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We Were There: An Eyewitness History of the Twentieth Century by Robert Fox

lsantoski's review

4.0

This is a collection of primary sources from events spanning the entire 20th century. Since the scope of the book is quite broad, the reader gets only a taste of each event, and sometimes the chosen selection really is too short to do the event, or the writer, justice. Also, the editor's transitions between snippets could have been more helpful in giving background information for each event. That said, the selections are well chosen, and some are quite moving. I really enjoyed reading the book, and the parts I didn't enjoy were at least brief, since no snippet was longer than a few pages. I will be looking into reading some of the books excerpted in this collection.