A History of the American People

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'A masterly survey-readable, intelligent and, depending on your point of view, either annoyingly or endearingly cranky" -Newsweek
The book is a magnificent achievement Its epic tone befits the subject. The author brilliantly combines broad sweep with extraordinary detail."
-Wall Street JovmAL
"Arresting contentions and pieces of fascinating oddball information. . . . The book also offers a rare opportunity to witness someone trying to make senSe of all 400 years of American history and to discQver what 'tr^n^endous lessons' it holds for Americans and 'the rest of mankind.'"
-N. Y. Times Book Review
"Vivid and memorable writing proves that history can still be lite^rature."
-jviitional Review
"What Johnson has done is to recapture the idea of progress and the theme that progress is measured in terms of the growth of liberty and accountable government." -W^jshington Times
"A fresh, readable and provocative survey. He is full of opinions. . . . And Johnson can be very... Tovább

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'A masterly survey-readable, intelligent and, depending on your point of view, either annoyingly or endearingly cranky" -Newsweek
The book is a magnificent achievement Its epic tone befits the subject. The author brilliantly combines broad sweep with extraordinary detail."
-Wall Street JovmAL
"Arresting contentions and pieces of fascinating oddball information. . . . The book also offers a rare opportunity to witness someone trying to make senSe of all 400 years of American history and to discQver what 'tr^n^endous lessons' it holds for Americans and 'the rest of mankind.'"
-N. Y. Times Book Review
"Vivid and memorable writing proves that history can still be lite^rature."
-jviitional Review
"What Johnson has done is to recapture the idea of progress and the theme that progress is measured in terms of the growth of liberty and accountable government." -W^jshington Times
"A fresh, readable and provocative survey. He is full of opinions. . . . And Johnson can be very wise." -Los Angeles Times
"Paul Johnson's .4 History of the American People is as majestic in its scope as the country it celebrates. . . . It is a compelling antidote to those who regard the future with pessimism." _Henry A. Kissinger
"Challenges the present consensus. . . . Monstrously energetic, greatly imagmative, large-minded and generous-hearted, occasionally grotesquely
unfair, but almost always pointing in the right direction."
-The Américain Spectator Vissza