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A History of the 20th Century
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- Jesse Roedema
- 08-26-24
Good, but leaves you wanting more
Disclaimer: I was provided a free copy of this title for review.
A history buff looking for something new should probably pass on this title, but this is great for entry level history fans or even just listeners/readers that aren't familiar with some decades. it touches on the important parts of each decade and tries to create a detailed picture of the century, but at the end of the day it just feels like the author decided he would dedicate an hour to each decade and that would be good enough.
At times I felt myself going "oooh, something interesting", only for the fact to end and move on to the next tidbit. perhaps I'm being too unfair to this book. It did the best it could in the length that it was-- I just wish it had been longer.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-24
Compact overview of the century
Manages to bundle mainlines of history and many aspects of it in the short bundle. Overall I appreciated the result even though it mostly just scratched the surface and was quite west centric. The reader fits the subject matter well and my only grief was that there were sections that sounded like they were originally info boxes and stuck out tumbling the flow of the book
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- must love dogs
- 08-15-24
A global look at history
In Highschool, I never enjoyed the huge amount of details and dates we had to learn by heart about very regionally limited aspects of history.
So I thought it would be fun to take in history in a different format, and an opportunity to close any gaps I had to due that previous aversion.
This book looks at global history and the greater connections, and I enjoyed that very much. Performance is good and pretty matter of fact, as you’d expect for a non fiction history book.
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- MFHRaptor
- 08-18-24
Bullet points on the timeline of the 20th century
A thorough, albeit very concise timeline of the 20th century's most important events. It would definitely benefit from having the print material to follow along.
There is a lot to unpack in the complex and dense history of the past century, so this book can serve as a guide to those interested in locating and linking specific periods along the course of that era before unravelling them.
(I received this title free, but I present my honest opinion)
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- Steffen Hess
- 08-21-24
A good overview
It is a good bock if someone looks for an overview of the 20th century. The VA is good and hebinformation is to the point, but to an ex-historian it requires more conclusions. If you are curious about this defining age, it is definetly worth a read. For people who are already familiar with the century, it is just a list of dates.
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