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A review by jessreads82
Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century by Jonathan Glover
3.0
Humanity brought the atrocities of the 20th century together with philosophy and psychology to explain how they occurred, and how they can be prevented in the future.
The book fell short of its claim for me. The most interesting sections were the history prior to the atrocities, and I found myself skipping through a lot of the philosophical sections. The author was making a lot of vague and basic claims along the lines of things I learned in high school history class. The book also lacked any insight into issues occurring at the end of the 20th century, and what could be done to prevent them from getting worse. Or even, ways that that we can prevent atrocities from happening if they're occurring a world away.
For a more extensive 20th century world history I recommend Martin Gilbert's A History of the 20th Century.
The book fell short of its claim for me. The most interesting sections were the history prior to the atrocities, and I found myself skipping through a lot of the philosophical sections. The author was making a lot of vague and basic claims along the lines of things I learned in high school history class. The book also lacked any insight into issues occurring at the end of the 20th century, and what could be done to prevent them from getting worse. Or even, ways that that we can prevent atrocities from happening if they're occurring a world away.
For a more extensive 20th century world history I recommend Martin Gilbert's A History of the 20th Century.