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Loading... Modern Times Revised Edition: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties… (1983)by Paul Johnson
None.  HadriantheBlind | Mar 30, 2013 |  Great book, great survey of 20th Century history and events (  ) namfos | Jan 11, 2013 | "Throughout these years, the power of the state to do evil expanded with awesome speed. It's power to do good grew slowly and ambiguously," ---Paul Johnson Sounds like a 'fun' read... EctopicBrain | Dec 4, 2012 | A brilliant work of history. Paul Johnson - even if you do not agree with his worldview - is a great writer, and has a pretty solid command of European certainly, and also world history. He is a right-of-centre humanist. His book rails against relative moral values and against the monstrous destruction of human life wrought throughout the 20th century by big governments bent on reforming mankind. Although largely a pessimistic book, it does leave sufficient room for optimism that we - mankind - can survive and indeed do better. The emphasis throughout on right and wrong is a useful antidote to life in the 21st century, I must say. ( )1  RobertP | Oct 2, 2009 | Not Read  wlchui | Aug 2, 2009 | no reviews | add a review
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Be warned, this book was written in the latter part of the 20th century, and the author has a fiscal conservative view. Perhaps then it could be justified, as capitalism was at the time a lesser evil than totalitarianism - but now the excesses of the free market have wreaked havoc on the world, and that ideology is starting to fall out of favor. There are some factual errors, too, but they do not detract from the reading experience too much.
Recommended for people who can handle big thick history books and not be overwhelmed by the wealth of information from them. (