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Review title: Not as impressive as hoped for.
Product review: This book held so much promise but for me was a real let down. Firstly, I had hoped that there would be far more examples of international textbooks for each historical topic. For many aspects of US history there were alternate history book texts from just 2 or 3 countries. Hardly impressive. My impression is that the author simply rounded-up history books from a core of 6 or 7 major countries and then just took excerpts. It is no where close to the wide & varied study I was expecting. In addition to the lack of true variety and comparison, the book is also very dry reading, even for a history lover. I would not suggest this book to anyone. It promises a colorful and exciting look at how nations observe and teach historical events from their perspectives but really offers very few comparisons and most of those it does include are not all that provocative or insightful.
