I recently joined Booksneeze and this is the first book I chose to review. I am always interested to learn about the history and politics of other countries, so this was a perfect pick for me.

A Century Turns: New Hopes, New Fears deals with the last twenty years of American history. In this book, William J. Bennett writes about the events that shaped America as well as the rest of the world. From presidential elections, the fall of communism, the wars that America was involved in, the terrorist attack of 9/11, the execution of Saddam Hussein and many more, to the election of the first black president and the new hopes and fears that America faces today.

Although this may sound like a dull topic to many, there was not one moment when I was reading this book that I thought it was boring or slow. I have learned so much about American politics from this book, especially the time before Bill Clinton since I must admit that I did not know a lot about before. Being that I'm not American myself, it was very interesting to see the point of view on local and international events coming from an American. I had no idea who the author was before I read this book, however you can tell without a doubt that he is biased towards the Republicans. Having said that though I was pleased that he writes about the good and the bad of both the Democratic and Republican parties. Something else I enjoyed about this book is that it is full of facts and references, where I often found myself checking the references on certain topics for further reading.

I would say that this book is not for everyone, however if you're even slightly interested in American history and politics, you definitely need to read this one!