A Concise History of the World Since 1945

Although it lives up to its title (‘Concise History since 1945'), I could not help but think that a concise view of history, by definition, excludes a lot of narratives - which was the case here.
For example, there's a very shallow treatment of the horrors of colonialism. Since this is US-centric - there's a tendency to go off on tangents lambasting communism and its lack of ‘innovative' character, and capitalism's superiority is treated as a fact. The USA interfering with elected governments to bring about anti-communist governments is hand-waved as ‘yeah, that happened, get over it - at least we're better now!'. In contrast, USSR's successes till the 70s/80s are ignored as coming from an authoritarian regime.
There's no problem with history being brief and to the point, but there is a problem when your bias is evident. This is still immensely readable, and it's worthwhile to read it in full to get to know Africa/Asia's history, which is generally missing from many history books. Plus, it's funny when Spellman's hope for world unity in the conclusion aged like milk.