why did the USSR collapse? World History in Minutes provides concise answers to these questions.