Title: Competent chronology with philosophical commentary
Review: This is good chronological account of the development of primarily early Anglo-American philosophy in last century. If you already have a background in the area, I doubt it will add anything new to your understanding. This isn't a negative, it is merely my opinion that the book's rigid adherence to chronology precludes a decent provocative synthesis of the work of the period. The last section covers Quine's contributions and, apart from berating Grice and Strawson's attempted rebuttal of Quine's positions on language, is a little bit too uncritical. For a final year undergraduate or a aspirng postgraduate, this book (and its companion volume) is very useful. However, there are other histories of philosophy around that covere the same period with more panache. It is a personal opinion at the end of the day.
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