CLeon Skousen is a challenging book for our day. The book helps the reader understand prophecy as well as the purpose for prophecy. The various selections of Prophecy and Modern Times deal with pertinent, stimulating material. The first section, Prophecy concerning America, includes answers to puzzling questions such as the ten tribes, the American Indian, and other matters. The section, Prophecy concerning Palestine, includes the dedication of that country for the preaching of the gospel, the peculiar position Palestine has maintained in world politics through the ages,, and other subjects. The third section deals with Prophecy concerning the Millennium, which relates what will occur at the advent of the Savior, the return of the city of Enoch, and the establishment of a just government upon the earth, as well as other material. Prophecy and Modern Times is a hopeful book which leaves the reader with a curious sense of well-being as a result of the information it imparts. It is a book that people will find great satisfaction in owning, reading, and discussing.