In the style of his Minimal History of Spain (2012), Juan Pablo Fusi covers in brief chapters the contemporary history of the world, its civil wars and its great conflagrations: from the American and French revolutions, the industrial revolution, the First World War, the revolution. Soviet, fascism, Spanish civil war, World War II, decolonization, the end of the dominance of Europe and the beginning of the era of globalization after the fall of the Berlin Wall until today. It contemplates the great transformations that have occurred in these almost 225 years in the economy, society, technology, science and culture in the different continents, drawing a complete fundamental panorama to understand the history of our time and the world in which The book includes maps, a chronology and a recommended bibliography.