tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54001067042023558042024-03-13T20:59:41.200-07:00Politics & Judaism BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger91125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-29494625627847058432009-12-06T13:36:00.000-08:002009-12-06T13:46:59.983-08:00Special Forces or Commies<h4>Special Forces: War Against Terrorism in Iraq </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Eric Micheletti</strong> <p><p>Long before the beginning of the Second Gulf War, the Special Forces and other clandestine teams of the Coalition's various services were already operating in Iraq.<p>This spectacular new book shows these highly specialized teams in action, fulfilling their missions well ahead of the arrival of the conventional forces. Even today the Special Forces, mainly US and British, are waging a merciless war against terrorists of all kinds who proliferate in Saddam's former empire.<p>The book is profusely illustrated with hundreds of shots taken at the heart of the action on the ground in Iraq, showing all the clothing and equipment used by the Special Forces. <p>Eric Micheletti's previous book from the "Raids Magazine" group at Histoire & Collections, Special Forces - War against Terrorism in Afghanistan, was a huge success here when it was published last year.<p> </p><br><br> <p>See also: <strong><a href="http://health-care-industries.blogspot.com/2009/12/empire-of-debt-or-start-and-run-your.html">Empire of Debt or Start and Run Your Own Record Label</a></strong> <h4>Commies: A Journey through the Old Left, the New Left and the Leftover Left </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Ronald Radosh</strong> <p><p>"Ronald Radosh's earliest memory is of being trundled off to a May Day demonstration on Fifth Avenue by his Communist parents. His boyhood heroes were his uncle Irving Keith (his Communist Party name), who fought in the Spanish Civil War, and his mother's cousin Jacob Abrams, a famous Jewish anarchist who lived in "exile" in Mexico City and was a friend of Trotsky's." "Radosh has been called "the Zelig of the American Left - seen everywhere and knowing everyone." Indeed, Commies is filled with memorable portraits of the people he has met in his unique journey - schoolmate Mary Travers, later of the folk group Peter, Paul and Mary; Pete Seeger, who taught him the banjo and the Communist Party's musical line; young Bob Dylan, who played folk music with him at Radosh's apartment in Madison. Michael Harrington, Tom Hayden, Michael Lerner, William Appleman Williams, Irving Howe, and all the others who made "the Movement" are also actors in Radosh's drama." "But if Commies is an intimate social history of the American Left over the past half-century, it is also a compelling story of a crisis of radical faith."--BOOK JACKET. </p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p>Radosh captures well the times and personalities of his journey. Some...will admire the courage of his journey. All will acknowledge that he both entertains and engages in the unusual and heartfelt memoir.</p><h4>Booknews</h4><p>Radosh recounts his childhood with communist parents, college political activity, his defection from the left when he wrote </The Rosenberg File/>, and his encounters in Central America with old acquaintances. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-58823364192972240022009-12-05T08:24:00.000-08:002009-12-05T08:34:59.936-08:00The Best of I F Stone or Europe as Empire<h4>The Best of I. F. Stone </h4> <p>Author: <strong>I F Ston</strong> <p> and/or stickers showing their discounted price. More about bargain books</p> <p>Book about: <strong><a href="http://animal-kids-books.blogspot.com/2009/12/snoozers-or-how-do-dinosaurs-clean.html">Snoozers or How Do Dinosaurs Clean Their Rooms</a></strong> <h4>Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged European Union </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Jan Zielonka</strong> <p><p>This book offers a strikingly new perspective on EU enlargement. Basing his findings on substantial empirical evidence, Zielonka presents a carefully argued account of the kind of political entity the European Union is becoming, with particular reference to recent enlargement. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5>List of Figures and Tables xi<br>Introduction: the neo-medieval paradigm 1<br>Genesis of the book 2<br>Unidentified political object 4<br>Should Europe become a state? 7<br>The neo-medieval alternative 9<br>Two types of empire 11<br>Uses and abuses of models 14<br>Structure of the book 20<br>Return to Europe 23<br>Assessing Eastern European progress 25<br>Market reforms and social peace 29<br>Constitutional liberalism or praetorianism? 33<br>Flash points that never flashed 34<br>Comparison with other post-Communist states 36<br>Conclusions 42<br>European power politics 44<br>The purpose of accession 49<br>Imperial design and the process of accession 54<br>Benign empire in action 57<br>Agents behind the accession 59<br>Conclusions 63<br>Diversity and adaptation 65<br>Diversity and European integration 67<br>Diversity and European institutions 71<br>Economic 'fault lines' in the enlarged EU 74<br>Diversity in democracy and political culture 78<br>The American bias 83<br>Conclusions 88<br>Economic governance 91<br>The challenge of internal cohesion 94<br>The global competition challenge 100<br>The cross-border interdependence challenge 105<br>Conclusions 115<br>Democratic governance 117<br>Governance structure 120<br>Majoritarianism versus constitutionalism 125<br>Public space and democratic culture 333<br>Conclusions 137<br>Governance beyond borders 140<br>The EU as an international actor 143<br>The emerging international system in Europe 150<br>Competing universalistic claims: EU versus United States 156<br>Conclusions 162<br>Conclusions: implications of neo-medievalism 164<br>What makes Europe neo-medieval 166<br>Integration through enlargement 171<br>Governing the neo-medieval Europe 176<br>Legitimacy in the neo-medieval Europe 182<br>Participation, representation, and contestation 186<br>The case for optimism 189<br>Notes 192<br>Bibliography 272<br>Index 285 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-59705074107019839972009-12-04T03:12:00.000-08:002009-12-04T03:22:59.755-08:00Journey to Chernobyl or Canadian Immigration Made Easy<h4>Journey to Chernobyl: Encounters in a Radioactive Zone </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Glenn Alan Cheney</strong> <p><p>Glenn Cheney arrived in Kiev during those first days when the Soviet Union ceased to exist and Ukraine was reborn. Almost immediately he found himself talking with scientist, journalist, refugees, engineers, top-level government officials, doctors, environmentalists, parents of sick children and people living just a few kilometers from the Chernobyl complex. He heard stories about the disaster that went far beyond what had appeared in the Western press. The reports of atrocities, epidemics, tyrannyand dispair blend with a most unsual travelogue, considerable humor and KGB intrigue.</p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p>In 1991, Cheney, who teaches writing at Connecticut College, went to Ukraine to learn the circumstances of the world's deadliest nuclear accident and to interview the people who were affected by it. In this brief, informal report, this self-appointed investigator describes his travel adventures (with an expired visa) and his encounters with officials and victims of the Chernobyl catastrophe. Cheney made a daring visit to the nuclear ghost town of Propyat, originally built for Chernobyl's workers, and relates how they were forced to abandon their homes and possessions to escape the effects of nuclear radiation. The statistics are not yet confirmed, but evidence Cheney gathered indicates that at least 8000 people died as a result of the meltdown, with another 30,000 presently suffering from diseases related to radiation. His poignant account humanizes the events of April 26, 1986, at Chernobyl. Photos. (Oct.) </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>Cheney (composition, Connecticut Coll.) traveled to Russia and Ukraine on a UN-sponsored mission in December 1991, at the time the USSR formally split apart. The ensuing confusion made it easier for him to come and go as he pleased and to talk freely with persons near Chernobyl who were eager to share their experiences of the 1986 explosion and their fears for their futures. Neither a nuclear nor a Soviet expert, he discerns no pattern among these stories except a probable government cover-up; his evidence for this allegation is nothing new. Even the medical personnel he interviewed admitted that the health problems they saw could have been caused as much by poverty, malnutrition, and alcohol abuse as by radiation exposure. At times Cheney's primary interest in describing his arduous travels causes his focus to drift from the effects of radiation exposure on the populace. Not recommended. [For another account, see Alla Yaroshinskaya's Chernobyl, reviewed on p. 204.Ed.] Marcia L. Sprules, Council on Foreign Relations Lib., New York </p><br><br> <p>Read also <strong><a href="http://business-biography.blogspot.com">Management of Organizational Behavior or Strategic Management</a></strong> <h4>Canadian Immigration Made Easy: How to immigrate into Canada ( All Classes ) with Employment Search Strategies for Skilled Workers </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Tariq Nadeem</strong> <p><p>At the moment this is the only publication in the market which covers every class of Canadian Immigration under the latest Immigration and Refugee Protection Act(IRPA). This book provides guidelines to prepare and file your immigration application under every immigration class. <P>At the moment this is the only publication in the market which covers every class of Canadian Immigration under the latest Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA). This book provides guidelines to prepare and file your immigration application under every immigration class. <P>A combination of Frequently asked questions (FAQ) about Canadian Immigration under new policy and employment search strategies designed by an industry veteran and inspected by Human Resources Development of Canada (HRDC) makes this publication unique. The settlement part of the guide is a must read added gift for new immigrants which will help them to successfully settle in any part of Canada. </P> <br><b>From the Author</b><br> This book has the potential to turn you into an immigration consultant. <br> <br> <P><B>About the Author</B><BR>The Author is a Mechanical Engineer and Cisco Certified Network and Design professional (CCNP, CCDP, A+) with more then 14 years of experience in his field of expertise with multi-national companies especially in Middle East. He arrived in Canada as an immigrant and faced numerous surprises and challenges as well as suffering a number of losses.<BR><BR>The Author has a flare to help and teach, he wishes to save new immigrants from potential losses and miseries by sharing the wealth of information that he has gathered while immigrating and settling in Canada. After interviewing hundreds of new immigrants from various countries, the author has come to the conclusion that the root cause of all the problems and loss of hard earned money is the lack of information before arriving in Canada. </P> <P>So by compiling this publication he is giving everything to new or potential immigrants to access their eligibility under every immigration class and submit their immigration application by themselves in a professional manner. Also start working towards their eligibility for employment in Canada and explore or secure a job offer or small business while their cases are in process. <P>The Author can be reached at tariq_nadeem@sympatico.ca for advise or feedback upon his publication. </P> </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-30322326177397205562009-12-02T22:00:00.000-08:002009-12-02T22:11:01.763-08:00American Government or The Human Potential for Peace<h4>American Government: Using MicroCase? ExplorIt </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Barbara Norrander</strong> <p><p>This Windows-compatible package includes access to MicroCase® datasets and workbook. You make your own decisions about the issues as you analyze and interpret current NES and GSS data.<br> </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5>Acknowledgements. Preface. Getting Started. Part I: Foundations. 1. "One Nation:" The History and Politics of Region. 2. Federalism: "A More Perfect Union." 3. "Of the People:" An Interested and Informed Public. Part II: Freedom: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights. 4. Civil Liberties: Free Speech. 5. Civil Rights: Equality. Part III: Government and the Individual. 6. Public Opinion and Political Socialization. 7. The Media. 8. Political Participation. 9. Political Parties. 10. Elections. 11. Interest Groups and PACs. Part IV: Institutions. 12. The Congress. 13. The Presidency. 14. The Bureaucracy. 15. The Courts. Appendix A: Variable Names and Sources.<p> <h4>The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Douglas P Fry</strong> <p><p>In The Human Potential for Peace: An Anthropological Challenge to Assumptions about War and Violence, renowned anthropologist Douglas P. Fry shows how anthropology--with its expansive time frame and comparative orientation--can provide unique insights into the nature of war and the potential for peace. Challenging the traditional view that humans are by nature primarily violent and warlike, Professor Fry argues that along with the capacity for aggression humans also possess a strong ability to prevent, limit, and resolve conflicts without violence. Raising philosophy of science issues, the author shows that cultural beliefs asserting the inevitability of violence and war can bias our interpretations, affect our views of ourselves, and may even blind us to the possibility of achieving security without war. Fry draws on data from cultural anthropology, archaeology, and sociology as well as from behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology to construct a biosocial argument that challenges a host of commonly held assumptions. <br> The Human Potential for Peace includes ethnographic examples from around the globe, findings from Fry's research among the Zapotec of Mexico, and results of cross-cultural studies on warfare. In showing that conflict resolution exists across cultures and by documenting the existence of numerous peaceful societies, it demonstrates that dealing with conflict without violence is not merely a utopian dream. The book also explores several highly publicized and interesting controversies, including Freeman's critique of Margaret Mead's writings on Samoan warfare; Napoleon Chagnon's claims about the Yanomamo; and ongoing evolutionary debates about whether"hunter-gatherers" are peaceful or warlike. The Human Potential for Peace is ideal for undergraduate courses in political and legal anthropology, the anthropology of peace and conflict, peace studies, political sociology, and the sociology of war and violence. Written in an informal style with numerous entertaining examples, the book is also readily accessible to general readers. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-61207299012676390022009-12-01T16:37:00.000-08:002009-12-01T16:47:59.964-08:00Access Denied or Hatreds Kingdom<h4>Access Denied: The Practice and Policy of Global Internet Filtering </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Ronald J Deibert</strong> <p><p><P>Many countries around the world block or filter Internet content, denying access to information--often about politics, but also relating to sexuality, culture, or religion--that they deem too sensitive for ordinary citizens. <i>Access Denied</i> documents and analyzes Internet filtering practices in over three dozen countries, offering the first rigorously conducted study of this accelerating trend.<br><br>Internet filtering takes place in at least forty states worldwide including many countries in Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. Related Internet content control mechanisms are also in place in Canada, the United States and a cluster of countries in Europe. Drawing on a just-completed survey of global Internet filtering undertaken by the OpenNet Initiative (a collaboration of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto, the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University, and the University of Cambridge) and relying on work by regional experts and an extensive network of researchers, <i>Access Denied</i> examines the political, legal, social, and cultural contexts of Internet filtering in these states from a variety of perspectives. Chapters discuss the mechanisms and politics of Internet filtering, the strengths and limitations of the technology that powers it, the relevance of international law, ethical considerations for corporations that supply states with the tools for blocking and filtering, and the implications of Internet filtering for activist communities that increasingly rely on Internet technologies for communicating their missions.<br><br>Reports on Internet content regulation in fortydifferent countries follow, with each country profile outlining the types of content blocked by category and documenting key findings.<br><br><b>Contributors:</b><BR><br>Ross Anderson, Malcolm Birdling, Ronald Deibert, Robert Faris, Vesselina Haralampieva, Steven Murdoch, Helmi Noman, John Palfrey, Rafal Rohozinski, Mary Rundle, Nart Villeneuve, Stephanie Wang, and Jonathan Zittrain </p><br><br> <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://books-recipes.blogspot.com/2009/12/menopause-diet-daily-journal-or-freedom.html">The Menopause Diet Daily Journal or Freedom from Allergy Cookbook</a></strong> <h4>Hatred's Kingdom: How Saudi Arabia Supports the New Global Terrorism </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Dore Gold</strong> <p><p>Dore Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. and internationally known Middle East expert, uses previously unpublished intelligence documents to piece together the links between the current wave of global terrorism-from the World Trade Center to Bali, Indonesia-and the ideology of hatred taught in the schools and mosques of Saudi Arabia. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">List of Maps</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction: The Roots of Terror</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Violent Origins: Reviving Jihad and the War Against the Polytheists</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">17</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Countering the Wahhabi Menace</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">31</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">"White Terror": The Ikhwan and the Rise of the Modern Saudi Kingdom</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">41</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Building the Modern Saudi State: Oil, the Palestine Question, and the Americans</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">57</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Reactivating Wahhabism</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">73</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Hothouse for Militant Islamic Radicalism</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">89</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Wahhabism Reasserts Itself</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">105</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Wahhabism's Global Reach</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">125</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 9</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Countdown to September 11 : The Gulf War and Wahhabism's New Outburst in the 1990s</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">157</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 10</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Hatred Continues</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">185</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Conclusion: Ending the Hatred</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">213</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">App</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Saudi Support for Terrorism: The Evidence</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">229</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Notes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">253</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Glossary</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">285</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">289</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">293</TD></TABLE> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-45704763516459003772009-11-30T11:25:00.000-08:002009-11-30T11:35:52.642-08:00The Battle of Mogadishu or Cape Wind<h4>The Battle of Mogadishu: First-Hand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Matthew Eversmann</strong> <p><p>It started as a mission to capture a Somali warlord. It turned into a disastrous urban firefight and death-defying rescue operation that shocked the world and rattled a great nation. Now the 1993 battle for Mogadishu, Somalia-the incident that was the basis of the book and film <i>Black Hawk Down</i>-is remembered by the men who fought and survived it. Six of the best in our military recall their brutal experiences and brave contributions in these never-before-published, firstperson accounts.<br><br>"Operation Gothic Serpent," by Matt Eversmann: As a "chalk" leader, Eversmann was part of the first group of Rangers to "fast rope" from the Black Hawk helicopters. It was his chalk that suffered the first casualty of the battle.<br><br>"Sua Sponte: Of Their Own Accord," by Raleigh Cash: Responsible for controlling and directing fire support for the platoon, Cash entered the raging battle in the ground convoy sent to rescue his besieged brothers in arms.<br><br>"Through My Eyes," by Mike Kurth: One of only two African Americans in the battle, Kurth confronted his buddies' deaths, realizing that "the only people whom I had let get anywhere near me since I was a child were gone."<br><br>"What Was Left Behind," by John Belman: He roped into the biggest firefight of the battle and considers some of the mistakes that were made, such as using Black Hawk helicopters to provide sniper cover.<br><br>"Be Careful What You Wish For," by Tim Wilkinson: He was one of the Air Force pararescuemen or PJs-the highly trained specialists for whom "That Others May Live" is no catchphrase but a credo-and sums up his incomprehensible courage as "just holding up my end of the deal on a bad day."<br><br>"OnFriendship and Firefights," by Dan Schilling: As a combat controller, he was one of the original planners for the deployment of SOF forces to Mogadishu in the spring of 1993. During the battle, he survived the initial assault and carnage of the vehicle convoys only to return to the city to rescue his two closest friends, becoming, literally, "Last Out."<br><br>With America's withdrawal from Somalia an oft-cited incitement to Osama bin Laden, it is imperative to revisit this seminal military mission and learn its lessons from the men who were there and, amazingly, are still here. </p><br><br> <p>Go to: <strong><a href="http://pt-livros.blogspot.com">Starfish and the Spider or The Richest Man Who Ever Lived</a></strong> <h4>Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Wendy Williams</strong> <p><p>When Jim Gordon set out to build a wind farm off the coast of Cape Cod, he knew some people might object. But there was a lot of merit in creating a privately funded, clean energy source for energy-starved New England, and he felt sure most people would recognize it eventually. Instead, all Hell broke loose. Gordon had unwittingly challenged the privileges of some of America's richest and most politically connected people, and they would fight him tooth and nail, no matter what it cost, and even when it made no sense.<br><br><i>Cape Wind</i> is a rollicking tale of democracy in action and plutocracy in the raw as played out among colorful and glamorous characters on one of our country's most historic and renowned pieces of coastline. As steeped in American history and local color as <i>The Prince of Providence</i>; as biting, revealing and fun as <i>Philistines at the Hedgerow</i>, it is also a cautionary tale about how money can hijack democracy while America lags behind the rest of the developed world in adopting clean energy. </p><h4>The New York Times - Robert Sullivan</h4><p>If HBO is looking to develop a series based on environmental politics, then <i>Cape Wind: Money, Celebrity, Class, Politics, and the Battle for Our Energy Future on Nantucket Sound</i> is a natural for the option, with the Kennedys sitting in for the Sopranos, Nantucket Sound for the Meadowlands and phrases like "environmental impact statement" replacing "swimming with the fishes."</p><h4>Boston Globe</h4><p>Colorful storytelling about the tribulations of siting a renewable energy project . . . Yes, this book is lots of fun.<p> </p><h4>Hartford Courant</h4><p>The authors took a potentially dull subject and have turned it into an entertaining read . . . A crisply written, well-told story.<p> </p><h4>EnergyBiz</h4><p>The book is a captivating read‹and perfect if you find yourself headed to the beach in coming weeks. If you get to Cape Cod, send us a digital picture of yourself holding up the book with the playgrounds of Jack Welch, William Koch, the Mellons, DuPonts and Kennedys in the background.<p> </p><h4>Eva Lautemann - Library Journal</h4><p><P>Williams and Whitcomb, both journalists and Cape Cod residents, have written a caustic firsthand report of the political maneuvers involving Cape Wind, a proposed wind energy project. In 2001, Boston energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon proposed building America's first offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound using 130 wind turbines to produce 420 megawatts of renewable energy for the Cape Cod region. Because the Northeast lacks indigenous fossil fuels and has an aging electrical grid, Gordon thought his wind farm would be welcomed. Instead, using the NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) argument, some of America's most wealthy residents living on the cape's south shore and others with Nantucket connections, including Sen. Edward Kennedy and former Gov. Mitt Romney, launched a well-funded opposition. A grassroots backlash by those who perceived this interference as a hijacking of the democratic process responded, and the Cape Wind battle was under way. This well-written and well-researched work shows the challenges of evolving past our reliance on fossil fuels and is recommended for all New England libraries and all alternate energy collections.</p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-18366006777325003872009-11-29T06:12:00.000-08:002009-11-29T06:23:39.166-08:00Notes on the State of Virginia or Barack Obama<h4>Notes on the State of Virginia </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Thomas Jefferson</strong> <p><p>Thomas Jefferson published one book, <i>Notes on the State of Virginia</i>, and ever since, it has been the touchstone for understanding Jefferson's ideas about republican government, the environment, education, race and slavery, and Native-white relations. This edition is the first to present these issues as fundamentally inseparable matters. A collection of lively documents accompanies the core text of the <i>Notes</i>, and charts the evolution of the book in the revolutionary crucible and during the heady early days of the new nation. An introduction by David Waldstreicher places the work in the contexts of the Revolution and the social and cultural history of Jefferson's Virginia, with particular attention to developing ideas about race and nature. A chronology of the life and career of Thomas Jefferson and selected bibliography also add to the pedagogical benefits of this volume. <br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><b>Part One Introduction: Nature, Race, and Revolution in Jefferson’s America Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia</b><BR> * Virginia’s Jefferson<BR> * Virginia’s Revolution Law and War<BR> * Notes on the State of Virginia and the State of America Nature<BR> * Native Genius<BR> * Captive Nations<BR> * From Weather to Race<BR> * The Strange History of a Book<BR> * <b>Part II Documents</b><BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Resolutions of the Freeholders of Albemarle County, July 26, 1774<BR> * Lord Dunmore, Proclamation of Freedom to Slaves and Servants, November, 1775<BR> * The Declaration of Independence: Thomas Jefferson’s Draft with Congress’s Changes, July 4, 1776<BR> * Francois Marbois, Queries Concerning Virginia, November, 1780<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Jean Baptiste DuCoigne, Kaskaskia Chief, June, 1781<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, An Anonymous Letter for European Newspapers, November, 1784<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Marquis de Chastellux, June 7, 1785<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Richard Price, August 7, 1785<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Marquis de Chastellux, September 2, 1785<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Archibald Stuart, January 25, 1786<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1787 London Edition<BR> * Benjamin Banneker, Letter to Thomas Jefferson, August 19, 1791<BR> * Thomas Jefferson, Letter to Benjamin Banneker, August 30, 1791 <br> <p>Look this: <strong><a href="http://healthy-living-books.blogspot.com/2009/11/take-care-of-yourself-guide-to-treating.html">Take Care of Yourself Guide to Treating Your Familys Most Common Symptoms or Heart Healthy for Life</a></strong> <h4>Barack Obama: The New Face of American Politics (Women and Minorities in Politics Series) </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Martin Dupuis</strong> <p><p><P>Barack Obama's election to the U.S. Senate in 2004 is one of the most interesting and colorful political campaigns in recent history. His rousing keynote address at the Democratic National Convention that same year made his name a household word. The "Obama for Illinois" crusade offers important insights into American politics. The authors explore the role of money, political party, ethnicity, religion, and the issues facing our society today. Obama's straightforward policy recommendations, message of hope and inclusion, and charismatic style propelled him to the national spotlight. Obama has the potential to shape America and to reshape U.S. politics as he campaigns for the White House. <P>Obama's state senate career and his decision to enter the U.S. Senate race are examined in this book. Despite a primary field of six competitors, Obama received more than half of the Democratic vote, defeating a multimillionaire and the state comptroller, a well-known figure in the Democratic Party. The general election imploded for the Republicans in the first few weeks of the campaign when it was revealed that their candidate was embroiled in a sex scandal. Alan Keyes, the ultraconservative, outspoken African American who had run for president twice and for the U.S. Senate from Maryland, was recruited to challenge Obama. But Obama, whose skill with the media and whose ability to raise funds was evident even in those early days of his career, easily won the race with 70 percent of the vote. The authors analyze Obama's ability to speak to the concerns of multiple constituencies by appealing to a coalition of voters that transcends race, class, and gender. At the start of his presidential run, Obama gives new meaning to the American dream.</p><h4>Ann Burns - Library Journal</h4><p><P>Presidential candidate Obama is the only African American in the U.S. Senate. Here, Dupuis (political science, Univ. of Central Florida) and Boeckelman (politics, Western Illinois Univ.) show how his stirring speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, his policy recommendations, and his charismatic style have put him in the national spotlight.</P></p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-50386450099116293702009-11-28T01:00:00.000-08:002009-11-28T01:11:36.578-08:00Almanac of Political Corruption Scandals and Dirty Politics or One Soldiers Story<h4>Almanac of Political Corruption, Scandals and Dirty Politics </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Kim Long</strong> <p><p>Watergate. Billygate. Iran-Contra. Teapot Dome. Monica Lewinsky.American history is marked by era-defining misdeeds, indiscretions, and the kind of tabloid-ready scandals that politicians seem to do better than anyone else. Now, for the first time, one volume brings together 300 years of political wrongdoing in an illustrated history of politicians gone wild—proving that today’s scoundrels aren’t the first, worst, and surely won’t be the last….<br><br>From high crimes to misdemeanors to moments of licentiousness and larceny, this unique compendium captures in complete, colorful detail the foibles, failings, peccadilloes, dirty tricks, and astounding blunders committed by politicians behaving badly. Amid stories of brawlers, plagiarists, sexual predators, tax evaders, and the temporarily insane, this almanac tells all about:<br><br>•The only (so far!) president to be arrested while in office: Ulysses S. Grant, who was allegedly issued a ticket for racing his horse and buggy through the streets of Washington, D.C. <br><br>•The former New Jersey state senator David J. Friedland, who disappeared during a scuba diving accident in 1985. It turns out he staged the accident and served nine years in prison after being captured in the Maldives. <br><br>•Tape-recorded instructions from highbrow president Franklin Delano Roosevelt on how his staff should carry out some low-down political tricks<br><br>•The bizarre story of U.S. congressman Robert Potter, who castrated two men he suspected of having affairs with his wife. Potter won election to the state house while in jail—but was kicked out for cheating at cards.<br><br>•Texascongressman Henry Barbosa Gonzalez: he was charged with assault in 1986 after he shoved and hit a man who called him a communist. Gonzalez was seventy years old at the time. <br><br>At once shocking and hilariously funny, here’s a book that exposes the history of American politics, warts and all—and makes for hours of jaw-dropping, fascinating, illuminating reading. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting book: <strong><a href="http://real-estate-textbooks.blogspot.com/2009/02/group-discussion-or-content-rights-for.html">Group Discussion or Content Rights for Creative Professionals</a></strong> <h4>One Soldier's Story: A Memoir </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Bob Dol</strong> <p><p>At last, in his own words, Bob Dole tells his legendary World War II story -- a personal odyssey of tremendous courage, sacrifice, and faith. <p> In One Soldier's Story, Bob Dole tells the moving, inspirational story of his harrowing experience in World War II, and how he overcame life-threatening injuries long before rising to the top of the U.S. Senate. As a platoon leader in the famed 10th Mountain Division, twenty-one-year-old Bob Dole was gravely wounded on a hill in the Italian Alps just two weeks before the end of the war. Trying to pull his radioman to safety during a fire-fight against a fortified German position, Dole was hit with shrapnel across his right shoulder and back. Over the next three years, not expected to survive, he lapsed in and out of a coma, lost a kidney, lost the use of his right arm and most of the feeling in his left arm. But he willed himself to live. Drawing on nearly 300 never-before-seen letters between him and his family during this period, Dole offers a powerful, vivid portrait of one man's struggle to survive in the closing moments of the war. With insight and candor, Dole also focuses on the words, actions, and selfless deeds of countless American heroes with whom he served, including two fellow injured soldiers who later joined him in the Senate, capturing the singular qualities of his generation. He speaks here not as a politician, but as a wounded G.I. who went on to become one of our nation's most respected statesmen. In doing so, he gives us a heartfelt story of uncommon bravery and personal faith -- in himself, his fellow man, and a greater power. This is the World War II chronicle that America has been waiting for. </p><h4>The New York Times - William Grimes</h4><p><i>One Soldier's Story</i> is really two stories, plainly told, with a generous sprinkling of family letters. The first is a harrowing tale of wartime courage and suffering. But Mr. Dole devotes nearly as much attention to describing his childhood years in Russell, which he describes as "a quintessential Midwestern community, a picture postcard of rustic values and plainspoken wisdom." Heartfelt and highly idealized, this picture of small-town life in the Midwest before the war takes on a kind of mythic power. Mr. Dole held tight to his all-American vision throughout his ordeal, and indeed, has rarely failed to mention Russell - its people and its values - when articulating his political philosophy or his personal struggles.</p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p>This affecting memoir chronicles the Republican senator's arduous coming of age through the early 1950s. After a poor but for him idyllic childhood in Russell, Kans., Dole arrived at college and then the army during World War II a sunny, callow young man; his letters home-many reprinted here-are preoccupied with Mom's cooking, college sports and fraternity hijinks. The story darkens and deepens when he is sent to Italy and, near the end of the war, gravely wounded by a German shell blast that leaves him all but paralyzed with spinal cord damage and a maimed shoulder. The bulk of the book is taken up with Dole's agonizing three-year convalescence. His restrained but poignant account details his painfully slow struggle to regain the use of his legs and arms, the strain put on his family by his physical helplessness and his reluctant coming to terms with the ruin of his once handsome and athletic body. The book is very much a political autobiography, full of tributes to faith, family and hard work, but the harrowing experiences that put these ideals to the test elevate Dole's memoir above mere boilerplate. Photos. (Apr. 12) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>In April 1945, three weeks before Germany surrendered in World War II, 21-year-old Lt. Robert Dole suffered near-fatal wounds to his shoulder and spinal cord from German machine-gun fire as he tried to pull his radioman to safety. In this often moving book, based on the 300 letters Dole exchanged with his family, he tells the story of his three-year ordeal to relearn how to walk and use his arms. In addition, he describes his childhood in Russell, KS, and his years as a three-sport athlete at Kansas University. While being treated at Percy Jones Army Medical Hospital in Michigan, he began lifelong friendships with fellow war heroes Phillip Hart and Daniel Inouye, who would become fellow senators as well. Dole largely attributes his remarkable recovery, which included two near-death infections and nine operations, to his faith, the values instilled by his parents, and his sense of humor. He concludes with his poignant tribute to the World War II generation at the 2004 dedication of the World War II Memorial in Washington, DC. Writing without the anger about inferior medical care for veterans that distinguishes Ron Kovic's Vietnam memoir, Born on the Fourth of July, Dole has produced a journal of hope and recovery that will resonate with its readers. Highly recommended for public libraries. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 12/04.]-Karl Helicher, Upper Merion Twp. Lib., King of Prussia, PA Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information. </p><h4>Kirkus Reviews</h4><p>Sixty years after the fact, the former senator and presidential candidate recounts the wartime incident that left him wounded for life-and that gave him "a ferocious determination to take the next step." At the outset of this nicely written memoir, Dole protests that the handle "the greatest generation" is not one that his generation claimed for itself. "Truth be told," he says, "we were ordinary Americans fated to confront extraordinary tests. Every generation of young men and women who dare face the realities of war . . . is the greatest generation." He warms up to the title in time, however, while recalling a poor childhood on the Kansas plains, made more complicated by the arrival of the Depression; by the time he arrived in Italy as a new lieutenant, he had already faced plenty of character-building tests. Dole, whom later parodists have portrayed as being thin-skinned, admits to being a little put off early on at not being embraced by the mountain troops under his command; but, considering the low life expectancy of field unit commanders, he reckons, "No wonder the forty or so men of the 2nd Platoon didn't go out of their way to get to know me when I arrived. They figured I wouldn't be around long." They were right: while assaulting Hill 913 on the German line on April 14, 1945, Dole was severely wounded by a high-explosive shell fragment, with multiple injuries to his upper body. His account of the years-long process of recovery takes up much of his story, and Dole delivers it with grace and economy: he writes movingly, for instance, that he has viewed his full body in a mirror fewer than half a dozen times in 60 years ("I don't need any more reminders"), and he offers, without atrace of mawkishness, a fine brief on what the Rodgers and Hammerstein song "You'll Never Walk Alone" means to him. For all his reluctance to lay claim to hero or greatest-generation status, Dole deserves accolades. So, too, does his memoir. Author tour </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-23360952608542720882009-11-26T19:49:00.000-08:002009-11-26T19:59:54.996-08:00Public Opinion or Grover Cleveland<h4>Public Opinion </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Walter Lippmann</strong> <p><p>A penetrative study of democratic theory and the role of citizens in a democracy, this classic by a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner offers a prescient view of the media's function in shaping public perceptions. It changed the nature of political science as a scholarly discipline and introduced concepts that continue to influence political theory. </p><br><br> <p>See also: <strong><a href="http://leia-livros.blogspot.com">Liderança de Criatividade:Habilidades aquela Modificação de Passeio</a></strong> <h4>Grover Cleveland </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Henry F Graff</strong> <p><p><P><b>A fresh look at the only president to serve nonconsecutive terms</b>Having run for President three times, gaining the popular vote majority each time—despite losing the electoral college in 1892—Cleveland was unique in the line of nineteenth-century Chief Executives. Graff revives Cleveland’s rags-to-riches story, explaining how he fought to restore stature to the office in the wake of several weak administrations. A fascinating account of the political world that created American leaders before the advent of modern media. </p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p>In this brief, excellent volume written for Arthur Schlesinger's American Presidents series, Columbia professor emeritus Graff (The Tuesday Cabinet) picks up the often neglected Grover Cleveland, dusts him off and reminds us how substantial he was. After serving as mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York, Cleveland (1837-1908) was the first Democrat to be elected president after the Civil War. He forced America's railroad titans to return 81,000,000 western acres previously granted by the federal government and regulated them with the Interstate Commerce Act. Although defeated in the electoral college by Benjamin Harrison in 1888, Cleveland won the popular vote, which set the stage for his return to the presidency in 1892 in the midst of nationwide depression. As usual, Cleveland acted decisively. He repealed the inflationary Sherman Silver Purchase Act and, with the aid of Wall Street, maintained the Treasury's gold reserve. When Chicago railroad strikers violated an injunction against further disruption, Cleveland dispatched federal troops. Cleveland's no-nonsense treatment of the strikers stirred many Americans, as did the way he forced Great Britain to accept arbitration of a disputed boundary in Venezuela. But many of Cleveland's hard-hitting policies during the depression proved unpopular in the long term; in 1896, his party nominated William Jennings Bryan for the presidency. In clean, matter-of-fact prose, Graff sums up the plainspoken Cleveland as a man of action and uncompromising integrity a man who, though publicly identified as the father of a bastard child, nevertheless restored dignity to the office of the president in the wake of several weak administrations. (Aug. 20) Forecast: Because Cleveland lacks the popular appeal of Teddy Roosevelt or James Madison (with bios already published in this series), this fine volume may be more for completists. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>As part of the "American Presidents" series under the editorial direction of Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., distinguished historian Graff (America: The Glorious Republic, to 1877) offers new insight into a President who is often overlooked. Best known as the only President to serve two nonconsecutive terms, Cleveland does indeed deserve Graff's fresh examination. The 1888 Presidential election was marked by one of the earliest and most virulent attacks on the personal behavior of a candidate when Cleveland was accused of fathering a child out of wedlock. But the candidate took full responsibility for the child (an act Graff refers to as "the gold standard" for such circumstances), and in the end the incident did not cause Cleveland to lose the election. Graff's examination of the 1888 election is one of the finest short reviews of that peculiar race available. Cleveland had a narrow view of the President's powers and did not exert the more expansive leadership that would characterize later Presidents. But he was an able administrator and pursued a clean-government agenda. This slim volume is a valuable addition to the literature on the Presidency and is a compelling argument for taking Cleveland seriously as a President. For political collections of public libraries.-Michael A. Genovese, Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information. </p><h4>Kirkus Reviews</h4><p>Slender but deftly sketched assessment of our 22nd and 24th president. Physically imposing in life, Grover Cleveland is largely forgotten now, except for the oddity that he was the only president to have served two nonconsecutive terms in office (1885-89 and 1893-97). He deserves better from historians, argues Graff (Professor Emeritus, History/Columbia Univ.), who points out Cleveland's political domination of his time: a politician of integrity, sincerity, and decency at a time of widespread political corruption. As such, Cleveland won the popular vote for president three times in a row-he lost the electoral vote to Benjamin Harrison in 1888-and was revered by millions of his contemporaries. Compelled to forego college after the early death of his father, the young Cleveland settled down to read law in Buffalo. Cleveland quickly rose to prominence as a Buffalo attorney, and his close relationship with influential New York Democratic kingmaker Daniel Manning resulted in short, successful stints as mayor of Buffalo and governor of New York. In these early jobs, he established the themes of sound administration, resistance to pork-barrel politics, and general fairness that distinguished him later as president. In that office, he saw civil-service reform of government and articulated a foreign policy of fair play-he disapproved of the coup that overthrew the Hawaiian monarchy, for instance-that contrasted with the imperialism of successor Teddy Roosevelt. In Graff's study, striking differences between Cleveland's era and ours emerge: pretending disinterest while subordinates ran the campaign, Cleveland and his opponents passively "stood" for office instead of running for it. In addition,Cleveland was a "gray personality" whose coarse appearance, heavy body, and unspectacular memorized speeches might have disqualified him for the presidency in the age of television. Graff does not see Cleveland as a visionary figure, but as a transition between the 19th century's ideal of a limited presidency and our more expansive modern view of the office. An absorbing study of an undeservedly forgotten president. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Editor's Note</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">xv</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Prologue</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Early Years</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">3</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">A Career in Buffalo</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">12</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Governor of New York</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">21</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Making of a President</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">43</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">In the White House</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">67</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">6.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Defeated for Reelection</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">90</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">7.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">An Interregnum</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">98</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">8.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Return to Power</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">111</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">9.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">End of the Road</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">130</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Epilogue</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">137</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Milestones</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">139</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Selected Bibliography</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">143</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">145</TD></TABLE> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-37166359065845947352009-11-25T14:37:00.000-08:002009-11-25T14:48:09.446-08:00Hedgehogs and Foxes or To Change China<h4>Hedgehogs and Foxes: Character, Leadership, and Command in Organizations </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Abraham Zaleznik</strong> <p><p><P>In this compelling look at charismatic leaders and their leadership styles, Abraham Zaleznik asserts that leaders are either '<I>hedgehogs,'</I> who view leadership as a single-minded track driven by unwavering rules, or '<I>foxes,'</I> who<I> </I>assess and re-evaluate their goals and strategies based on ever-changing factors in business, politics, and culture. Covering dynamic personalities from Dwight Eisenhower to Martin Luther King, Jr., Zaleznik draws illuminating conclusions about psycho-politics and negotiations of power and command, celebrating innovative problem-solving skills.</P> </p><br><br> <p>New interesting book: <strong><a href="http://minerals-books.blogspot.com/2009/02/abnormal-pap-smears-or-womens-migraine.html">Abnormal Pap Smears or The Womens Migraine Survival Guide</a></strong> <h4>To Change China: Western Advisors in China, 1620-1960 </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Jonathan D Spenc</strong> <p><p><P>"To change China" was the goal of foreign missionaries, soldiers, doctors, teachers, engineers, and revolutionaries for more than three hundred years. But the Chinese, while eagerly accepting Western technical advice, clung steadfastly to their own religious and cultural traditions. As a new era of relations between China and the United States begins, the tales in this volume will serve as cautionary histories for businessmen, diplomats, students, or any other foreigners who foolishly believe that they can transform this vast, enigmatic country. <br><br> "A fascinating popular book. . . . Mr. Spence has given these careers fascinating first-person detail. He is a skilled craftsman." (John K. Fairbank, <i>The New York Review of Books</I>) </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">List of Illustrations</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">vii</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">ix</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">xiii</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Schall and Verbiest: To God Through the Stars</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">3</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Peter Parker: Bodies or Souls</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">34</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Ward and Gordon: Glorious Days of Looting</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">57</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Lay and Hart: Power, Patronage, Pay</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">93</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Martin and Fryer: Trimming the Lamps</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">129</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">6.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Edward Hume: Yale for China</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">161</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">7.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Mikhail Borodin: Life in the Sun</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">184</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">8.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Todd and Bethune: Overcome All Terrors</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">205</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">9.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Chennault, Stilwell, Wedemeyer: A Compass for Shangri-La</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">228</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">10.</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Last Rounds: U.S.A. and U.S.S.R.</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">279</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Conclusion</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">289</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Chapter Notes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">294</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">327</TD></TABLE> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-61856964724147852262009-02-21T23:01:00.000-08:002009-02-21T23:08:53.440-08:00Tinder Box or Disaster Medicine<h4>Tinder Box: The Iroquois Theatre Disaster 1903 </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Anthony P Hatch</strong> <p><p>This is the one-hundredth anniversary year of the worst single building fire and the most horrible theater disaster in US history.At a Christmas week matinee December 30, 1903, more than 600 people, mostly women and children, perished in less than 30 minutes in a five-week-old theater that was advertised as being "Absolutely Fireproof" and one of the most luxurious playhouses ever built in America—the epitome of Twentieth Century luxury, comfort and safety. Rushed to completion because of corporate greed, the Iroquois opened in Chicago's Loop without exit signs, firefighting equipment, sprinkler system, fire alarm, telephone, a completed ventillation system and exterior fire escapes because city buiding inspectors had been paid off in free tickets and fire department and other officials looked the other way. Published warnings went unheeded. When fire broke out from a short circuit in a backstage spotlight, the panicked audience found itself locked in by untrained ushers and though leading comedian Eddy Foy begged for calm, people trampled one another in a mad dash to escape and piled up at exit doors that, even when broken open, swung in rather than out. Hundreds jumped or were pushed from the incomplete fire escapes into what became known as "Death Alley." The disaster, which for 1903 had the impact that the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, stunned the world, closed theaters and ultimately resulted in fundamental changes in building and safety codes now taken for granted, such as illuminated exits signs, panic bars, doors that swing out, not in and fire retardant materials. However, questions remain as to whether today's theaters and movie houses are any safer in a panic situation, and some fire experts interviewed by the author say that another Iroquois disaster could again occur. <P>Author Biography: <B>Anthony P. Hatch</B>, a native New Yorker raised in Chicago, is a former print, wire service and broadcast newsman. He began investigating the Iroquois disaster in 1961 while he was with CBS News. He was interested in the similarities between the Iroquois and the <I>Titanic</I> disaster which occured nine years later. He was able to get eyewitness details from five elderly men directly involved in the Iroquois horror: a cub reporter for a Chicago newspaper who covered the theater's opening night and returned five weeks later to report on the disaster; a fireman who fought the blaze and later became Chicago fire commissioner; a wire service reporter called in from his beat at the stock yards; a Northwestern student who helped carry out the living and dead and a child who escaped from the theater by being passed, hand over hand, above the heads of fleeing adults. Hatch currently is general manager of public radio station KSFR in Santa Fe and teaches broadcast news at the University of New Mexico's School of Communications and Journalism. His written articles have appeared in <I>The Nation, TV Guide, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Herald Examiner</I>, and the <I>Santa Fe New Mexican</I>. This is his first book. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://canadian-cooking.blogspot.com/2009/02/burst-of-flavor-or-romance-of-wine.html">Burst of Flavor or Romance of Wine</a></strong> <h4>Disaster Medicine </h4> <p>Author: <strong>David Hogan</strong> <p><p><P>Written by more than 30 emergency physicians with first-hand experience handling medical care during disasters, this volume is the only single comprehensive reference on disaster medicine. It provides the information that every emergency department needs to prepare for and handle the challenges of natural and manmade disasters. The contributors present guidelines for assessing the affected population's health care needs, establishing priorities, allocating resources, and treating individuals. Coverage encompasses a wide range of natural, industrial, technologic, transportation-related, and conflict-related disasters, with examples from around the world. This edition has more illustrations and more information on weapons of mass destruction and explosions. </p><h4>Doody Review Services</h4><p><b>Reviewer:</b>Lisa N Rapoport, MD, MS(University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine)<BR><b>Description:</b>The authors begin this book with the very simple (but difficult) question, "what is a disaster?" and continue with basic explanations of types of disasters and their management, and finish with specific problems and situations that may be encountered in a disaster. This updates the 2002 edition, and includes data and experience from both the tsunami disaster and Hurricane Katrina. <BR><b>Purpose:</b>The purpose is to educate and prepare medical practitioners for a disaster by explaining concepts pertaining to disasters and the groundwork needed to comprehend and prepare. It is a huge and lofty goal but very necessary, and the book succeeds in meeting it. It is also very readable, providing many real-life examples that illustrate points and concepts, which in turn animates the book more than one would anticipate.<BR><b>Audience:</b>The book is directed at any public health or potential disaster relief practitioner and is accessible to any audience. The authors clearly have extensive knowledge of the field, and the list of contributors is impressive. <BR><b>Features:</b>The six sections cover basic concepts such as defining what a disaster is; how to plan for one; different types of disasters; and how to educate about disasters. It is clear that the authors have gathered world experts in the field because they consistently use examples of real disasters to explain concepts and theories. One of the strongest points of the book is the way it describes and makes real complex theories that may otherwise be difficult to grasp.<BR><b>Assessment:</b>This is a good quality book -- well written, well substantiated, and clearly organized. Furthermore, as an emergency medicine resident physician, I feel the subject matter is vital to my training and future practice. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-54354233248342141462009-02-20T17:50:00.000-08:002009-02-20T17:57:04.063-08:00Battleground Chicago or Poor Peoples Movements<h4>Battleground Chicago: The Police and the 1968 Democratic National Convention </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Frank Kusch</strong> <p><p>The 1968 Democratic Convention, best known for police brutality against demonstrators, has been relegated to a dark place in American historical memory. <I>Battleground Chicago </I>ventures beyond the stereotypical image of rioting protestors and violent cops to reevaluate exactly how—and why—the police attacked antiwar activists at the convention. <BR> Working from interviews with eighty former Chicago police officers who were on the scene, Frank Kusch uncovers the other side of the story of ’68, deepening our understanding of a turbulent decade.<BR> <BR>“Frank Kusch’s compelling account of the clash between Mayor Richard Daley’s men in blue and anti-war rebels reveals why the 1960s was such a painful era for many Americans. . . . to his great credit, [Kusch] allows ‘the pigs’ to speak up for themselves.”—Michael Kazin<BR> <BR>“Kusch’s history of white Chicago policemen and the 1968 Democratic National Convention is a solid addition to a growing literature on the cultural sensibility and political perspective of the conservative white working class in the last third of the twentieth century.”—David Farber, <I>Journal of American History</I> </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><P>Preface to the Paerback Edition<P>Preface<P>Timeline<P>1 "An American City": The Roots of a Creed 1<P>2 "Freaks, Cowards, and Bastards": The War at Home 17<P>3 "What's America Coming To?": January-June 1968 31<P>4 "On to Chicago": Countdown to August 43<P>5 "A Perfect Mess": Convention Week 69<P>6 "Terrorists from Out of Town": Fallout in the Second City 115<P>7 "Half the Power of God": Chicago in '68 Revisited 135<P>Conclusion 159<P>Notes 163<P>Bibliography 193<P>Index 201 <p>Books about: <strong><a href="http://low-salt-cooking.blogspot.com">La Dolce Vita or Celebrities and Their Culinary Creations</a></strong> <h4>Poor People's Movements: Why They Succeed, How They Fail </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Richard A Cloward</strong> <p><p>Have the poor fared best by participating in conventional electoral politics or by engaging in mass defiance and disruption? The authors of the classic Regulating The Poor assess the successes and failures of these two strategies as they examine, in this provocative study, four protest movements of lower-class groups in 20th century America:<BR>— The mobilization of the unemployed during the Great Depression that gave rise to the Workers' Alliance of America<BR>— The industrial strikes that resulted in the formation of the CIO<BR>— The Southern Civil Rights Movement<BR>— The movement of welfare recipients led by the National Welfare Rights Organization. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-64488900168279662422009-02-19T09:11:00.000-08:002009-02-19T09:18:13.466-08:00Amped or Pocket Idiots Guide to Your Carbon Footprint<h4>Amped: A Soldier's Race for Gold in the Shadow of War </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Bill Briggs</strong> <p><p>"When above-the-knee amputeeswalk, we generate seven to nine times the force of our body weight right into the point where the prosthesis meets our residual leg. For me, that's almost 1,500 pounds slamming into that socket."</p> <br>For any amputee, learning to walk with a prosthetic leg is a painful, grueling ordeal. Soon after army medic Kortney Clemons, who lost his right leg to a roadside bomb in Baghdad, began the process, he had more than walking in mind. He wanted to run, and run fast. Barely three years after the awful attack that changed his life forever, he aimed to join the elite corps of international athletes vying for gold in the 2008 Paralympics in Beijing. His account of his recovery from this catastrophic wound and his drive to become the first Iraq veteran to win Paralympic gold is one of the most remarkable, inspiring, and compelling stories in the history of sports.<br> </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5>Acknowledgments. <br> <br>Author’s Note. <br> <br><b>PART I: BLOOD AND TEARS.</b> <br> <br>Chapter One: Medic Down. <br> <br>Chapter Two: Southern Roots. <br> <br>Chapter Three: Missing Pieces. <br> <br>Chapter Four: Into the Void. <br> <br>Chapter Five: Baby Steps. <br> <br><b>PART II: WEARING THE COLORS.</b> <br> <br>Chapter Six: Vision of Hope. <br> <br>Chapter Seven: Off and Running. <br> <br>Chapter Eight: Big Lift. <br> <br>Chapter Nine: Precious Time. <br> <br>Chapter Ten: History and Headlights. <br> <br>Chapter Eleven: Heavy Lessons. <br> <br>Chapter Twelve: Full Circle.<br> <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://livres-09.blogspot.com">Le Rapport d'ASHE-ERIC Higher Education, la Compréhension et le fait de Faciliter le Changement D'organisation au 21e siècle :la Recherche Récente et la Conceptualisation, Vol.4</a></strong> <h4>Pocket Idiot's Guide to Your Carbon Footprint </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Nancy Grant</strong> <p><p><P><B>Take the first step toward a better environment.</B><BR><BR> Awareness of global climate change has reached critical mass around the world, and people are looking to see how the choices they make affect the environment. This highly practical and easy-to-use reference helps readers understand how to do their part to combat global warming in simple but effective ways.<BR><BR> • Clear explanations of the relationship between energy use and carbon emissions, and an individual's carbon "footprint"<BR> • The topic is gaining momentum on a worldwide basis<BR> • Easy-to-use, with accessible information </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-64122535796614976682009-02-18T03:59:00.000-08:002009-02-18T04:06:02.037-08:00Federalism or Arrogant Capital<h4>Federalism: Political Identity and Tragic Compromise </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Malcolm Feeley</strong> <p><p><P>"This is a brilliant book that all who consider are interested in the Constitution---judges, lawyers, and professors---must read." <BR>---Erwin Chemerinsky, Alston and Bird Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Duke University School of Law<P>"Professors Feeley and Rubin clearly define what is and is not federal system. This book should be required for serious students of comparative government and American government."<BR>---G. Ross Stephens, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Missouri, Kansas City<P>"At last, an insightful examination of federalism stripped of its romance. An absolutely splendid book, rigorous but still accessible."<BR>---Larry Yackle, Professor of Law, Boston University<P>"A thought-provoking book on the nature of national-state relations in the United States federal system."<BR>---Joseph F. Zimmerman, Professor of Political Science, Rockefeller College, University at Albany<P>Federalism refers to a system in which a centralized national government shares power with member states. Beyond this most basic definition, however, scholars debate the applications and implications of the term. Joining the concept of identity from political science with legal principle, Malcolm M. Feeley and Edward Rubin propose a theory of federalism and test the relevance of federalism for the United States today.<P>Essentially, federalism represents a compromise among groups who refuse to yield autonomy yet acknowledge the benefits of forming a nation. As in the African and Asian nations forged from former colonies, federalism allows the member states---often dominated by ethnic minorities---to remain largely self-governing. In this way, a youngnation can avoid secession and civil war while the people within its borders gradually abandon their local identities and come to view themselves as citizens of the nation.<P>The United States, Feeley and Rubin remind us, faced a similar situation in the eighteenth century as thirteen regionally distinct, ethnically diverse, and highly independent British colonies came together to found a nation. Despite the Civil War and the upheaval of the Civil Rights Movement, the federalist strategy ultimately succeeded. For the United States in the early twenty-first century, thanks to the rise of a strong national identity and a ubiquitous bureaucracy, federalism has become obsolete. This bold argument is certain to provoke controversy.<P>Malcolm M. Feeley is Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Chair Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley.<P>Edward Rubin is Dean of the Vanderbilt University Law School and the school's first John Wade-Kent Syverud Professor of Law. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting book: <strong><a href="http://web-browsers-books.blogspot.com">The Hacker Crackdown or Network Maturity Model</a></strong> <h4>Arrogant Capital: The Acclaimed Indictment of Entrenched Washington </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Kevin Phillips</strong> <p><p>Washington -- mired in bureaucracy, captured by the money power of Wall Street, and dominated by 90,000 lobbyists, 60,000 lawyers, and the largest concentration of special interests the world has ever seen -- has become the albatross that our Founding Fathers feared: a swollen capital city feeding off the country it should be governing. Using history as a chilling warning, Kevin Phillips compares the paralysis in today's Washington to that of formerly mighty and arrogant capitals like Rome and Madrid. Unchecked, Washington will -- like other great powers before it -- lead the country to its inevitable decline and fall.<p> Kevin Phillips's unique blueprint for a revolution in politics and government puts Washington on notice and sounds a cry for immediate action, offering a wide variety of remedies -- some quasi-revolutionary, others more moderate, but all controversial. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preface to the Paperback Edition</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">xi</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">xxix</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">I</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The End of Self-Renewal in Washington and in American Politics</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Washington and the Late-Twentieth-Century Failure of American Politics</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">3</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Imperial Washington: The Power and the Glory--And the Betrayal of the Grass Roots</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">27</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">II</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Critical Shortcomings of U.S. Politics, Parties, and Government</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Crisis No One Can Discuss: U.S. Economic and Cultural Decline--And What It Means</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">69</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Financialization of America: Electronic Speculation and Washington's Loss of Control over the "Real Economy"</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">95</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Principal Weaknesses of American Politics and Government</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">139</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Fading of Anglo-American Institutions and World Supremacy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">173</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">III</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Revolutionary 1990s and the Restoration of Popular Rule in America</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The 1990s: Converging Revolutionary Traditions and Post-Cold War Jitters</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">205</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Renewing America for the Twenty-first Century: The Blueprint for a Political Revolution</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">227</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Notes and Sources</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">271</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">279</TD></TABLE> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-25934558243579653982009-02-16T22:47:00.000-08:002009-02-16T22:54:21.071-08:00Human Services in Contemporary America or Nationalism Reader<h4>Human Services in Contemporary America </h4> <p>Author: <strong>William R Burger</strong> <p><p>HUMAN SERVICES IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA presents a complete overview of the helping field, its available programs, and the practical skills you can use in your career. The author presents the history and practice of human services through the lens of a social problems and policy perspective. From one chapter to the next, you'll begin to understand how social, economic and political issues may affect you as a human service worker as well as the people you service. Real-life examples in every chapter highlight material on social policy. Useful information on selected careers within the field are discussed, along with the necessary training and licensor information you'll need if you decide to pursue that career direction. You'll find the book's website to be a great study aid to help you master the concepts of the course.<br> </p><h4>Booknews</h4><p>Gives a realistic and multidisciplinary understanding of the helping professions, looking at the many roles of human services, people who seek help, and programs available to those in need. There is a strong focus on social policy issues and their impact on workers and clients. This fifth edition contains new material on career paths, managed care, welfare reform, and the disparity between rich and poor. Burger chairs the department of behavioral sciences and human services at Kingsborough Community College, where Youkeles is professor emeritus. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preface</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">ix</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Human Services in the United States Today</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">2</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Human Needs: Focus on Human Services</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">2</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Role of Primary Social Supports in Meeting Needs</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">6</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">An Overview of Human Services</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">8</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sources of Need Satisfaction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">19</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Falling Through the Safety Net</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">19</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Political Controversy and Human Services</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">21</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Impact of Contemporary Problems on Needs</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">31</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Summary</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">62</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">63</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">64</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Groups in Need</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">69</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">70</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">America's Poor</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">70</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Unemployed</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">77</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Children in Need</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">79</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Elderly</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">87</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">People with Disabilities</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">95</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Persons with Mental Illness</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">99</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Substance Abusers</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">106</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Criminals</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">114</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Homeless</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">125</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Persons Living with HIV/AIDS</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">129</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Summary</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">133</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">134</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">135</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Human Services in Historical Perspective</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">141</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">142</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Prehistoric Civilization</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">142</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Early Civilizations</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">143</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Middle Ages</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">145</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Renaissance</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">147</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Human Welfare Services since the Renaissance</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">148</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Mental Health Services since the Renaissance</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">155</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">2000 and Beyond</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">163</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">166</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">167</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Theoretical Perspectives</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">169</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">170</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Scientific Theory</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">170</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Theories about Human Disorders</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">171</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Models of Dysfunction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">173</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Medical Model</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">173</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Human Services Model</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">180</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Issues Underlying Conflict between Models</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">182</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Holistic Trend in Medical Theory</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">183</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Schools of Therapy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">186</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Psychoanalytic Viewpoint</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">186</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Humanistic Perspective</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">194</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Behaviorist Model</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">198</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Which Theory Is Best?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">208</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Alternative Paths to Personal Fulfillment</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">208</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Systems Theory</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">210</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Does Psychotherapy Work?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">211</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">212</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">213</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Human Services Worker</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">216</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">217</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Different Styles of Helping Relationships</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">217</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Characteristics of Effective Helpers</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">219</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Basic Helping Skills</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">224</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Factors That Influence the Use of Skills</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">232</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Values</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">233</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Human Rights, the Law, and Human Services</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">239</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Worker in Group Settings</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">242</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Worker in the Community</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">245</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">250</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">251</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Careers in Human Services</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">253</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">254</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Generalist Human Services Work</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">254</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Therapeutic Recreation</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">259</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Creative Arts Therapy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">260</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Psychiatric Nursing</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">262</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Occupational Therapy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">264</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Clinical Psychology</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">267</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Counseling</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">271</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Social Work</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">278</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Psychiatry</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">282</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Professional Organizations</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">284</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">286</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">287</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Social Policy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">288</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">289</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">What Is Social Policy?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">289</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Social Policy in the Past</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">290</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Social Policy in Modern Times</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">291</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Purpose and Types of Social Policy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">293</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Scope of Social Policy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">293</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Making of Social Policy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">295</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Factors in Establishing Social Policy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">300</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Implementation of Social Policy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">307</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Critical Thinking Activities</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">310</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">316</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">317</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Prevention in Human Services</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">319</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">320</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Defining Prevention and Its Targets</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">320</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Prevention in the Past</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">321</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Levels of Prevention</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">325</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Why an Emphasis on Primary Prevention Is Crucial</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">329</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Primary Prevention Strategies</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">334</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Obstacles to the Development of Primary Prevention Programs</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">337</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Conclusion</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">340</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Additional Reading</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">340</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">341</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Chapter 9</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Current Controversies and Issues</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">343</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">344</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Clash of Values in Social Policies</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">344</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Government: How Much Support for the Needy?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">348</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Target Populations: The Struggle for Support</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">349</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Professionalism in the Human Services</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">354</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Deinstitutionalization: Does It Work?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">358</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Role of Human Services Workers</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">360</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Whom Do Human Services Workers Serve?</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">361</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">A Basic Reading and Thinking Skill</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">363</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">References</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">364</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Glossary</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">367</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Author Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">377</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Subject Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">381</TD></TABLE> <p>See also: <strong><a href="http://livros-texto.blogspot.com/2009/02/lideranca-compartilhadarecomposicao-o.html">Liderança Compartilhada:Recomposição o Hows e Whys de Liderança</a></strong> <h4>Nationalism Reader </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Omar Dahbour</strong> <p><p>The proclamation of a "New World Order," hailed at the end of the cold war, coincided with an eruption of nationalism. The withering of the bipolar balance of power has created a vacuum that has been filled by a new tide of ethnic conflict in the former Soviet Union, Bosnia, Somalia, and elsewhere. Despite general recognition of this resurgent phenomenon, there is neither widespread awareness nor expert consensus on the meaning and origins of nationalism. The Nationalism Reader depicts the historical evolution of nationalist thought in the words of leading political actors and thinkers. But this anthology is more than merely a useful reference book. By classifying the question of nationalism according to conflicting political perspectives, its introductory essay and organization show that liberalism, conservatism, and socialism each oscillates between a universalist (or a semi-universalist) conception of human rights and nationalism. In this respect, the selection of texts presented here sheds new theoretical light on the study of nationalism, as well as presenting major European, American, and Third World contributions to nationalist thought. </p><h4>Booknews</h4><p>Adopting the position that nationalism is a "modern emotional effusion" aroused by the nation-state, this anthology traces the development of nationalism from the Enlightenment to the contemporary period. Topics include liberalism, conservatism, socialism, and internationalism; anti-colonialism and national liberation movements; American perspectives; and contemporary debate on the subject. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-62140556989990249292009-02-15T17:35:00.000-08:002009-02-15T17:42:05.520-08:00No Child Left Behind and the Transformation of Federal Education Policy 1965 2005 or The Al Qaeda Connection<h4>No Child Left Behind and the Transformation of Federal Education Policy, 1965-2005 </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Patrick J McGuinn</strong> <p><p>Education is intimately connected to many of the most important and contentious questions confronting American society, from race to jobs to taxes, and the competitive pressures of the global economy have only enhanced its significance. Elementary and secondary schooling has long been the province of state and local governments; but when George W. Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act in 2002, it signaled an unprecedented expansion of the federal role in public education. <P><P>This book provides the first balanced, in-depth analysis of how No Child Left Behind (NCLB) became law. Patrick McGuinn, a political scientist with hands-on experience in secondary education, explains how this happened despite the country's long history of decentralized school governance and the longstanding opposition of both liberals and conservatives to an active, reform-oriented federal role in schools. His book provides the essential political context for understanding NCLB, the controversies surrounding its implementation, and forthcoming debates over its reauthorization.<P> <P>Using education as a case study of national policymaking, McGuinn also shows how the struggle to define the federal role in school reform took center stage in debates over the appropriate role of the government in promoting opportunity and social welfare. He places the evolution of the federal role in schools within the context of broader institutional, ideological, and political changes that have swept the nation since the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, chronicles the concerns raised by the 1983 report <I>A Nation at Risk,</I> and shows how education became a major campaign issue for both parties in the 1990s. McGuinn argues that the emergence of swing issues such as education can facilitate major policy change even as they influence the direction of wider political debates and partisan conflict. <P> <P>McGuinn traces the Republican shift from seeking to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education to embracing federal leadership in school reform, then details the negotiations over NCLB, the forces that shaped its final provisions, and the ways in which the law constitutes a new federal education policy regime-against which states have now begun to rebel. He argues that the expanded federal role in schools is probably here to stay and that only by understanding the unique dynamics of national education politics will reformers be able to craft a more effective national role in school reform.<P> <P>This book is part of the <I>Studies in Government and Public Policy</I> series. </p><br><br> <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://pies-books.blogspot.com">Breads or Joanne Weirs More Cooking in the Wine Country</a></strong> <h4>The Al Qaeda Connection: International Terrorism, Organized Crime, and the Coming Apocalpse </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Paul L Williams</strong> <p><p><P>In his acclaimed exposé, Osama's Revenge: The Next 9/11, terrorism expert Paul L. Williams revealed the likelihood of nuclear terrorism on American soil. Now in this chilling sequel Williams further explores the shocking dimensions of the international terrorist threat to Americans. </P> <P>Williams reveals persuasive evidence that al Qaeda has now established connections with the Sicilian Mafia, which is helping to finance terrorism through the sale of Number Four heroin, the present drug of choice in Europe and the United States. In addition, through its ties to the Chechen Mafia, the group responsible for the heinous attack on a Russian school, al Qaeda has managed to obtain nuclear weapons from poorly secured and carelessly guarded storehouses in Russia. </P> <P>Perhaps the most disturbing evidence uncovered by Williams is the relation of al Qaeda to an obscure Salvadoran street gang, which calls itself Mara Salvatrucha and has expanded exponentially. In exchange for big money, this violent group of anarchic thugs has smuggled weapons of mass destruction and sleeper agents across the Mexican border onto American soil, or what they refer to as the land of the "Great Satan."</P> <P>No other book deals with the connection between international, extremist Islamic terrorism and organized crime-a connection that has made possible the establishment of a well-financed branch of al Qaeda in Latin America and the creation of terrorist cells in major metropolitan areas throughout the United States. Williams convincingly demonstrates that by means of this network Bin Laden is now in a position to execute his dream of an American Hiroshima, an apocalyptic act of mass murder within the borders of the United States. Though vigorously working to prevent such an attack, many military experts and security officials concede the probability of nuclear terrorism in America, perhaps in the immediate future.</P></p><h4>What People Are Saying</h4><p><strong>Michael Levine</strong><br>"While congress sticks its collective heads in holes and mainstream media does its usual penguin walk, the mushroom clouds of nuclear terror grow more defined on our horizon. Dr. Paul L. Williams is one of a precious few investigative journalists with the real facts and the courage to sound the alarm. . . before it is too late. This is a MUST read for every American." <br>—<i>retired DEA agent, author of NY Times bestseller Deep Cover, and the host of New York City's, The Expert Witness Radio Show</i></p><br><p><strong>Neil J. Kressel</strong><br>"Nothing is more dangerous for America -- or the world -- than the alliance between international terrorism and organized crime. By calling attention to this linkage, Paul L. Williams has, once again, shown himself to be a national resource in the battle against Osama and his henchmen."<br>—<i>Ph.D., author of Mass Hate: The Global Rise of Genocide and Terror</i></p><br><p><strong>Paul R. Schiffer</strong><br>"I have interviewed dozens of Defense and Terror experts on my radio broadcasts over the years. None of them comes close to the depth, insight, and frightening details of Mr. Williams in exposing the tentacles of terror gripping our planet."<br>—<i>Radio talk show host, "The Schiffer Report" on Righttalk.com </i> </p><br><p><strong>James E. Beasley Jr.</strong><br>"Dr. Williams' most recent work thoroughly and thoughtfully expounds on his prior work and places in context how the end of the Cold War, Wahabism, and the decision making based on political considerations rather than true needs have placed the West in a precarious position; this book, as troubling as its contents may be, is an important read which not only the public, but more importantly, our politicians should read and understand so they may act accordingly." <br>—<i>M.D., Esq. whose practice involves international terrorism litigation on behalf of 9/11 victims.</i></p><br><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preface : an interview with Osama bin Laden</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">9</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction : why we fight America</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">15</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Pt. 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Islamic mafia</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The young lion and the dream of the American Hiroshima</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">25</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The good life among the Taliban</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">45</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">From Albania to the atom bomb</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">57</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The three wars</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">67</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Pt. 2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The crown jewels</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The loose nukes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">81</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The five-year intermission</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">97</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Enter Dr. Evil</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">105</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Pt. 3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">From hell to South America</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Welcome, Osama, to South America</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">119</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 9</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Too little, too late</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">139</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 10</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The terrorists and the gangbangers</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">153</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 11</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The sleeper cells</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">171</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">Ch. 12</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Amen, America</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">191</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Epilogue : the doomsday clock</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">201</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">App</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Al Qaeda's search for weapons of mass destruction</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">207</TD></TABLE> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-78518190132682800312009-02-14T12:21:00.000-08:002009-02-14T12:28:32.809-08:00Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays or Unmaking the Public University<h4>Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Oakeshott</strong> <p><p>Rationalism in Politics, first published in 1962, has established the late Michael Oakeshott as the leading conservative political theorist in modern Britain. This expanded collection of essays astutely points out the limits of "reason" in rationalist politics.<P>Oakeshott criticizes ideological schemes to reform society according to supposedly "scientific" or rationalistic principles that ignore the wealth and variety of human experience. "Rationalism in politics, " says Oakeshott, "involves a misconception with regard to the nature of human knowledge." History has shown that it produces unexpected, often disastrous, results. "Having cut himself off from the traditional knowledge of his society, and denied the value of any education more extensive than a training in a technique of analysis, " the Rationalist succeeds only in undermining the institutions that hold civilized society together. In this regard, rationalism in politics is "a corruption of the mind." </p><br><br> <p>Interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://politics-buddhism.blogspot.com/2009/02/mighty-wurlitzer-or-black-identities.html">The Mighty Wurlitzer or Black Identities</a></strong> <h4>Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Christopher Newfield</strong> <p><p><P>An essential American dream—equal access to higher education—was becoming a reality with the GI Bill and civil rights movements after World War II. But this vital American promise has been broken. Christopher Newfield argues that the financial and political crises of public universities are not the result of economic downturns or of ultimately valuable restructuring, but of a conservative campaign to end public education’s democratizing influence on American society. <i>Unmaking the Public University</i> is the story of how conservatives have maligned and restructured public universities, deceiving the public to serve their own ends. It is a deep and revealing analysis that is long overdue.<br></p><P>Newfield carefully describes how this campaign operated, using extensive research into public university archives. He launches the story with the expansive vision of an equitable and creative America that emerged from the post-war boom in college access, and traces the gradual emergence of the anti-egalitarian “corporate university,” practices that ranged from racial policies to research budgeting. Newfield shows that the culture wars have actually been an economic war that a conservative coalition in business, government, and academia have waged on that economically necessary but often independent group, the college-educated middle class. Newfield’s research exposes the crucial fact that the culture wars have functioned as a kind of neutron bomb, one that pulverizes the social and culture claims of college grads while leaving their technical expertise untouched. <i>Unmaking the Public University</i> incisively sets the record straight, describing aforty-year economic war waged on the college-educated public, and awakening us to a vision of social development shared by scientists and humanists alike.<br></p> </p><h4>What People Are Saying</h4><p><strong>Anthony Grafton</strong><br>In a crowd of recent works dedicated to the changing university and its place in society, Newfield's rich, cogently argued and readable book stands out. This is that rare thing, truly critical history: a solidly researched book that is at once a fine example of the sort of scholarship that the American university still makes possible and a serious argument about the university. --(<i>Anthony Grafton, author of <i>The Footnote: A Curious History</i></i>) </p><br><p><strong>David L. Kirp</strong><br>Newfield's argument is original, his evidence varied and rich, and his historical narrative coherent. He situates the university in its broadest social context, and shows that the 'culture wars,' far from being a sideshow, have in fact cleverly been fomented by conservatives to reshape the values of the university, the world-view of its graduates, and the economy which it significantly shapes and which shapes it. --(<i>David L. Kirp, author of <i>Shakespeare, Einstein, and the Bottom Line: The Marketing of Higher Education</i></i>) </p><br><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-4207079149978950742009-02-13T07:08:00.000-08:002009-02-13T07:15:04.243-08:00American Armageddon or McCain<h4>American Armageddon: How the Delusions of the Neoconservatives and the Christian Right Triggered the Descent of America - and Still Imperil Our Future </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Craig Unger</strong> <p><p>The presidency of George W. Bush has led to the worst foreign policy decision in the history of the United States -- the bloody, unwinnable war in Iraq. How did this happen? Bush's fateful decision was rooted in events that began decades ago, and until now this story has never been fully told.<br>From Craig Unger, the author of the bestseller <I>House of Bush, House of Saud</i>, comes a comprehensive, deeply sourced, and chilling account of the secret relationship between neoconservative policy makers and the Christian Right, and how they assaulted the most vital safeguards of America's constitutional democracy while pushing the country into the catastrophic quagmire in the Middle East that is getting worse day by day.<br>Among the powerful revelations in this book:<ul> <li> Why George W. Bush ignored the sage advice of his father, George H.W. Bush, and took America into war.</li> <li> How Bush was convinced he was doing God's will.</li> <li> How Vice President Dick Cheney manipulated George W. Bush, disabled his enemies within the administration, and relentlessly pressed for an attack on Iraq.</li> <li> Which veteran government official, with the assent of the president's father, protested passionately that the Bush administration was making a catastrophic mistake -- and was ignored.</li> <li> How information from forged documents that had already been discredited fourteen times by various intelligence agencies found its way into President Bush's State of the Union address in which he made the case for war with Iraq.</li> <li> How Cheney and the neocons assembled a shadow national security apparatus and created a disinformation pipeline to mislead Americaand start the war.</li></ul><br>A seasoned, award-winning investigative reporter connected to many back-channel political and intelligence sources, Craig Unger knows how to get the big story -- and this one is his most explosive yet. Through scores of interviews with figures in the Christian Right, the neoconservative movement, the Bush administration, and sources close to the Bush family, as well as intelligence agents in the CIA, the Pentagon, and Israel, Unger shows how the Bush administration's certainty that it could bend history to its will has carried America into the disastrous war in Iraq, dooming Bush's presidency to failure and costing America thousands of lives and trillions of dollars. Far from ensuring our security, the Iraq War will be seen as a great strategic pivot point in history that could ignite wider war in the Middle East, particularly in Iran.<br>Provocative, timely, and disturbing, <I>The Fall of the House of Bush</i> stands as the most comprehensive and dramatic account of how and why George W. Bush took America to war in Iraq. </p><br><br> <p>Go to: <strong><a href="http://retirement-books.blogspot.com">Apprendimento informale: Riscoprendo le vie naturali che ispirano l'innovazione e la prestazione</a></strong> <h4>McCain: The Myth of a Maverick </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Matt Welch</strong> <p><p>John McCain is one of the most familiar, sympathetic, and overexposed figures in American politics, yet his concrete governing philosophy and actual track record have been left curiously unexamined, mostly because of the massive distractions in his official biography, but also because of his ingenious strategy of talking ad infinitum to each and every access-craving media person who happens by. The more he has spouted, the less journalists have bothered trying to see through the fog.<BR><BR><I> McCain</I> gives the voting public what it wants but can’t find -- a flesh-and-bones political portrait of a man onto whom people are forever projecting their own ideological fantasies. It is a psychological key for decoding his allegedly ‘maverick’ actions, and the first realistic assessment of what a John McCain presidency may look like. <I>McCain</I> will quickly lay out in overlapping detail the root cause of the senator’s worldview: his personal transformation from underachieving punk to war hawk uber-patriot, in which he used the "higher power" of American nationalism to save his life and soul.<BR><BR> As McCain wrenches himself inside-out in pursuit of the prize that eluded him in 2000,<I> McCain</I> will look behind the war hero, behind the maverick reformer. Journalist and pundit Matt Welch brings to this project an investigative eye and a coolly analytical mindset to provide Republicans, Democrats and Independents a picture of the man in full before they enter the voting booth in 2008.<BR> </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-9173906535722273082009-02-12T01:55:00.000-08:002009-02-12T02:02:52.030-08:00For the Soul of Mankind or Rethinking American History in a Global Age<h4>For the Soul of Mankind: The United States, the Soviet Union, and the Cold War </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Melvyn P Leffler</strong> <p><p><P><B>“A highly relevant and much-needed historical study . . . One of the best books on the period to have been written.” —<I>The Economist</I></B><P>To the amazement of the public, pundits, and even the policymakers themselves, the ideological and political conflict that endangered the world for half a century came to an end in 1990. How did that happen? What had caused the cold war in the first place, and why did it last as long as it did? To answer these questions, Melvyn P. Leffler homes in on four crucial episodes when American and Soviet leaders considered modulating, avoiding, or ending hostilities and asks why they failed. He then illuminates how Reagan, Bush, and, above all, Gorbachev finally extricated themselves from the policies and mind-sets that had imprisoned their predecessors, and were able to reconfigure Soviet-American relations after decades of confrontation.<P> </p><h4>The Washington Post - Richard Rhodes</h4><p>He tells a good story. Leffler explains in his introduction that <i>For the Soul of Mankind</i> is a narrative of five momentous Cold War episodes rather than a full history. The first episode, about Stalin, Truman and the origins of the Cold War, feels perfunctory—Leffler published an excellent book on the subject, <i>The Preponderance of Power</i>, in 1992. But the University of Virginia historian finds his voice in energetic examinations of the promising turmoil in the Politburo following Stalin's death in 1953, the near-Armageddon of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the erosion of detente in the Carter years and the end of the Cold War at the hands of Gorbachev, Reagan and George H. W. Bush.</p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p><P>Drawing on extensive research in American and Soviet archives, Bancroft Prize-winner Leffler (<I>A Preponderance of Power</I>) offers a scintillating account of the forces that constrained Soviet and American leaders in the second half of the 20th century. Leffler begins by admitting that he was shocked by the rapid demise of communism. If Reagan and Gorbachev could end the Cold War, why hadn't earlier leaders been able to do so? To answer that question, Leffler examines five crucial moments when Washington and Moscow "thought about avoiding or modulating the extreme tension" between them. At the end of WWII, Leffler says, Stalin thought that cooperation with the West might be preferable to entrenched hostility. Yet he and Truman were pressed by an "international order that engendered... fear" to make decisions that led to Cold War and shaped policy for decades. Leffler examines why Eisenhower and Malenkov couldn't wipe the slate clean after Stalin's death; how Khrushchev, Kennedy and Johnson reacted to the pressures of international allies and domestic political enemies; why détente foundered under Carter and Brezhnev, and what circumstances allowed leaders of the 1980s to focus on common interests rather than differences. Leffler has produced possibly the most readable and insightful study of the Cold War yet. 47 b&w illus., 6 maps. <I>(Sept.)</I></P>Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information </p><h4>Kirkus Reviews</h4><p>The Cold War began under murky and not entirely planned circumstances governed by individual personalities. So, writes Leffler (History/Univ. of Virginia; The Specter of Communism: The United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1917-1953, 1994, etc.), did it end, thanks to two personalities in particular. The U.S. and the Soviet Union made sometimes uncomfortable allies in the war against Hitler, but they were allies all the same. When that war ended, Leffler observes, there was a world to divide up; Stalin had his agenda, but so did Harry Truman, who demanded that America enjoy 85 percent of any given pie rather than a nice 50-50 split. Stalin took a dim view of that math; and in all events, when the U.S. announced that it would never again be caught napping or give up its military superiority, and that it would "hold the atomic bomb as a 'sacred trust' for all mankind," Stalin felt hemmed in, even blackmailed. Leffler does a creditable job of depicting the ensuing Cold War from the point of view of the Soviet leadership as well as from the already well-documented American one, and he turns up surprises: one, for instance, that the Soviet leadership, urged along by Lavrentiy Beria, was exploring the possibility of allowing German to reunify as a neutral power, a far better alternative in his mind than "a permanently unstable socialist Germany whose survival relied on the support of the Soviet Union." That plan went nowhere: Stalin died; Beria was executed; and another generation of East-West confrontation would ensue. Leffler's interest lies in the personalities of the leaders who enabled detente, and finally an end to the Cold War-foremost among them, in his assessment, MikhailGorbachev, who "made the most fundamental alterations in his own thinking" in order to accept a fundamental shift in the world's political order. (Reagan had something to do with it, too, writes Leffler. But Jimmy Carter and Leonid Brezhnev? Useless.)A well-balanced and illuminating history of the Cold War. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5>List of Illustrations ix<br>List of Maps xiii<br>Acknowledgments xv<br>Introduction 3<br>The Origins of the Cold War, 1945-48: Stalin and Truman 11<br>Stalin the Revolutionary 11<br>Stalin in World War II 20<br>Truman 37<br>Stalin and Truman 48<br>International Anarchy 57<br>Politics at Home 70<br>Allies and Clients 75<br>Ideology, Personality, and the International System 79<br>The Chance for Peace, 1953-54: Malenkov and Eisenhower 84<br>Stalin's Death 84<br>Eisenhower's Response 95<br>Turmoil in the Kremlin 114<br>A Chance for Peace? 122<br>Arms Control, Germany, and Indochina 138<br>Fear and Power 147<br>Retreat from Armageddon, 1962-65: Khrushchev, Kennedy, and Johnson 151<br>At the Brink 151<br>Khrushchev's Retreat 158<br>Kennedy Bides His Time 174<br>Give Peace a Chance 182<br>Starting Anew and Ending Abruptly 192<br>Johnson's Agonies and Choices 201<br>From Armageddon Back to Cold War 224<br>The Erosion of Detente, 1975-80: Brezhnev and Carter 234<br>Brezhnev and Detente 234<br>A New Face in Washington, an Old One in Moscow 259<br>Clients, Hegemons, and Allies 273<br>The China Card 288<br>Iran and Afghanistan 299<br>The Vienna Summit 311<br>Nicaragua and Afghanistan 319<br>The End of Detente 334<br>The End of the Cold War, 1985-90: Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush 338<br>Morning in America 339<br>Twilight in Moscow 365<br>Arms Reductions 374<br>The Troops Come Out 403<br>New Thinking, Old Thinking 414<br>The Wall Comes Down 427<br>Two Countries Become One 439<br>Gorbachev, Reagan, and Bush 448<br>Conclusion 451<br>Notes 469<br>Bibliography 545<br>Index 571 <p>Books about: <strong><a href="http://livres-09.blogspot.com">Introduction à l&apos;Économétrie</a></strong> <h4>Rethinking American History in a Global Age </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Thomas Bender</strong> <p><p>In rethinking and reframing the American national narrative in a wider context, the contributors to this volume ask questions about both nationalism and the discipline of history itself. The essays offer fresh ways of thinking about the traditional themes and periods of American history. By locating the study of American history in a transnational context, they examine the history of nation-making and the relation of the United States to other nations and to transnational developments. What is now called globalization is here placed in a historical context.<br>A cast of distinguished historians from the United States and abroad examines the historiographical implications of such a reframing and offers alternative interpretations of large questions of American history ranging from the era of European contact to democracy and reform, from environmental and economic development and migration experiences to issues of nationalism and identity. But the largest issue explored is basic to all histories: How does one understand, teach, and write a national history even as one recognizes that the territorial boundaries do not fully contain that history and that within that bounded territory the society is highly differentiated, marked by multiple solidarities and identities?<br>Rethinking American History in a Global Age advances an emerging but important conversation marked by divergent voices, many of which are represented here. The various essays explore big concepts and offer historical narratives that enrich the content and context of American history. The aim is to provide a history that more accurately reflects the dimensions of American experience and better connects the past withcontemporary concerns for American identity, structures of power, and world presence. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-2537824830220733192009-02-10T20:43:00.000-08:002009-02-10T20:50:38.953-08:00The Killing of Reinhard Heydrich or Disobedience and Democracy<h4>The Killing of Reinhard Heydrich: The Ss Butcher of Prague </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Callum A MacDonald</strong> <p><p>If anyone warranted assassination during World War II, the man to know was Reinhard Heydrich (1904–1942)—chief of the security police, rabid anti-Semite, architect of the Final Solution, ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, and Hitler's most likely successor. In 1941, at the height of the Nazi's seeming invincibility, the Czech government-in-exile launched a desperate operation to kill Heydrich. From the assassins' training in England to their Thermopylae-like last stand in the flooded crypt of a Prague church, and the Nazi's savage reprisals (including the obliteration of two villages), <i>The Killing of Reinhard Heydrich</i> brilliantly recounts one of World War II's most daring and tragic missions. </p><h4>Christopher Lehmann-Haupt</h4><p>The most complete account to date. . . gripping in its narrative drive. -- New York Times</p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>Here's one who didn't get away. Quite the contrary, Heydrich, the perfect Nazi--if there could be such a thing--was assassinated in 1942 by Czech patriots who planted a bomb in his car. MacDonald's 1989 volume, which reads like a good thriller, follows this plot to kill the head of the Nazi security police. </p><h4>Booknews</h4><p>In 1941, at the height of the Third Reich's seeming invincibility, the Czech government launched an operation to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, chief of security police and ruthless overlord of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. This volume recounts the operation from the assassins' training in England to their successful attempt and their last stand in a flooded crypt in a Prague church. Includes b&w photos. This is an unabridged republication of a work first published in 1989 under the title The Killing of SS Obergruppenfuhrer Reinhard Heydrich. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. </p><br><br> <p>Interesting book: <strong><a href="http://business-reference.blogspot.com/2009/02/study-guide-to-accompany-fund-of-corp.html">Study Guide to Accompany Fund of Corp Fin or Scenario Driven Planning</a></strong> <h4>Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies of Law and Order, Vol. 1 </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Howard Zinn</strong> <p><p><P>Howard Zinn's cogent defense of civil disobedience, with a new introduction by the author. In this slim volume, Zinn lays out a clear and dynamic case for civil disobedience and protest, and challenges the dominant arguments against forms of protest that challenge the status quo. Zinn explores the politics of direct action, nonviolent civil disobedience, and strikes, and draws lessons for today.</P></p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-91144838404829271072009-02-09T15:31:00.000-08:002009-02-09T15:38:17.509-08:00Killing Hope or Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch<h4>Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II-Updated Through 2003 </h4> <p>Author: <strong>William Blum</strong> <p><p>Is the United States a force for democracy? In this classic and unique volume that answers this question, William Blum serves up a forensic overview of U.S. foreign policy spanning sixty years. Remarks from the previous edition: "Far and away the best book on the topic."-Noam Chomsky "A valuable reference for anyone interested in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy."- Choice "I enjoyed it immensely."-Gore Vidal "The single most useful summary of CIA history."-John Stockwell "Each chapter I read makes me more and more angry."-Helen Caldicott "A very useful piece of work, daunting in scope, important."-Thomas Powers, author and Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist "A very valuable book. The research and organization are extremely impressive."-A.J. Langguth, author and former New York Times bureau chief For those who want the details on our most famous -actions (Chile, Cuba, Vietnam, to name a few), and for those who want to learn about our lesser-known efforts (France, China, Bolivia, Brazil, for example), this book provides a window on what our foreign policy goals really are. William Blum is the author of Rogue State: A Guide to the World's Only Superpower . </p><br><br> <p>Book about: <strong><a href="http://education-policies.blogspot.com/2009/02/murder-of-nikolai-vavilov-or-anatomy-of.html">The Murder of Nikolai Vavilov or The Anatomy of Fascism</a></strong> <h4>Drawing the Line at the Big Ditch: The Panama Canal Treaties and the Rise of the Right </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Adam Clymer</strong> <p><p><P>Considered one of America's engineering marvels, the Panama Canal sparked intense debates in the 1970s over the decision to turn it back over to Panama. In this remarkable and revealing tale, noted journalist Adam Clymer shows how the decision to give up this revered monument of the "American century" stirred emotions already rubbed raw by the loss of the Vietnam War and shaped American politics for years.<P>Jimmy Carter made the Canal his first foreign policy priority and won the battle to ratify the Panama Canal treaties. But, Clymer reveals, the larger war was lost. The issue gave Ronald Reagan a slogan that kept his 1976 candidacy alive and positioned him to win in 1980, helped elect conservative senators who made a Republican majority, and fueled the overall growth of conservatism.<P>In telling the story of America's reconsideration of the 1903 treaty that gave it control of the Canal "in perpetuity," Clymer focuses on the perspectives of six key players: Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan, Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker, political candidate Gordon Humphrey, and Terry Dolan of the National Conservative Political Action Committee. His narrative illuminates many aspects of American politics during the Ford and Carter years—especially regarding Senate elections—that have been largely overlooked. And his chronicling of the emergence of political action committees on the right reveals their often-awkward relationship with the GOP and the uneasy alliances that helped the Republicans win control of the Senate in 1980.<P>Clymer explores how the uproar over the Canal episode foreshadowed perennial partisan attacks over intense, emotional issues fromabortion to gun control to same-sex marriage. He also shows that people who hated the idea of giving up the canal gave birth to the NCPAC approach of beating up on an incumbent long before an election, often assisted by independent spending and outside advertising.<P>As Clymer argues, "The Panama Canal no longer divides Panama. But the fissures it opened 30 years ago have widened; they divide the United States." His even-handed account offers new insight into the "Reagan Revolution" and highlights an overlooked turning point in American political history. </p><h4>The Washington Post - H. W. Brands</h4><p>Clymer…provides fascinating detail, in explaining how several conservative candidates for Congress successfully leveraged the canal against their more liberal opponents.</p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p><P>Former <I>New York Times</I>Washington correspondent Clymer (<I>Edward M. Kennedy</I>) argues in this straightforward, able account that Jimmy Carter's loss in the 1980 presidential election can largely be attributed to his widely unpopular negotiations to return the Panama Canal to Panama. America was demoralized after Vietnam, and many citizens were opposed to giving up the canal, long a symbol of American progress and power. Conservatives seized on the issue. As early as 1975, Reagan condemned returning the canal as a sign of American weakness, declaring with his characteristic simple directness: "we bought it, we paid for it, we built it and we intend to keep it." Clymer also examines several Senate races in which incumbents who had voted to give up the canal were unseated by right-wingers. Although Clymer acknowledges that many forces contributed to the rise of the Right, his relentless focus on the canal is tendentious at times. Still, Clymer makes an innovative contribution to the growing literature that seeks to explain how conservatism triumphed after Goldwater. 20 photos. <I>(Mar.)</I></P>Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information </p><h4>What People Are Saying</h4><p><strong>Richard Norton Smith</strong><br>Long acknowledged to be a top-flight journalist, Clymer turns out to be a thoughtful and probing historian as well. Above all, he is a gifted storyteller, whose colorful cast includes dictators and diplomats, politicians in search of an issue, and presidents in search of a legacy. Great history is all about perspective, and that's exactly what this book supplies. (Richard Norton Smith, Presidential historian) </p><br><p><strong>Tom Brokaw</strong><br>A fascinating political whodunit about the place of the Panama Canal in the conservative campaign to sink the ship of congressional liberals. (Tom Brokaw, author of <I>The Greatest Generation</I>) </p><br><p><strong>David A. Keene</strong><br>A first-rate effort by a top-notch political reporter. (David A. Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union) </p><br><p><strong>Tom Brokaw</strong><br><P>A fascinating political whodunit about the place of the Panama Canal in the conservative campaign to sink the ship of congressional liberals. </p><br><p><strong>Richard Norton Smith</strong><br><P>Long acknowledged to be a top-flight journalist, Clymer turns out to be a thoughtful and probing historian as well. Above all, he is a gifted storyteller, whose colorful cast includes dictators and diplomats, politicians in search of an issue, and presidents in search of a legacy. Great history is all about perspective, and that's exactly what this book supplies. (Richard Norton Smith, Presidential historian) </p><br><p><strong>David A. Keene</strong><br><P>A first-rate effort by a top-notch political reporter. (David A. Keene, Chairman, American Conservative Union) </p><br><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5>Preface: "Pluck and Luck Conquered All": A Canal for the American Century ix<br>"In Perpetuity": Years of Dispute and Diplomacy 1<br>"No Constituency to Help": President Ford Negotiates 10<br>"What a Shot in the Arm!": Ford Upsets Reagan Despite the Canal 19<br>"We Bought It. We Built It. It's Ours and We Are Going to Keep It": The Canal Issue Brings Reagan's Recovery 25<br>"Thank God for Those People in 1976 Who Headed Off That Loss of Freedom": Reagan Loses but Wins Republican Hearts 33<br>"Delay Invites Violence": Carter Inherits and Seizes the Issue 40<br>"I Wanted to Treat Panama Fairly": Carter Underestimates American Dismay 45<br>"Conservatives Can't Lose": The Canal Unifies the Right 53<br>"Draw the Line at the Big Ditch": The Anti-Treaty Message 61<br>"What If They're Right?": Reagan Holding Back 70<br>"Why Now? And Why Me?": Howard Baker and the Treaties 75<br>"Be Tolerant and Patient in Bringing People Around": Byrd's Advice While in Panama 82<br>"A Measure of Our Strength, Not Our Weakness": The Senate Advises and Consents 90<br>"Come On and Watch Me Lose My Seat": Gordon Humphrey and the New Right Sink Tom McIntyre 106<br>"I Haven't Found Anybody in Iowa That's for the Treaties": Roger Jepsen on the Issue That Made the Difference 117<br>"We Supported the Tough Conservative, the Business PAC Was Always for the Establishment": The PACmen Come 130<br>"A Group Like Ours Could Lie through Its Teeth and the Candidate It Helps Stays Clean": NCPAC Takes on Incumbents 140<br>"ACU Could Go Out of Business by Election Day": The Canal Cuts Both Ways 154<br>"I Hope That It's Over as an Issue": Reagan on the Canal after Ratification 164<br>"They Never Wanted to See Another Panama Canal Ad": The North Carolina Senate Campaign 171<br>"Is Idaho Up for Grabs?": The Canal, NCPAC, and Steve Symms Defeat Frank Church 180<br>"Cold Water on Some of His Supporters": The Canal Finishes a Weakened Talmadge 190<br>"A Senate Majority Made All the Difference in the World": Canal-Elected Senators and Baker Give Reagan a Chance to Govern 197<br>"We've Made a Difference": Reagan Changed the Nation, without the Canal 204<br>Notes 213<br>An Essay on Sources 259<br>Acknowledgments 265<br>Index 269 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-2277841883753928272009-02-08T10:18:00.000-08:002009-02-08T10:25:27.676-08:00We the People or Lawyers of the Right<h4>We the People: An Introduction to American Politics, Texas Edition </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Benjamin Ginsberg</strong> <p><p>Emphasizing the relevance of politics and government in everyday life, <I>We the People</I> provides tools to help students think critically about American government and politics. The Sixth Edition has been carefully updated to reflect most recent developments, including the ongoing conflict in Iraq and the 2006 midterm elections. Complemented by a rich package of multimedia tools for instructors and students, including a new video-clip DVD, <I>We the People</I> is now more pedagogically effective than ever. </p><br><br> <p>New interesting textbook: <strong><a href="http://diet-therapy-book.blogspot.com/2009/02/dreams-symbols-and-homeopathy-or-whats.html">Dreams Symbols and Homeopathy or The Whats Happening to My Body Book for Girls</a></strong> <h4>Lawyers of the Right: Professionalizing the Conservative Coalition </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Ann Southworth</strong> <p><p>A timely and multifaceted portrait of the lawyers who serve the diverse constituencies of the conservative movement, <I>Lawyers of the Right</I> explains what unites and divides lawyers for the three major groups—social conservatives, libertarians, and business advocates—that have coalesced in recent decades behind the Republican Party. <BR> Drawing on in-depth interviews with more than seventy lawyers who represent conservative and libertarian nonprofit organizations, Ann Southworth explores their values and identities and traces the implications of their shared interest in promoting political strategies that give lawyers leading roles. She goes on to illuminate the function of mediator organizations—such as the Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy—that have succeeded in promoting cooperation among different factions of conservative lawyers. Such cooperation, she finds, has aided efforts to drive law and the legal profession politically rightward and to give lawyers greater prominence in the conservative movement. Southworth concludes, though, that tensions between the conservative law movement’s elite and populist elements may ultimately lead to its undoing. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><P>Preface ix<P>Acknowledgments xi<P>1 Introduction 1<P>2 The Creation of an Infrastructure for Conservative Legal Advocacy 8<P>3 Divided Constituencies and Their Lawyers 41<P>4 Professional Identity 66<P>5 How Much Common Ground? 89<P>6 Mediator Organizations: The Heritage Foundation and the Federalist Society 124<P>7 What's Law Got to Do with It? 149<P>8 Conclusion 168<P>Appendix Research Methods 189<P>Notes 193<P>References 213<P>Index 241 Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-915308301591871182009-02-07T05:06:00.000-08:002009-02-07T05:12:59.040-08:00Gray Ghost or Our Constitution<h4>Gray Ghost: The Life of Colonel John Singleton Mosby </h4> <p>Author: <strong>James A Ramag</strong> <p><p>Confederate John Singleton Mosby forged his reputation on the most exciting of military activities -- the overnight raid. Mosby possessed a genius for guerrilla and psychological warfare, taking control of the dark to make himself the "Gray Ghost" of Union nightmares.<p> For more than twenty-seven months Mosby led daring raids behind Union pickets and created false alarms up and down the Potomac. Although he never commanded more than four hundred men, his forces were regularly overestimated, once by a factor of forty. Union officials dispatched more than seventy search and destroy missions against him, but he retained the tactical advantage until Lee's surrender at Appomattox ended the war.<p> Mosby's dynamic personality, forged in childhood, was the foundation for his success as a guerrilla chief, but it was also his greatest weakness. Attempting to repeat patterns of heroic conflict after the war, he threw away his status as a leading southern hero and sacrificed a lucrative law practice to support the Republican party and U.S. Grant's campaign for the presidency.<p> Forced into exile from his native Virginia, Mosby again charged into controversy. During his service as U.S. consul in Hong Kong, he worked to reform the office and single-handedly exposed the corruption of his predecessors. When his bosses in the State Department balked, Mosby sent information directly to President Hayes and, eventually, exposed the wrong-doing to the Washington Post.<p> In retirement, Mosby continued in his well-worn role of underdog by authoring the first defense of Jeb Stuart's actions at Gettysburg, exposing Lee's role in the debacle. </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>The extraordinary life of Confederate guerrilla John Singleton Mosby defies belief. Ramage (Northern Kentucky Univ.; Rebel Raider: The Life of General John Hunt Morgan) casts Mosby, whose raiders harassed Union rear columns and supply trains in the Shenandoah Valley, as the stoic icon of the Lost Cause who never hesitated to employ stealth, terror, and pillage against an equally resolute foe. Mosby never had more than 400 irregulars under his command, yet his raids occupied an enemy force many times that number. As an attorney in postwar Virginia, Mosby attempted to unite state conservatives behind Republican presidents Grant and Hayes and was spurned as a turncoat. He then took a number of Republican appointments, including U.S. consul in Hong Kong and assistant attorney in the Justice Department. In his later years, he lectured and wrote about his wartime experiences before passing away in 1916 at 82, fully redeemed on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line. Painstaking research, dramatic illustrations, and a useful bibliographic essay add to this absorbing biography. Highly recommended.--John Carver Edwards, Univ. of Georgia Libs., Athens Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information. </p><h4>Kirkus Reviews</h4><p>A comprehensive biography of the Confederate guerrilla leader (1833–1916), with an emphasis on his Civil War exploits. Ramage's (History/Northern Kentucky Univ.; Rebel Raider: The Life of General John Hunt Morgan, not reviewed) well-documented volume charts the progress of Mosby from a boyhood victim of playground bullies to an icon of the Confederacy. Proceeding in fairly chronological fashion, Ramage focuses on Mosby's stunning career as a guerrilla leader, a man who was shot several times (once in the groin—the bullet remained in his body), who quoted Lord Byron while he harassed the Union troops relentlessly despite repeated attempts to capture or kill him. Ramage is most at ease in these sections, moving steadily (if unspectacularly) through descriptions of strategies and firefights that generally end with Mosby's men stealing Union horses and supplies (which they divided among themselves), killing enemy soldiers, and disappearing into the woods like, well, gray ghosts. The author credits Mosby with innovations in guerrilla strategy (e.g., in close combat, his cavalry used two handguns each instead of the traditional saber) and more than once characterizes him as "one of the most brilliant minds in the history of guerrilla war." The final 66 pages deal with Mosby's long post–Civil War life. He was, among other things, a private attorney, US consul in Hong Kong, an employee of the US Interior and Justice departments, a popular lecturer and writer. He even portrayed himself in a lost silent film. Ramage sometimes slips into the biographer's trap—admiring his subject so thoroughly that he can utter only a rare discouraging word about Mosby, who owned slaves and once shotan unarmed classmate. Also unconvincing is the cereal-box psychology Ramage applies to Mosby—viz., his boyhood battles with bullies explain his ferocious fighting spirit. A volume that will become the standard reference on Mosby—intelligent and thorough, but at times flattering rather than analytical. (32 b&w illustrations, 7 maps, not seen)<P> </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Mosby's Weapon of Fear</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Weakling and the Bullies</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">11</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">"Virginia is my mother."</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">28</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Scouting behind Enemy Lines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">36</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Capturing a Yankee General in Bed</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">58</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Miskel's Farm</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">77</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Featherbed Guerrillas</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">96</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Unguarded Sutler Wagons</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">105</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">9</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Masquerading as the Enemy</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">120</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">10</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Seddon's Partisans</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">131</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">11</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Mosby's Clones in the Valley</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">147</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">12</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Th. Night Belonged to Mosby</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">165</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">13</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Blue Hen's Chickens and Custer's Wolverines</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">184</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">14</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Lottery</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">201</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">15</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sheridan's Mosby Hunt</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">216</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">16</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Sheridan's Burning Raid</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">228</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">17</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Apache Ambuscades, Stockades, and Prisons</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">243</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">18</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">"All that the proud can feel of pain"</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">262</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">19</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Grant's Partisan in Virginia</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">271</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">20</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Hayes's Reformer in Hong Kong</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">285</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">21</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Stuart and Gettysburg</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">300</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">22</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Roosevelt's Land Agent in the Sand Hills</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">318</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">23</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The Gray Ghost of Television and Film</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">333</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Conclusion</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">344</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Notes</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">349</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Bibliographic Essay</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">401</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Acknowledgments</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">407</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">411</TD></TABLE> <p>Book about: <strong><a href="http://kitchen-books.blogspot.com">Reel Food or Man Catchin Meals</a></strong> <h4>Our Constitution: What It Says, What It Means </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Donald A Ritchi</strong> <p><p>An in-depth look at the entire text of the U. S. Constitution, annotated with detailed explanations of its terms and contents. Each Amendment and Article is accompanied by sidebar material on the history of its application, including profiles of important Supreme Court cases, texts of related primary source documents, and contemporary news articles. Double page timelines for several of the Articles and all the Amendments highlight important events and legal cases. Visually stunning, with facsimile reproductions of primary source documents, paintings, phots, and historical artifacts, Our Constitution is perfect for history students. </p><h4>VOYA</h4><p>Superbly organized, clearly written, and attractively illustrated, this book is an excellent resource for a general study of the Constitution or a starting point for in-depth research. The introduction and five short chapters outline the necessity for a constitution, the type of government it created, the rights it protected, how it expanded, and the struggle interpreting and implementing it. Following this overview, the examination of the actual document begins using the pattern, What It Says (actual words) and What It Means (the explanation). After the Preamble, the seven articles and the twenty-seven amendments are then divided into manageable sections for closer discussion. Article 1, Section 8, clauses 9-11 gives Congress the ability to create a lower federal court system, the right to enact laws to protect American shipping on the seas, and the right to declare war. The ensuing explanation is straightforward, and two sidebars-Formal Declarations of War and A Police Action in Korea (a military response but not a formal declaration of war)-reinforce understanding. An illustrated War Powers Timeline summarizes military responses from 1801 (piracy) to Terrorism in 2001 and acts as another learning tool. Appendixes contain short biographies of the delegates to the Constitutional Convention and outline twenty-one Supreme Court Decisions that have shaped the Constitution. Further Reading (subdivided into topics such as Amending the Constitution) facilitates specific research. Web sites and a list of Museums and Historic sites related to the constitution also provide opportunities for expanded study. The text supplemented by sidebars, political cartoons, and time lines is informative andinteresting, but the organizational pattern of this reference is its strong suit. This book is an essential purchase for schools, libraries, civic organizations, and private citizens concerned about protecting the rights and liberties guaranteed under the Constitution. </p><h4>School Library Journal</h4><p>Gr 7 Up-This appealing, well-organized volume begins with five chapters of background (Why have a constitution? How has it changed?) and then goes on to discuss the preamble, articles, and amendments, using a "What It Says" (word for word) and "What It Means" format. Every spread contains photos, reproductions, and sidebars, all of which invite students to read and understand this living document. The amendments section has time lines of events and court decisions in which the amendment has been cited. For example, the Sixth Amendment (speedy and public trial) includes the "Scottsboro Boys" Trial in 1932, a decision about excluding Mexican Americans from a jury in 1954, questions about jury size from a 1970 decision, and the 2001 presidential order that permits military trials of suspected terrorists. The substantial back matter includes an excellent Constitutional glossary, a lengthy annotated list for further reading, two pages of annotated Web sites, and a listing of museums and historic sites related to the Constitution. Far more thorough and engaging in format than Cathy Travis's Constitution Translated for Kids (Synergy, 2006), this is an excellent, well-documented addition for most libraries.-Linda Beck, Indian Valley Public Library, Telford, PA Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-25100453806010109052009-02-05T23:53:00.000-08:002009-02-06T00:00:08.361-08:00Africa since 1940 or The Constitution of the United States of America<h4>Africa Since 1940: The Past of the Present </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Frederick Cooper</strong> <p><p><P>Frederick Cooper's latest book on the history of decolonization and independence in Africa helps students understand the historical process from which Africa's current position in the world has emerged. Bridging the divide between colonial and post-colonial history, it shows what political independence did and did not signify and how men and women, peasants and workers, religious leaders and local leaders sought to refashion the way they lived, worked, and interacted with each other. </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5><TABLE><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">List of plates</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">List of figures</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">List of maps</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">List of tables</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Preface</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT"></TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">1</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Introduction: from colonies to Third World</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">1</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">2</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Workers, peasants, and the crisis of colonialism</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">20</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">3</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Citizenship, self-government, and development: the possibilities of the post-war moment</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">38</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">4</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Ending empire and imagining the future</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">66</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Interlude: rhythms of change in the post-war world</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">85</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">5</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Development and disappointment: social and economic change in an unequal world, 1945-2000</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">91</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">6</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The late decolonizations: southern Africa 1975, 1979, 1994</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">133</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">7</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">The recurrent crises of the gatekeeper state</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">156</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%">8</TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Africa at the century's turn: South Africa, Rwanda, and beyond</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">191</TD><TR><TD WIDTH="20%"></TD><TD WIDTH="70%">Index</TD><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="RIGHT">205</TD></TABLE> <p>Books about: <strong><a href="http://cosmetic-surgery-book.blogspot.com/2009/02/renewed-each-day-leviticus-numbers-and.html">Renewed Each Day Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy or Listening to Patients</a></strong> <h4>The Constitution of the United States of America </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Sam Fink</strong> <p><p>219 years ago you were given the right to practice the religion of your choice. 219 years ago you were given the right to say what you wanted without persecution. 219 years ago it was written that your house and property were secure from unreasonable search and seizure. 219 years ago you were given the right to a public trial. 219 years ago, fifty-five men you will never know sat in a sweltering hot room as they fought and argued for you. 219 years ago you were given your rights as a citizen of the United States. <br>This fall, as we return again to the ballot box to decide the course of our country’s congressional and state leadership, every voter must find their way back to that room in Philadelphia. Welcome Books is proud to provide a map. <br><i>The Constitution of The United States of America, </i>inscribed and illustrated by the master calligrapher Sam Fink, brings to life the issues underlying the triumphs of this abiding document. Originally published in pen and ink for Random House in 1987, Sam has, at the request of Welcome Books, gone back to the original black-and-white art and painted it entirely, creating a full-color masterpiece. Each amendment, each article, each word so thoughtfully placed in the Constitution has been given Sam’s profound touch. With a powerful intelligence and a wonderful sense of humor, he has provided us with an entry point, allowing us to read this essential document better, more clearly. <br>Welcome Books is honored to present a full-color limited edition of Sam’s startling work as well as a trade edition, exquisitely designed and produced – matching in its manufacture the stunning quality of Sam’s ambition and thegravitas and significance of the original document. <br><i>The Constitution of The United States of America</i> is <i>the</i> document we must read again and again. There is no more important document in our country. It is the document we must have an intimate knowledge of. It is the document that we must never forget. <br>219 years ago, you were entrusted with a living document. Have you kept it safe?<br>To begin, we must read it. This, Sam, in his direct and unadorned way, respectful and loving, helps us do. </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400106704202355804.post-52359608265157272242009-02-04T18:40:00.000-08:002009-02-04T18:47:14.042-08:00Dream in Color or My American Journey<h4>Dream in Color: How the Sбnchez Sisters Are Making History in Congress </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Linda Sanchez</strong> <p><p><P>By sharing moments from their childhood in Southern California, Linda and Loretta will pass on the values and traditions they learned from their parents--Mexican immigrants who, despite not having graduated high school themselves, made sure all seven of their children went to and graduated from college--that enabled them to conquer challenges and make history. They will speak frankly on the professional highs and lows, successes and scandals that constitute their distinguished careers, and show that the key to realizing your dreams is, above all else, always be true to yourself. <BR><BR> Often considered Congress's Odd Couple, these warm witty sisters are not only perfect role models for young Latinas in the US, but for all young women looking to break out and create a brighter future for themselves. </p><h4>Publishers Weekly</h4><p><P>In this joint memoir, congresswomen Linda and Loretta Sanchez present their compelling story-noteworthy not only for their history-making achievements (including first sisters or women of any relation to serve together in Congress, first woman and person of color to represent a district in Orange County, first Latina on the House Judiciary Committee and first Head Start child to be elected to Congress) but also for its "American Dream" aspect-their parents immigrated from Mexico and despite lacking a formal education managed to send their seven children to college. Interweaving childhood vignettes with accounts of serving in Congress, both from California, this refreshing book evades many of the tropes of the typical political memoir-perhaps because these two women are not typical politicians. "Having the courage of your convictions," writes Linda, "that is tested a lot in the Congress.... I'm not paranoid about losing office, so there's no need for me to compromise my values." The Sanchez sisters vividly demonstrate the power of hard work and steady determination in this inspiring portrait of an extraordinary family. <I>(Sept.)</I></P>Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p><P>The lives of the Sánchez sisters seem almost too good to be true, but the road to Capitol Hill for these successful Latinas (both Democrats) was paved with hard work, determination, and, most important, dedicated Mexican-immigrant parents who confidently believed that this is the land of opportunity. Loretta had been a successful financial manager before she won California's 47th congressional district seat in 1996. Her younger sister, Linda, was a labor-relations attorney before she became the newly created California 39th congressional representative in 2003. Loretta is the ranking female Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, and Linda is the first Latina to serve on the House Judiciary Committee. Written as a first-person dialog with Loretta's words printed in serif type and Linda's in sans serif, the book describes growing up in a family of seven children, who helped each other and their parents make sense of American culture and its educational systems. Each sister describes her struggle to win elective office and fight against sexism and racism in the halls of Congress as well as among some of their campaigns' opponents. Their story is fascinating and uplifting and deserves wide readership. Highly recommended for all public libraries.-Jill Ortner, SUNY at Buffalo Libs.</I> </P> </p><br><br> <p><h5>Table of Contents:</h5>Foreword Nancy Pelosi ix<br>Mi Casa Es Su Casa 1<br>Let Your Roots Show 20<br>Never Say Never 50<br>Be Brave. Be Prepared. And When You're Not, Fake It. 90<br>Don't Eat the Grapes 118<br>No Woman Is an Island 146<br>Staying Power 169<br>Thick Skins Last Longer 197<br>Full Circle 226 <p>Book review: <strong><a href="http://kitchen-books.blogspot.com">Truly Madly Pasta or Sue Lawrences Book of Baking</a></strong> <h4>My American Journey </h4> <p>Author: <strong>Colin Powell</strong> <p><p>"A GREAT AMERICAN SUCCESS STORY . . . AN ENDEARING AND WELL-WRITTEN BOOK."<br>--The New York Times Book Review<br>Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history--Vietnam, the Pentagon, Panama, Desert Storm--but a history that until now has been known only on the surface. Here, for the first time, Colin Powell himself tells us how it happened, in a memoir distinguished by a heartfelt love of country and family, warm good humor, and a soldier's directness. <br>MY AMERICAN JOURNEY is the powerful story of a life well lived and well told. It is also a view from the mountaintop of the political landscape of America. At a time when Americans feel disenchanted with their leaders, General Powell's passionate views on family, personal responsibility, and, in his own words, "the greatness of America and the opportunities it offers" inspire hope and present a blueprint for the future. An utterly absorbing account, it is history with a vision.<br>"The stirring, only-in-America story of one determined man's journey from the South Bronx to directing the mightiest of military forces . . . Fascinating."--The Washington Post Book World<br>"Eloquent."<br>--Los Angeles Times Book Review<br>"PROFOUND AND MOVING . . . . Must reading for anyone who wants to reaffirm his faith in the promise of America."<br>--Jack Kemp<br> The Wall Street Journal<br>"A book that is much like its subject--articulate, confident, impressive, but unpretentious and witty. . . . Whetheryou are a political junkie, a military buff, or just interested in a good story, MY AMERICAN JOURNEY is a book well worth reading."<br>--San Diego Union Tribune<br>"Colin Powell's candid, introspective autobiography is a joy for all with an appetite for well-written political and social commentary."<br>--The Detroit News<br><br><br><i>From the Paperback edition.</i> </p><h4>Library Journal</h4><p>The story of Powell's rise from humble beginnings in Harlem to the corridors of power in Washington is one worth hearing. This abridgment touches Powell's high points: an average school career, the ROTC program that inspired him to military life, service in a divided Germany, and painful lessons learned in Vietnam. Powell's swift rise through the Pentagon bureaucracy made him a key figure in Desert Storm, the invasion of Panama, the Iran-contra affair, the breakup of the Soviet Union, and the debate over gays in the military. He closes with indefinite comments about a future role in politics, positioning himself as a "fiscal conservative with a social conscience." Recommended for public libraries, where Powell's serviceable reading and the program's concise format will be popular.-Linda Bredengerd, Univ. of Pittsburgh Lib., Bradford, Pa. </p><h4>School Library Journal</h4><p>YA-The eminently readable journey of one African American boy from a close-knit neighborhood in the South Bronx through his rise to Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to civilian retirement. Powell was neither an athlete nor a scholar; his childhood centered around his home, friends, and church. Later, in college, he found his niche. ROTC offered structure and purpose. A recounting of his army career and the support offered by family and friends are the primary focus of this work. Challenges, lessons learned, and opportunities opened by each posting are shared. Commanding officers, selected business contracts, and four presidents are introduced and evaluated, almost all in a positive light. Powell's involvement with and analysis of national and international affairs, from Vietnam to the Clinton administration, are succinctly and objectively recounted. Scattered throughout the book are personal rules of conduct and occasional incidents of particular kindnesses and of racism. Teens are given an opportunity to spend some time with a thoughtful, positive leader. They can share one participant's view of recent history and gain one perspective on our country's current needs.-Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA </p><br><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0