Rich’s Reviews > The Age of Extremes, 1914-1991 > Status Update

If you've not read any thorough histories of the 20th century, then you are at risk to be convinced by Hobsbawm's polemic appeals and ideological apologia. However, if you have, especially on the formation and rise of the USSR, then you will be well armed to consider this tome as a specious eulogy for Marxism-Leninism. The contradictions in this history are numerous, and its evidence is very selectively chosen.