![]() ![]() Johnson has opinions and is not afraid to share them. (The audio, which I have, is done by Nadia May, too.) A knowledge of Latin phrases is helpful. It is a great companion to his "A History of the American People". I do not feel they detract from the overall thesis. There are some errors in the book, which is going to happen in a book this large. But he backs his theories up with abundant facts. ![]() The book derides moral relativism, defends Nixon, hates Communism, and describes the 1960s as "America's Suicide Attempt". This is a history of the western world from the 1920s (he posits that the confirmation of Einstein's theory is the beginning of the "modern" age) through the 1990s. ![]() And you get them in all arenas, political, ideological, and artistic. Johnson believes history is made by individuals. This is more of a history-as-biography as opposed to ideological concepts. His grasp of history (going back to antiquity) is astonishing and seemingly nonchalant. But it is just one more voice speaking and should be heard. That is going to enrage some people and please others. This is the opposite of A People's History of the United States. It should be read widely, but given current trends in academia, it will not be. He explains his theories well and gives a great narrative flow to his take on forces of history. Given his age and education in England, he is going to form a killer sentence. ![]() He is an excellent writer, meaning, he writes well. Paul Johnson is a journalist turned historian. ![]()
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