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I never thought I would enjoy a book about insurance claims. However, this book was easy to understand and a quick read. I was lucky enough to read it before I needed it so I was prepared when my husband got into an accident. Without this book as a reference, we would never have won our case. With the book we were armed with the tools we needed to prove our case and get our car fixed. The addresses alone were worth the money for the book. I would never have known where to go to get my questions answered. The insurance company wanted to settle quickly but we insisted we were not liable and we proved it.

The book is full of definitions, references, examples and easy to follow instructions of what you need to do in many situations. This is a must have for any at home library.

I bought this book several years to help me prepare for the State Department's Foreign Service written exam. I was pretty confident in my knowledge of foreign affairs and European history, but less so about the events that had occurred right here in my own backyard for the past 200+ years. Well, it really helped! I particularly remember questions on the exam about the Monroe Doctrine, the Missouri Compromise, and Marbury v. Madison that I could not have answered had I not read this book. I passed the exam, which is one of the most draining tests I have ever taken. It's like a super-SAT for adults.

Recently, I picked up this book again and thumbed through it. My one criticism is Davis's "anti-Manifest Destiny" rhetoric, which is true, I suppose, of most modern historians, with the exception, perhaps, of the incomparable Stephen E. Ambrose. General George A. Custer described as "probably deranged" is pure revisionism! Straight out of "Little Big Man," the 1968 movie with Dustin Hoffman. Anyhow, that's my one beef in an otherwise fun and engaging read.

Best book for a history major. I used it to pass the United States History AP test, and the book had everything that was on the test. The book gives you both sides of the arguement, and tells history how it was, not with a bias, like textbooks.

This was the best book I have ever read that covered so much history - and I learned a lot from it. Speaking for someone who is taking classes to teach History to high schoolers, this book gave me a lot of information that would be great for pop quizzes etc. I could use this book along with a teaher's book and hopefully the kids will get something out of it.

You have to teach that for every action, there is a reaction- and to this action...here is the reaction...

It really is a great book, and for so many pages, it is also a quick read, because you can really get into it.

Highly recommended!