'I have had many people ask me if there is a book which does for world history what my book A People's History of the United States does for this country. I always responded that I know of only one book that accomplishes this extremely difficult task, and that is Chris Harman's A People's History of the World. It is an indispensable volume on my reference bookshelf.' --Howard Zinn
'The left ... has few accounts which convey as well as this book does the broad sweep of human history.' --Robin Blackburn
Chris Harman (1942-2009) was the author of numerous books including A People's History of the World, The Fire Last Time: 1968 and After and The Lost Revolution: Germany 1918-23. He was editor of International Socialism Journal and was previously the editor of Socialist Worker for over two decades.