Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Fundamentally Flawed

Mr. Harvey has done a commendable job of listing important events and some of the principal figures that participated in the great wave of revolution that freed South America from her colonial masters. However, in tackling so vast a panorama, the author fatally damages his own efforts. Harvey ignores critical leaders, their underlying motivations and critical social and economic undercurrents in an effort to preserve his focus on the more "heroic" liberators. He would have been better served dividing his work between the principal regions: the Viceroyalty of the River Plate, Portuguese Brasil, and New Granada; they are sufficiently different that they should not be treated in the same work, anymore than a history of the United States need necessarily be joined to one of Canada or Mexico. I would not recommend this book given that there are far better and more accurate websites for interested investigators (though most require a knowledge of Spanish or Portuguese).