Interesting enough overview of North American history, but suffers from being fairly superficial. It can hardly help being so, covering as it does the history of the continent from the first (European) colonisers to 1763. That is a massive amount to encompass in 250-odd pages, including as it does the colonisers from multiple countries, the interactions within each national group, the interactions between each national group, and all their interactions with the Native American populations as well.

Still, if you're like me - i.e. with very little knowledge of American history - a relatively brief summary such as this book provides can be useful in establishing some sort of context and timeline. I do feel a little less blank on the subject than before, so Asimov has managed to achieve that at least.