Richard Croker's "The Boomer Century 1946-2046"

This is a companion book to a PBS documentary. Not having seen the documentary I can't comment on it. The book, however, is disappointing. The initial part, the history, is satisfactory but nothing special. There is too much focus on individuals and not enough on "the big picture" and the historical context. The last third is focused on boomers in their old age and the "expected" influence they will have on society. Most projections into the future are linear extrapolations and this falls into that category. There is nothing particularly insightful about this author's projections.

On the whole, this is a book that I would have skipped if I had known how unsatisfactory it would be. Oh well. I'm the kind of fool who compounds a mistake by ploughing through a book -- once started -- all the way to the end.