Title: Sadly inadequate
Review: I'm using this book right now for my APUSH class. I usually enjoy reading about history, but this book makes it terrible. The constant "witticisms" seem to trivialize what the book describes, and even worse, it seems to be not nearly in-depth enough to provide any decent insight into what happened, as if it were not even skimming the surface, merely looking upon it. (The writing style has rubbed off on me.) It leaves me very unsatisfied, and my understanding of the concepts is left with huge holes that my teacher constantly has to clarify in class. If you really care about learning the material well, find another textbook that actually gives the details with thoughtful analysis rather than an overgeneralized, almost fictionalized "account" of the basic events.
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