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“The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures,” begins Paul Johnson’s remarkable new American history. “No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind.” Johnson’s history is a reinterpretation of American history from the first settlements to the Clinton administration. It covers every aspect of U.S. history–politics; business and economics; art, literatur… More >>
A History of the American People
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The Focus on the Family crowd is currently hyping this excrement on its “Boundless” right-wing PC website. That should tell you enough.
For a REAL history of the American PEOPLE, try Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States.
Rating: 1 / 5
Ha-ha. Another Paul Johnson gem. Had this been labeled “fiction” I’d give it five stars. Basically, this untiring Anlo-Saxon supremacist wants us to belive that Britain is the flower of humanity and the Americans are really well-disguised Englishmen. Oh, and the French are EVIL.
Rating: 1 / 5
Boy, am I glad I finally picked up this one. This has been fifth Johnson’s book I read; without this one, I would probably go on reading and have to un-learn even more.
Johnson’s writes in the grand tradition of British tabloid journalism: looking for sensation and scandal, with an abundance of often patronizing opinions and utter disregard for objectivity. As long as you do not know what he writes about, it is entertaining and enjoyable. As soon as you enter the subjects you are familiar with, you will either smile (if you like his bias) or open your eyes wide with horror.
So do yourself a favor, read about 10 pages from the last chapter and you will immediately know if this book is for you.
As for me, I am finished with Johnson!
Rating: 1 / 5
History means objectivity. This book is full of subjective statements about facts, wrong or inexistent documentation in many of its assertions, and a clear bias in its writing. Paul Johnson tries to convince us that the History of the U.S. has been a difficult journey with a magical, divine end. Statements like ‘for the first time in human history’, ‘the most important achievement of mankind’, ‘unknown in the rest of the world’ abound.
I was looking forward to finishing the book already after twenty pages. I would rather call this book ‘Stories of the American people’. Let us be serious.
I recommend the book as a good background reading before watching ‘Independence day’, or as a complement of Henry Kissinger’s memoirs.
Rating: 1 / 5
Having read most of the “standard” surveys of US History, I decided to try something different….to read a “liberal” and “conservative” work at the same time…I chose Johnson and Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History of the United States” …As for Zinn I can say he makes no effort to hide his bias up front and begs the reader to approach the work with that understanding. Not so with Johnson…he actually attempts to pass this work off as a serious, comprehensive, and “factual” history of this country. He overwhelms the reader with unimportant details, descriptions of trivia, and overblown conclusions: then he hides his incompetent scholarship with tons of footnotes and a lengthy bibliography, knowing full well that most readers will never reference them. Well I did, and so have other reviewers here, and the lack of reference to many recognized period classics of US History is beyond belief! (written by serious historians). (See other reviews) As far as commentary, by the time he reaches the 20th century, all pretense of serious history has been discarded. “”Conservatives could learn as much from those great historians Glenn Beck or Pat Buchannan….That makes sense I guess since Johnson is a “journalist”…..
Rating: 1 / 5