Review - A Century Turns: New Hopes, New Fears

A Century Turns

BY: William J. Bennett

PUBLISHED BY: Thomas Nelson

PUBLISHED IN: 2009

ISBN: 978-1-5955-5169-6

Pages: 319

Ages: Adults

Reviewed by Billy Burgess

The New York Times best-selling author, William J. Bennett, continues his “America: The Last Hope” series in “A Century Turns” covering the years 1988-2008 The book cover the American political history. Starting at the election of 1988 - when George H.W. Bush became president and ending with Barack Obama becoming the forty-fourth president of the United States.

The first chapter about the election of 1988 is boring. I had trouble getting through that chapter. I didn’t get interested in the book until the Bill Clinton years. I’m glad that the author didn’t write from a political party point of view, but instead wrote the history of those twenty years. I was disappointed that the author mentioned the O.J. Simpson trial. What does that have to do with America’s political history? Nothing. It should have never been mentioned. I would only recommend “A Century Turns” to history/political buffs and teachers.

Note: I would like to thank Thomas Nelson for sending me this complimentary copy to review.