“Let me first say, how much I am in favor of the Join initiative and how much I admire the efforts to put it in practice. After the success of the 4 existing volumes -- the Ottoman Empire, States and Nations, the Balkan Wars, and the Second World War -- comes the period after the Second World War, usually defined as the Cold War, as well as the contemporary period, what the Germans call Zeitgeschichte. In many ways, these are the more difficult volumes because of the enormity of material that has to be sifted and because of the closeness of the period and the strong memories or opinions bolstered by lived experience. I have been particularly impressed by the pedagogical side: the aptness of the QUESTIONS and TASKS which beautifully integrate the sources offered for interpretation.”
Maria Todorova, Gutgsell Professor of History, University of Illinois and expert reader of the two new workbooks of JHP