Spengler's Decline of the West

[Marijn]

Has anyone read either the abridged translation (Werner and Atkinson, Oxford University Press) of Spengler's "Decline of the West" or the unabridged translation (by A. Knopf in 2 volumes, Random House)?

Amazon.com has little information, and I've had trouble finding information on either translation anywhere else.

I want to know whether I should get the full unabridged version (1000 pages approx.), or whether the abridged version would do just as well? I am concerned that the abridged version may be unsatisfactory, but that the full version may be unnecessarily long-winded and repetitious.

Thanks in advance.

[heathfield]

Opinions are mixed as to which version is better. That said, the abridged version has received a great deal of favourable comment from those who've read it.

From a review...
''The abridgment, prepared by the German scholar Helmut Werner, with the blessing of the Spengler estate, consists of selections from the original (translated into English by Charles Francis Atkinson) linked by explanatory passages which have been put into English by Arthur Helps.''

[Marijn]

Thank you for answering

[Marijn]

Any more suggestions?