1956 The World in Revolt

An interesting idea.  Looking at the seeds of many of the social revolutions that manifested themselves later in the century:  Civil Rights Movement, South Africa, revolts in Eastern Bloc countries, new music and film in the West, shake-ups in the Soviet Union.
While worth a look, I found it a bit long.  Chapters tend to circle back to the same themes without really adding a lot more to the discussion.

The interesting idea is seeing the roots of change that were to play out later in the century.