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Summary: Once again a viewpoint of media bias
Review: Never mind that one can not effectively cover the key events of the twentieth century in 600 pages (as many of the previous reviews have stated). But why are we subjected to the biased viewpoints of Peter Jennings. Reflected in this book are blatant attacks on anyone who holds ideological views opposite of the media. While I had hoped that Jennings would have written an accurate historical book and let the facts lie where they may I instead found him espousing historical revisionism or the sole viewpoint of the liberal media (the media's own surveys show that Jennings, et.al. are 85% white, college educated, liberal, do not attend church, etc; hardly main stream America).Of particular note was his revisionism of the 80's. Whatever one's political viewpoint not one-ounce of credit is given to the man who won two landslide elections by the American people and is predominately responsible for ending the Cold War and gave us the greatest economic expansion is history. I guess Jennings is correct (along with the rest of the media) that we, the American People, are poor, uneducated and easy-to-command and we were wrong to have elected Ronald Reagan to two terms as President of the United States. Regards
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Summary: Interesting for what is included
Review: I liked the book, it is very readable and the pictures and sidebars help maintain interest. Obviously no single book (even at 600 pages) can cover every significant event of the century. I focused more on what the authors selected for inclusion and their heavy emphasis on wars. I was also struck by similarities between the periods 1918-1929 and 1988-1999.
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Summary: Jennings neglects Titanic movie and Armenians
Review: In his book that presumes to review the past century, Jennings neglects to cover three important things that happened this century - the sinking of the Titanic, the release of the Titanic movie, and the Armenian genocide or something. For this reason, I must strongly denounce the book and its author and call on all decent Armenians, Love Boat passengers and all those who watched "The Titanic" to boycott the sale of this utterly wreckless pillorying or something of the last hundred years.
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Summary: yada yada yada
Review: The question isn't what the book leaves out. Armenians, Italians, the Titanic -- OK, but what do you want from one book, fat as it is? My beef is that it's so predictable. Nothing surprising, nothing daring, nothing unconventional, nothing I couldn't have gotten from Life magazine, but the whole thing is shot through with this smug sense of "Has ABC News got a Century for you!" Clearly what they really wanted were blockbuster bestseller and an anointed "intellectual" anchor.
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Summary: "Armenian Genocide"
Review: 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?
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Summary: Don't look to this book to cover everything
Review: The point of the book (as well as the History Channel series) is to provide historical accounts by people who witnessed these events first hand. Sure, it is somewhat lacking before 1920, but that is because most of the people who were around for those events are dead. That is also why some of the later events are more complete. There is a bigger supply of witnesses. There is no way to include everything. I thought that it made a good attempt to show the history from the common man's perspective. Sure, it is biased, and it does not include every major event. Don't read it for interpretation of the events, read it for the personal accounts. That is something that you won't get from most history books. I recommend the audio book. There's nothing like hearing the voices.
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Summary: Surprised at omissions
Review: Among other omissions, Peter Jennings failed to mention the first Genocide of this Century, the Armenian Genocide of 1915 - 1923. I am surprised as the Armenian Genocide is certainly the predecessor of and example for the other 20th Century genocides.
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Summary: Unbelieveable all the pictures where outstanding
Review: The pictures and the captions make you keel like you are living it again
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Summary: If Jennings were re-writing history it would be much shorter
Review: HOW COULD A MAN OF JENNINGS CALIBER WRITE A BOOK ENTITLED "THE CENTURY" AND FORGET TO INCLUDE THE SINKING IF THE TITANIC? THERE ARE ABOUT TWO OR THREE OTHER BOOKS ON THE MARKET WHICH COVER THE 20TH CENTURY. MY ADVICE IS TO GO AND FIND THEM AND BUY ANY OF THOSE AND NOT THIS ONE.
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Summary: Biased
Review: After reading this book, I never thought there could be such a biased book on history. Not once did Jennings talk about the Italian people and how they effected America. The inventions the Italian made, the famouse people. He did not even have the decency to give a brief page or two about the mafia. Instead he talks about prohibition from an Irish point of view? He could of at least said that the Italians were the largest minority to send men over to fight for America in World War 2. I feel this book is biased toward other nationalities as well.
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