Caner's review
A History of the American People by Paul Johnson
Caner's review
rating:
bookshelves: currently-reading
recommended for: general public
status: Read in April, 2007
rating:
bookshelves: currently-reading
recommended for: general public
status: Read in April, 2007
"Johnson’s book on the other hand seems exactly like the old fashioned conservative history that Zinn writes against. Johnson's conservatism is very clear and easy to see through. Take for instance this quote about the 1960s:
The Sixties were one of those meretricious decades were novelty was considered all-important, and youth peculiarly blessed. Normally circumspect men and women, who had once made a virtue of prudence, and were to resume responsible behavior in due course, did foolish things in those years. Such waves of folly recur periodically in history. (pp.845)
Anyhow when I came back to Berlin I still took the Johnson book with me because it’s far more informative for the beginner and a very good read. "
The Sixties were one of those meretricious decades were novelty was considered all-important, and youth peculiarly blessed. Normally circumspect men and women, who had once made a virtue of prudence, and were to resume responsible behavior in due course, did foolish things in those years. Such waves of folly recur periodically in history. (pp.845)
Anyhow when I came back to Berlin I still took the Johnson book with me because it’s far more informative for the beginner and a very good read. "
