1995

The Year the Future Began

By: W. Joseph Campbell

Narrated by: David Ledoux

Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

A hinge moment in recent American history, 1995 was an exceptional year. Drawing on interviews, oral histories, memoirs, archival collections, and news reports, W. Joseph Campbell presents a vivid, detail-rich portrait of those memorable 12 months.

This book offers fresh interpretations of the decisive moments of 1995, including the emergence of the Internet in mainstream American life; the bombing at Oklahoma City, the deadliest attack of domestic terrorism in US history; the sensational "trial of the century", at which O. J. Simpson faced charges of double murder; the US-brokered negotiations at Dayton, Ohio, which ended the Bosnian War, Europe's most vicious conflict since the Nazi era; and the first encounters at the White House between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, a liaison that culminated in a stunning scandal and the spectacle of the president's impeachment and trial.

As Campbell demonstrates in this absorbing chronicle, 1995 was a year of extraordinary events: a watershed at the turn of the millennium. The effects of that pivotal year reverberate still, marking the close of one century and the dawning of another.

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©2015 W. Joseph Campbell (P)2015 Audible, Inc.

Good attempt poor execution.

The author makes a good effort to present a series of events in an interesting, succinct and insightful way. Fell short when he failed to maintain objectivity on certain (political) historical events. Instead found himself defending a specific views at the risk of appearing manipulative.

Terrible

This isn't a book, just an academic dumping out research unfiltered. A very boring blow by blow narrated by a robot.