I agreed to review this book cause it was the only book available at BookSneeze at the moment and I needed something to read, I was looking for fiction, but had to do with this one …. and frankly I’m actually glad that I read this book. Here is a very short review.
You want to brush up your American history, pick up this book. This book is not just American history, it talks about it’s future too. Subjects such as politics, pop culture, economics, technology, war and religion have also been touched.
He has curiously remained neutral throughout the book, even at place where I thought he would not be. J. Bennett is analysing American history in this book and this book is not objective as the first two volumes. His personal comments are in footnotes and they are very interesting – don’t miss them.
This book is also a reminder of how much has changed in the past 20 years -
Twenty years ago in our political and popular culture, there was no Fox News Channel; there was no Tonight Show with Jay Leno, no American Idol, no Jonas Brothers, no Taylor Swift, no Hannah Montana.
The tone of the book is very interesting –
Twenty years is a long time. Twenty years ago, if you had asked someone to “e-mail me” or said, “check out my website (or blog),” or began a phrase with “www” or asked if an article was “available online” or tried to tell someone what was on your “iPod playlist,” you would have received a blank stare. “Amazon” was known simply as a forest in South America, “blackberry” was a fruit, and “Google” meant nothing.
This short review is already longer than I meant it to be. American students, and people interested in American history will benefit most from this book.
This book is a complimentary copy provided to me by Thomas Nelson Publishers from BookSneeze for review purpose.
More info about the book here.
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