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Review title: Prolix
Product review: I rarely review anything on Amazon, but I was so taken aback by this "landmark" book that I felt something had to be said.I take issue not necessarily with the core thesis of the book, but the style in which it is written. Rarely, if ever, have I encountered a "major work" that is so overtly pedantic and densely unreadable as this. Apparently it had its genesis as an academic thesis and, dear god, does it show. I knew I was in trouble when the introduction - usually just a brief note about the book by the author or a third party - was some 25 pages long.The book could have made all of the same key points and arguments with far greater incisiveness and clarity in a volume half this size. And I say this about the absurdly drawn-out, repetitive language and style as someone who regards William Shirer's massive "Rise and Fall of the Third Reich" (1,000+ pages) as one of the great non-fiction books of all-time.
