Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 1996. [Vol. 3.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 23)
BOOK REVIEWS - András Tarnóc: Charles Sellers, Neill McMillen and Henry May: Az Egyesült Államok története. Budapest: Maecenas Kiadó, 1995. 434 pp
ANDRÁS TARNÓC CHARLES SELLERS, NEIL MCMILLEN, AND HENRY MAY: AZ EGYESÜLT ÁLLAMOK TÖRTÉNETE Budapest: Maecenas Kiadó, 1995. 434 pp. I The global disintegration of communism, symbolized by the fall of the infamous Berlin Wall in 1989, not only created new premises for the geopolitical equation, but dramatically altered the cultural and educational sphere of Eastern and Central Europe. As nations heretofore regarded as friends fell by the wayside a new era of intended partnership with the West and the United States was ushered in. The history of the United States, a topic heretofore superficially treated by most textbooks, became a subject of intense, ideology free scholarly interest. Peter Hahner's translation of Charles Sellers, Henry May, and Neil R. McMillen's A Synopsis of American History attempts to respond to the above demand. II According to Paul Weiss "men turn to history primarily to learn three truths —how men have changed, what makes men change, and what men are, despite all change." Although such expectations from a narrative history might appear preposterous, the book at hand yields 201
