Negative Positive
Title: Gives continuity to my sense of human history
Review: This book was one of the most enjoyable and lucid histories I have read. It gives continuity to my sense of history, which was rather patchy. VanDoren does take some chances with his opinion, but I would not want to read a book in which the author doesn't make some outrageous statements.The main weakness of the book is the last chapter, in which VanDoren continually admits that it is impossible to predict the future, but then goes on and does it anyway. Some of the things he says he admits belong in comic books. I would say he was right.I liked this book very much, and you should buy it if you want to learn about history from a text that is not dry and boring, as most others i have read are.
Is the review positive or negative? 