Europe in the Twentieth Century, 2005 Update

I felt I needed to respond to the other reviewer, who may or may not be a pre-schooler. This was our textbook for my 20th century European History class (college, not preschool) and I can safely say that this is the best textbook I have ever owned. It is certainly not a novel, it is filled with facts as any textbook must be. But its softcover is an indicator of its content. Paxton is able to weave stories and ideas together, and produce an excellent history of a fascinating century. It is not light reading by any means, and is not intended to be so, but it provides an excellent source of background information to the most horrific and terrible century in Europe's history.

As a survey and learning guide this is a wonderful book. It gives an accurate depiction of the turbulence of Europe throughout the 20th century - with revolutions and revelations taking center stage. As with all history books at some points the reading is a little dry,,,because history can become a little dry at times. But then someone takes up an issue and the author rolls with it. This is an excellent guide for the history minded individual without focusing too much on one event.