7 Events That Made America America by Larry Schweikart

An interesting read if I do say so myself. The author comes at this topic in a different way than one would expect. Whenever there is a book out there about events that made America it is the usual same episodes; Civil War, New Deal, etc. Schweikart looks at it in a different way; as noted in the beginning of his book . . .

Every schoolchild is taught the great turning points in American history, such as Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor, the Kennedy assassination, and 9/11. But other, equally significant, events have altered our destiny without being understood – or even widely noticed.

Many of the incidents listed in the book I am not acquainted with, but one can see the importance of such "incidents" in America's history as a nation.

The author tends to run off on bunny trails, but aside from that the book was an excellent read. I especially enjoyed the chapter on rock 'n' roll and how it helped bring down the Soviet Union; along with the chapter on dietary nannyism.

In short, this is another book I am proud to have in my collection. A great read, filled with information, and most importantly it is interesting.

Rating: 9/10

Desire to read again: 8/10

Information level: 10/10

Recommendation level: 9/10

God bless . . .

~EGOE~OUT~