Title: An Over-simplification of History
Product review: One must give some credit to Johnson for his ambitious attempt to narrate American History in one book. That said, the result is a frighteningly simplistic, depth-free "listing" of events. Worse, where he tries his pen at explanations of important moments in US history (particularly recent history), his point of view seems to come from Mars instead of London.Johnson displays an amazing lack of understanding of American politics and law. He chides American leaders and policy makers for their naivete, and he almost chuckles "I told you so" at America's international "failures" (as defined by himself) -- all attitudes that one associates with pre-WWII England, before the American rescue of the British way of life.A project of this magnitude would be vastly better if written dispassionately and without sly commentary. His slant of history makes the read much less enjoyable.
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