AGE OF EXTREMES 1914-1991
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Review: The last of Hobsbawm's Quartet - A very important document on the 20th century Europe although the author has a pronounced leftist slant. Review: A Grand Sweep - This is a magnificent book and can best be described as a grand sweep of the 20th Century. Considering that we went through two world wars, this was indeed the age of extremes. I'd like to quibble, as a good Asian, and say that he did not pay enough attention to the changes in Asia and Africa. He did mention these regions, but the weight given to them is low. Having said that, the western countries did dominate the age and, in the process, caused a lot of mayhem. Eric Hobsbawm was an excellent historian and a man who could weave a tale together. Weaving the complex threads of the 20th century into a composite whole is a magnificent achievement.
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The last of Hobsbawm's Quartet
A very important document on the 20th century Europe although the author has a pronounced leftist slant.
R**A
A Grand Sweep
This is a magnificent book and can best be described as a grand sweep of the 20th Century. Considering that we went through two world wars, this was indeed the age of extremes. I'd like to quibble, as a good Asian, and say that he did not pay enough attention to the changes in Asia and Africa. He did mention these regions, but the weight given to them is low. Having said that, the western countries did dominate the age and, in the process, caused a lot of mayhem. Eric Hobsbawm was an excellent historian and a man who could weave a tale together. Weaving the complex threads of the 20th century into a composite whole is a magnificent achievement.
A**R
Essential
Very useful and essential book.
B**R
Historical elegance
He is the best historian of our era and the qualifier to this is his periodicisation and depiction of the events not in factual but analytical form.
S**A
Excellent. Eric Hobswam needs no certification
Excellent.Eric Hobswam needs no certification. His rational approach and penetrative analysis to reveal unbiased historical truth is really gratifying.
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Good book
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