![]() ![]() In Modern Times, Johnson highlighted political, geopolitical, and social trends that have reached fruition in our own time. Kennan’s assertion that if you look to history for an understanding of what is happening in the world of the 21 st century, all the lines of inquiry lead back to World War I. In fact, Johnson’s book confirms George F. And the book’s central themes continue to have relevance in our 21 st century world. ![]() ![]() Some of Johnson’s vivid descriptions of the leading personalities and events of that time period are unforgettable. British historian Paul Johnson’s 1983 book Modern Times is a brilliant and eminently readable history of the world from the end of the First World War to the early 1980s (Johnson later updated it in 1992). ![]()
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