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.Rick Steves' Paris
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by: Rick Steves

October 10, 2007
I'd just like to make a comment and correct some assumptions made by other reviewers. His statement about America bringing "peace, prosperity, and democracy" to Iraq under the "benevolent" guidance of Bush is sarcastic. If you look on his webpage, you will see several political essays by Rick Steves, and find out that he is very much against the war in Iraq, and also very much a liberal. That being said, I did not really notice any overly-liberal comments in the book. That was the only political comment I read, in fact - and I was just as shocked as previous readers until I decided to do some Google searching on Steves's political opinions. He does joke around a bit.

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.Rick Steves' Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler
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by: Rick Steves

May 15, 2007
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

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.Rick Steves' Europe Through the Back Door: The Travel Skills Handbook
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by: Rick Steves

September 10, 2007
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

An example of a serious historical omission is the book's discussion of Spain's conquest of Mexico. While Cortez was ruthless and Aztec ... Read More:
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.Rick Steves' Switzerland 2005
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by: Rick Steves

November 01, 2004
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

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.Rick Steves' Venice
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by: Rick Steves

September 10, 2007
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

An example of a serious historical omission is the book's discussion of Spain's conquest of Mexico. While Cortez was ruthless and Aztec ... Read More:
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.Rick Steves' Eastern Europe
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by: Rick Steves

March 26, 2008
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

An example of a serious historical omission is the book's discussion of Spain's conquest of Mexico. While Cortez was ruthless and Aztec ... Read More:
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.Rick Steves' Croatia and Slovenia
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by: Rick Steves

March 17, 2008
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

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.Rick Steves' Provence & the French Riviera
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by: Rick Steves

October 10, 2007
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

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.Rick Steves' Best of Europe
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by: Rick Steves

September 10, 2007
Rick Steves provides excellent advice in his travel books. Unfortunately, the history and economics presented in this book leave much to be desired.

Time does not permit a detailed description of this book's errors and misleading information. The best example of its faulty history is in an essay in the back entitled "Whose Story Is History?" Its general thesis is that everything wrong with the world is the fault of colonization by Europe and America. The West is held to a standard of perfection no society can be expected to meet while third world nations have no responsibility for their situation.

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.Rick Steves' Amsterdam, Bruges and Brussels
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by: Rick Steves

March 26, 2008
Rick Steves gives no-nonsense advice on the things you really need to see. He's a little more enthusiastic than warranted when it comes to Brussels (blecch!), but his other recommendations are spot on. We used this book so often on our Low Countries trip that we started referring to it as "the Bible." One caveat: expect to see other Rick Steves-toting tourists wherever you go.
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