The Century by Peter Jennings, Todd Brewster Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Century
Book Review: "Armenian Genocide"
Summary: 5 Stars
I just recieve the book in the mail, after having carefully reviewed in several book stores. I just would like to remind the readers that do not like the book, because it does not contain anything on the so called "Armenian Genocide", that they have to do more than repeating the same "genocide happened" argument again and again. The people, especially Americans are wise enough not to believe something only because it is repeated over and over again (without any formal proof), and especially only by the Armenian fanatics.Why do we not leave it to the historians to discuss who killed who, instead of making arguments only because we are Armenian origin?
Book Review: 21st Century bunk
Summary: 1 Stars
Only Jennings would print a book a year too yearly. What if something major happens before the 21st century starts next year? Do some research (like he didn't).Book Review: A Chance to Learn from the Past
Summary: 5 Stars
If you were bored by history classes and history textbooks during your elementary or high school days and eventually turned off on the subject, this is the book that can awaken a new interest. However, for people under the age of 30 some of the events described are beyond their memory and may hold no more interest than an account of a marriage ceremony in ancient Persia. But for those who were alive during World War II and experienced both the recovery and the traumas that followed, the descriptions will evoke vivid memories and give pause when the text suggests better or worse conditions that could have followed. In Amazon there are other positive reviews of this book that provide additional reasons for buying it that need not be repeated here. Some negative reviews state the book is incomplete and superficial. Those miss the point. In the first pages the authors confess to the reader that their choices of events and level of detail were personal and selective. This book is not intended as a vehicle for research on world politics, disasters, and human achievement. Each chapter could be expanded into a whole volume. The approach that provides the value and readability that makes the book enjoyable is the skill demonstrated by the authors in first providing overarching and summary statements of the events and forces at work during each period, then zeroing in with clear, meaningful, and sometimes excruciating detail of moments in the life of individuals caught up in the event. There is pleasure in experiencing this swing between the general and the specifics of what happened in the last 100 years to humankind, but the reader should be prepared for the pain of being reminded that aside from a few unavoidable natural disasters, most of the suffering in those 100 years was brought on by human beings themselves. This book points out how people can be unexplicably cruel or act stupidly on the basis of little information. Although there are stories of extreme kindness and courage, this book describes a world that is not getting any better.Book Review: A Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
I found this book to be very enjoyable. The pictures were wonderful. I realized that I had experienced most of what was in the book or I had a relative that had lived through that period. Looking at some of the pictures was like seeing pictures of my own family. Other pictures and writing reminded me of the things that I have experienced during my life. I think that is what this book was meant to do. I do not think that it was meant to be an exact treatise of American history or to neglect world history, but to help us to remember the remarkable things that have happened during this century.Book Review: A SPLENDID HISTORY OF THE CENTURY
Summary: 5 Stars
EXTREMELY READABLE AND SETS A VERY HIGH STANDARD FOR THE MANY BOOKS ON THE SAME SUBJECT SURE TO FOLLOW. VERY UNUSUAL ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT PRESENTS THE STORY FROM THE "LITTLE PEOPLE'S" EXPERIENCE WHICH MAKES IT ALL THE MORE FACINATING. I HESITATE TO MENTION ONE SMALL HISTORICAL ERROR: GEORGE V AND WILHELM II WERE DECENDANTS OF QUEEN VICTORIA - NICHOLAS II WAS NOT. GEORGE V AND NICHOLAS WERE FIRST COUSINS SINCE THEIR MOTHERS WERE SISTERS. NICHOLAS' WIFE ALEXANDRA, HOWEVER WAS A GRANDDAUGHTER OF QUEEN VICTORIA.