veni_vidi_legi 's review for:

A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror by Michael Allen, Larry Schweikart

3.75

informative slow-paced

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It was good, but I would have liked a less biased perspective even if I do agree with the author on certain core beliefs. I know that all history books are biased to some extent, but sometimes the author(s) made no attempt to find a middle ground or merely portrayed all other perspectives as ridiculous. Plus sometimes some crucial ideas were not explained or were brushed over quickly, such that I missed some of the stock market and political subtleties