Title: History in Progress (An Acronymic Study of International Affairs) Author: Talent Nyamombe Publisher: Porcupine Press (South Africa), 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7974-6078-2
Between the Lines with Phillip Chidavaenzi
A young historian, Talent Nyamombe, has just released a massive 328-page history textbook titled History in Progress: An Acronymic Study of International Affairs, which traces historical developments that occurred between the First World War and the Great Depression.
The book betrays an attempt to offer new approaches to European history and, in that respect, is littered with fresh interpretations of historical events.
The author’s underlying desire is to provoke new interest in the study of history.
The book is broken down into five very detailed chapters, each with many sections and subsections meant to help the student follow the interlinked ideas smoothly. Areas covered in the first chapter include the First World War and the roles played by countries such as German, France, Austria and Russia in that war.
The other conflicts covered include Franco-Prussia War (1870-1871), the Balkan Wars and (1912-1913).
The second chapter deals with the results of World War 1, revolutions in Germany and Russia and developments in other countries such as China and Japan.
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The biggest undoing in the book, however, could be the manner in which the author sought to use language. There appears to be too much concentration on flowery language use rather than an effective relaying of facts, knowledge and information. A thorough edit – particularly focused on the technicalities of text – could have cured the script of this handicap.
