A Short History of the United States

By: Robert V. Remini

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

In A Short History of the United States, National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini offers a much-needed, concise history of our country. This accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery, settlement, growth, and development of the American nation and its institutions, including the arrival and migration of Native Americans, the founding of a republic under the Constitution, the emergence of the United States as a world power, the outbreak of terrorism here and abroad, the Obama presidency, and everything in between.©2008 Robert V. Remini; (P)2008 HarperCollins Publishers

almost 100% political, not much else covered historically speaking

not bad, decent information, perhaps skewed a little to the left politically. I would have appreciated a little more outside the political spectrum.

Listening I have the feeling I am missing things

The story is read rather enthusiastically which is nice for historical things. However I had the feeling that I am missing part. It seems that it is written from a specific political view point and not an unbiased historical view point. Taking this in consideration it is still an entertaining listen. Can anyone recommend the other viewpoint so I can get the story complete?

Liberal perspective

Robert V. Remini is a very good historian but you can see he’s not really objective. Long as you read the book with that knowledge it contains a lot of good information while omitting any balance of conservative perspective. I am not looking for either a democrat or republican perspective I’m looking for objectivity. That is hard to find. But not a bad history book.

Missing paragraphs

The audio book was not complete it would skip over paragraphs so i found myself searching for the paragraph they were reading.

A Short History of the US

I enjoyed the earlier years of this history book but found as I got to the years that I'm quite familiar with, this author leans heavily to the Left. He emphasizes the faults of Republicans and diminishes their accomplishments, then dismisses the shortcomings of Democrats while embellishing the dubious accomplishments of Democrats. Example: FDR did not end the Great Depression by nearly spending this country out of existance; WWII and the war economy brought us out of the depression. If Mr. Remini liked FDR,
he'll surely love our newest president, Barak Obama and his spending spree. As someone once said, "When you find yourself in a hole, don't keep digging".

Thank you,

Jim