Reviews for The twentieth century

The average rating for The twentieth century based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-08-29 00:00:00 Jon Weinheimer Radical journalism at its best. Kopkind is engaging and smart, whether the subject is race riots or wild game dinners. His sensibilities always rest with the most 'lumpen' of the proletariat -- if there's a conflict between a principled theorist and an unruly mob of underlings, Kopkind sides consistently with the mob, pushing our outraged shock into understanding and love. In the book's first essays, which deal with hugely important subject matter, Kopkind hasn't developed his crackling, brilliant style. Wait for it: you'll be glad you did. And then after the explosion in an apartment that killed three Weathermen, when Kopkind breaks and loses hope of revolution happening in America, even still, keep reading. Through disco and the Reagan years -- Kopkind is a realist but with a mind like this there's always room for hope.

Review # 2 was written on 2010-06-23 00:00:00 Bernard Haake A wonderful collection of political pieces from the mid-'60's through the mid-'90's...amazingly accurate in analysis and haruspication...a wrongheaded(to my mind)evaluation of Munich '72,a bit too critical of Dr. King and too optimistic about the possibility of "real" Revolution but otherwise a terrific example of Journalism(the Late,Lamented) as the First Draft of History...