Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the Year 2000 (Phoenix Giants) [Import] [Paperback]

Paul Johnson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 896 pages
• Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson History; 4Rev Ed edition (May 13, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753808269
• ISBN-13: 978-0753808269
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 9.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,914,290 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A great book to weigh in on a Kindle!, April 1, 2011

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Douglas Mann "Clock watcher" (Payson, AZ United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Modern Times: A History of the World from the 1920s to the Year 2000 (Phoenix Giants) (Paperback)

If you are already a Paul Johnson fan, this book will not surprise you for its depth, insight and span of world history. I either missed World History or at least I wasn't paying attention to the level I did in this book. Things that I missed in class: The V1's of Hitler were destroying 20,000 homes per day during the London attacks, talk about weapons of mass destruction! I missed the whole understanding of the importance of the East/culture to Germany versus the West/Civilization. It appears everyone but me understood by the end of December 1941 that Germany and Japan would not/could not win the wars they had started. Stalin was one of Hitler's biggest fans. Stalin also feared Hitler the most. It is a very humbling, insightful trip through history.