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During the 1980'S, Japan witnessed a massive growth in the interior design industry, and this boom has resulted in exciting and dramatic changes in interior design, especially that related to the hotel and food businesses. Contemporary Japanese Restaurant Design features 30 of the most interesting restaurant and bar interior designs in Japan today, via stunning photographs, floor plan drawings, and insightful descriptions.
Contents: Foreword Introduction to Japanese architecture and interior design Chapter 1: Japanese Traditions Chapter 2: Japanese style (wafu) contemporary interior design - Traditional Japanese Style - New Materials and interpretations - Influence of other cultures on Japanese style Chapter 3: Dalily culinary spaces Biographies Index
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Well done, but lacking flair.......2006-02-28
Nice photography, printing, etc., but many of the empty-room interior photos cried out for people! Part of the excitement of the venue are the people enjoying it. Some photos were pretty self-explanitory, but others could have used a complete naritive.
An Excellent Book.......2005-11-18
I saw this book in the library one day, and decided to check it out. I ended up renewing it three times, and then coming here to purchase it. This book is an excellent source for ideas or just to browse through on a rainy day. I love looking at all the highly detailed pictures and the wonderful descriptions of the places photographed. This book is extremely well written and put together. A must have for anyone who is interested in interior design, or contemporary Japanese architectute.
I love this book.......2004-06-06
I bought this book looking for inspiration for work and I am not disappointed. This book has beautiful nice quality pictures and mentions what the architect/designer did and why (As a designer I am always curious). It also shows the floorplan of the restaurant so you see how it's laid out. Now that I am venturing into restaurant design from retail, this is very helpful.
excellent book.......2004-03-31
I'm not a professional designer, nor do I claim to be, so this review will be based on what I discovered from the book.
This book is full of wonderful pictures of Japanese restaurants around the world, rooms decorated so elegantly, youd expect to spend $100.00 a plate easily at any of them. Each restaurant profile lists the designers intentions, design materials, colors, and even a detailed blueprint of the layout. Im not sure you need any more than what is in this book, I spent two hours reading and looking through this book, and I only got 1/4 of the way through it. I found myself staring in awe at what these designers can do with minimal space to use the Japanese culture and aesthetics in making these architectual masterpieces. A definite must if you are looking to integrate asian design elements into your home or office. There are so many design elements that can make even the plainest home seem elegent, streamlined and beautiful.
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Essential to any watercolorist 's library!.......1999-01-10
Tom Hill's enormous talent and technique is simply and clearly displayed for any watercolorist to learn from. Photographs and the resulting paintings of eleven diffrent locations are used. From a farmhouse in mid America to a seaside English village. From a desert oasis to a high mountain lake. From a Mexican market to a hill village in Greece. Each location gives a chance to see how diffrent places with their individual light conditions, architectual features and natural wonders can be interpreted. Each location is used to illustrate how to solve composition problems, how to enhance the visual impression, and how to choose colors and values to help the artist express the impact of the location. For many of us painting on location gives us the ability to stop time. To record forever the special feelings we had for a particular time and place. Tom Hill's book helps us to better interpret those feelings in watercolor so we may share them with others.
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Erwin Blumenfeld was an emigre photographer who brought the styles and ideas of European art to America fashion magazines. In the 1940s and 50s he worked for Harper's Bazaar and then Vogue. His photographs of fashion models melded their clothes, their jewels, their cosmetics, and their bodies into a bold avant-garde look based on Dada, Surrealism, and Bauhaus design ideas. William A. Ewing's introductory essay provides a helpful context for understanding Blumenfeld's work--a case of commerce using and imitating art.
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A truly modern photographer ........1998-10-01
A truly modern photographer, Erwin Blumenfeld incorporates the artistic past of more than 20 centuries. That is the reason he will remain modern for many centuries to come. In his photos you will touch reminescences from Praxiteles to Picasso via Cranach, El Greco, Renoir and many other great artists brought alive in a new medium and a New World.
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The Needle and the Damage Done
Scott Bowles
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"The Needle and the Damage Done" is a personal journal of reporter Scott Bowles as he stuggled with diabetes, its complications, lications, and life on the organ transplant wait list as he waited for a new pancreas and kidney. The journal has been running in installment in USA TODAY, but "The Needle and the Damage Done" contains chapters never before published.
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Inspirational.......2002-09-13
An honest and heartfelt account of what it's like to struggle with diabetes. Scott's straightforward style is very accessible and his story offers hope to anyone with the disease. If you are diabetic, or love someone who is, you will certainly relate to and be touched by this work. Highly recommended.
Inspirational.......2002-09-13
An honest and heartfelt account of what it's like to struggle with diabetes. Scott's straightforward style is very accessible, and his story offers hope to anyone with this disease. If you have diabetes, or love someone who does, I am sure you will relate to and be touched by this work.
True Colours.......2002-02-15
I read Scott's book several times for personal reasons and would recommend it to anyone, diabetic or not, who is in need of an injection of inspiration.
I should tell you that I am not diabetic. I simply came across the book at a particularly difficult time in my life when I was overwhelmed with life-altering decisions that would affect not only myself but my two young daughters. I had been in a state of flux for some time, questioning my own inner strength, my ability to follow through on what I knew had to be done. Reading Scott's journal was a huge reality check for me. His determination and courage helped me not only put my own problems into perspective but forced me to look within myself, to rediscover my own tenacity that I knew was buried in there somewhere.
Thank you Scott.
An Important Lesson.......2001-08-01
As a diabettic of 23 years, I was glad to read Scott Bowles journals about his diabettes and his transplant. There is very little written about diabetes, even though it kills hundreds, maybe thousands of people every year. I understood exactly what he was talking about when he wrote about how hard it is to take very shot and watch everything you eat. I have reccommended the book to my friends and family. An excellent book, and something everyone should be familar with, even if they are not diabetic. a reader in Texas
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Shadowhawk III #2 : The Needle and the Damage Done
Jim Valentino
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Strange Big Moon: The Japan and India Journals, 1960-1964
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ASIN: 1556433379
Release Date: 2000-09-15 |
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Hungry to explore Zen and make the discoveries that would shape a lifetime of poetry, Joanne Kyger left for Japan in her twenties and returned four years later ready to carve out a substantial niche in San Francisco's Beat poetry movement. Whether studying under Zen teacher Ruth Fuller Sakaki or meeting with the Dalai Lama (who at 27 "lounged on a velvet couch like a gawky adolescent in red robes"), her journals are witty, amusing, and intelligent, in this fascinating look at the art of poetry and portrait of the counterculture abroad.
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Sei Shonagon updated.......2003-07-17
This book reminds me of Sei Shonagon, but the cast of characters is often well-known Beat writers. Kyger was married to Beat saint Gary Snyder at the time, but she is iconoclastic in regards to presenting him here. The arc of the book is their love story -- beginning with a shy and rather impressed Kyger and ending with a rather loud and irreverent Kyger. Early on she worships Snyder, but then he knocks her down and splits her head open on a wood table when she refuses to do the dishes. He is surly throughout the book, and given to bad moods, and kicks her at least twice.
Kyger gets it all down.
Beat saint Allen Ginsberg grabs his food at the communal dining hour and shoves his face full without waiting for others to be served. Orlovsky is shoving drugs in his face every moment that he can.
This is a funny book that knocks out stereotypes left and right. In one or two sentences she undoes the career of Paul Blackburn, for instance. And all the while she is musing on the possibility of a female literature, and what it might consist of -- something for which she had no clear legacy in American but the Japanese writers of the Heian period such as Sei Shonagon appear to have given her the inspiration needed.
This is a very good book for those who are tired of the Beats self-sanctification, and want a bit of humorous and unsparing insight into their world.
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Full of sugar, spice, and everything nice, this free–spirited collection of quotes and musings by beloved writers including Anne Frank and Louisa May Alcott, accompany Scriptures and adorable paintings by Sandra Kuck that masterfully reflect the age of innocence. This tribute to little girls will brighten the lives of parents, grandparents, aunts, and anyone else who has been touched by the sweet smile of a little girl.
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Very sweet.......2007-08-27
Not quite as poignant as "What Little Boys are Made Of", but still a delightful book. Perfect gift for a new baby girl.
Beautiful and Inspiring.......2007-04-27
This book is absolutely beautiful. The artwork is breathtaking. This is a wonderful book that is filled with peace and calmness. Anyone with a heart will find this book absolutely delightful. This is a precious piece to cherish for years to come.
Sweet and precious memories.......2006-06-27
If you are thinking of having children. This book will make you wish for a little girl first. If you have had a daughter and she has grown up; This book will restore your memories. If you are a grandpa and have granddaughters; This book will encourage you to thank God for the delicate and precious love He sent you in those sweet little girls. "What Little Girls Are Made Of" belongs in every grandparent's library.
WHITE GIRLS ONLY.......2004-07-25
Apparently the only little girls worth celebrating are white, anglosaxon & probably protestant as well. I guess only white girls belong to God? Sweet gucky oversentimental drivel.
A must for girls of all ages........2004-02-07
This book provides exquisite illustrations that girls of all ages can certainly relate to. The contributions of many famous and classic authors, including scripture writings, provide for excellent and meaningful reading. A book to be passed down from generation to generation.
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A provocative, contemporary anthology examining the construction of girls in modern cinema.
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And Everything Nice : The Story of Sugar, Spice and Flavoring
Elizabeth K. Cooper , and
Julie Maas
Manufacturer: Harcourt
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Hardcover (7 1/4 x 7 1/4). Paintings with Sandra Kuck. Allow your heart to be captured by the innocence and wide-eyed wonder of these sweet little blessings of sunshine. Celebrate the wonderful world of little girls--snuggling with a favorite doll, playing dress-up, or having a tea party--and experience the sugar and spice that makes them so nice.
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A perfect description of my little girl.......2007-05-09
Before she grew up, I had a little girl, and the prose and pictures in this book describe her perfectly. She was cutest immediately after being bad, giggled at the simplest things, and always seemed to know the right thing to say to calm my fury when she did something very wrong.
This book brought back a flood of very fond memories of my daughter, after putting it down I sat back and relived years of her life with a big, stupid smile on my face.
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The Powerpuff Girls: Sugar, Spice, and Everything Nice (Easy Peel Sticker Book)
Cynthia Hands
Manufacturer: Golden Books Publishing Company
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This book is guarenteed to get big smiles!.......2001-01-23
My little girl couldn't stop playing with this book! Not to mention having us help her to read it! :) And the price makes it too good to be true for grown-ups as well!
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Studies of the Second Day at Gettysburg.......2004-07-21
This book is the second of a three-volume collection of essays edited and introduced by Gary Gallagher that explore leadership and other critical issues during each of the three days of the Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. On the first day of the Battle, elements of the Union and Confederate armies collided to the North and West of Gettysburg with the result that the Union Army was pushed back to a strong position on Cemetery Hill and Cemetery Ridge to the South and East of the town. The five essays in this volume explore important and controversial actions in the following second day of the Battle.
The first essay in the volume is by Professor Gallagher himself, "If the Enemy is There, we must attack him." This essay explores an underlying issue of the entire battle -- Confederate commander Robert E. Lee's decision to assume the offensive on July 2 and to attack the powerful Union position. General Lee's decision was opposed at the time and for many years thereafter by General James Longstree, Lee's primary subordinate. Longstreet favored a movement around the right of the Union army. Other options that Lee might have considered include assuming a defensive posture and awaiting a Union attack. Professor Gallagher explores each of these options and comes to a measured assessment of Lee's decision.
The second essay "The Peach Orchard Revisited: Daniel E. Sickles and the Third Corps on July 2, 1863" is by William Robertson, Professor at the Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army. Professor Robertson examines the decision of Union General Dan Sickles, commander of the Third Corps of the Army, to move his Corps from the position that Union Commander George Meade assigned to it on Cemetery Ridge to a salient about 3/4 mile in front of the Union line. Controversy has raged over the years over the wisdom and effect of Sickles's unauthorized move on the result of the Battle. Professor Robertson makes an excellent attempt to examine this issue afresh. He concludes, probably contrary to the opinion of most students of the Battle, that Sickle's move had a great deal to commend it, even though Professor Robertson is highly critical of Sickles's failure to coordinate his action with Meade.
The third essay, "If Longstreet Says so it is most likely not true" by Robert Krick, a biographer of Stonewall Jackson, is polemical in character. It is highly critical of the role Longstreet played in the events of Gettysburg, particularly on the second day. Most of this essay is a discussion of various statements of other Southern leaders critical of Longstreet and a criticism of Longstreet's actions at places other than Gettysburg. A more careful examination of Longstreet's actions during the second day of the Battle itself would have been welcome.
The fourth essay, " A Step All-Important and Essential to Victory": Henry W. Slocum and the Twelfth Corps on July 1-2, 1863" is by A. Wilson Greene, executive director of the Association for the Preservation of Civil War Sites. It discusses and assesses the leadership of the Commander of the Union Twelfth Corps, General Slocum, during his tardy march to the Battlefield on July 1 and during the defense of Culp's Hill on the extreme Union right on July 2. Culp's Hill remains a relatively little-known part of the Battle, but it was the scene of furious fighting. The climax of the action on Culp's Hill was General "Pap" Greene's holding of the position with only a single brigade against a force that outnumbered him 3-1 during the evening of July 2. Wilson Greene's essay argues that this aspect of the Battle was, indeed, not of the greatest significance to the ultimate result. He is also critical of Slocum's performance throughout the Battle.
The final essay in this collection is by Scott Hartwig, a ranger and historian with the National Park Service at Gettysburg, titled "No troops had done better": John Caldwell's Division in the Wheatfield, July 2, 1863". This essay is unique in the collection in that it examines command at the Division rather than the Corps or Army level. It focuses on the bloody fighting in the Wheatfield which resulted from the position assumed by General Sickles (essay 2). Caldwell's Division was sent to reinforce the position and fought heroically, if ultimately unsuccessfully to hold the Wheatfield. This essay does an excellent job in exploring command under combat conditions featuring lack of knowledge of the position, lack of coordination, and difficulties of communication among the troops. I recently attended an anniversary battle walk at Gettysburg which covered the fighting in the Wheatfield, and Caldwell's role, in great detail. I learned a great deal by following-up with Hartwig's essay.
This book presupposes a basic familiarity with the Battle of Gettysburg and with the chief areas of controversy resulting from this great Battle. These essays are thoughtful and provocative and will enhance the student's understanding.
Narrow Focus and Krick Uses Canister on Longstreet.......2003-01-22
This book is the third in a series of essays on the Gettysburg battle and as much as I thoroughly enjoyed the First day and the Third, this book is my least favorite. Although, Gallagher as usual writes a very fair and well researched essay on REL and his reasoning and actions at Gettysburg, the remaining three authors are a little too narrow in scope on their topic or in the case of Krick to eager to harpoon the great white whale. Gallagher has the best essay as he explains Lee's position, options and reasoning in a very logical format. He also underlines well Lee's interactions with his generals.
It was very disappointing that Krick who is a tremendously well researched writer on Jackson and who adores him writes the critical essay on Longstreet who Krick has a long history of open disgust. Krick starts off his essay with a collection of everything ugly that was ever said about Longstreet to incredulous proportions that he even includes the relatively few comments made by Longstreet's trusted subordinates. Often quoting McLaws who called Longstreet a "great big humbug", in contrast it was noted in Jeffery Wertz's more recent book that recently discovered documentation between Longstreet and McLaws indicated that Lee wanted Longstreet to either ride McLaws hard to keep him from being lethargic or lose him, which may explain the strains in their relationship. It's no secret that Longstreet was not motivated for a frontal assault and he is taken to task for trying to conceal moving 20,000 men from an open field although I would agree he could have done it more effectively. Krick roasts Longstreet every which way, he criticizes him for not embracing Lee's attack plan and arguing but then beats him up for refusing Hood's last minute desire to flank the round tops. By this time, Longstreet played Lee too long for the same request thus he ordered the attack a fact Longstreet never hid even in his writings; however, poorly written. Krick in effect makes Longstreet look like such a dolt that it reflects negatively on Lee, as if he was incapable of either command or command changes. Looking at the number of officers that Lee moved out after the Seven days and at Antietam, Lee could and did reassign anyone that displeased him. The second day was the heaviest fighting on the field and in spite of the Union position; the First Corp almost breaks through. This should have been the best and most critical essay in the book and I think more even handed in the analysis.
The remaining two essays maintain a more narrow scope. Greene expertly explains the bewildering day of Slocum and the 12th Corp. Slocum inexplicitly does not march to the sound of the guns embracing orders that are out of date and when he pulls into Culps Hill to become the senior commander he seems to lose control of his corps not even knowing the whereabouts of his divisions. Fortunately for the Union, no great attack occurred while 2/3's to the division marched away from their positions to assist the Union Center and left flank and while Geary inexplicitly marched from Culps Hill away from the battle essentially getting lost. Only Greene's division hang's on beating Johnson's dramatic attack in which he out numbered Greene 3 to 1. Slocum's units return at the end of the day. The one piece that would have added an interesting aspect to the essay was how the Confederates just missed out on having over whelming numbers in the attack phase to the point of success. Part of it is explained in that the Stonewall Brigade had to watch a threat from the east but a little more detail would have been wonderful. It sounds that this was the great possibility for a breakthrough while the maligned Longstreet's attack took much of the focus of the Union's attention away.
The last essay by Hartwig is a detailed study of General Caldwell's division filling the breach at the Wheatfield stemming the attack by the First Corp led by Kershaw, Anderson and Semmes. Plugging the hole expertly and timely without any leadership from either Corp commanders on the field. He borrows commands to fill holes in his line and he stymies the Confederate attack until Barksdale and Wofford's brigade ruptures Sickles line collapsing Caldwell's exposed right flank. In spite of high casualties and expert service, Caldwell is castigated by his superiors and eventually loses his command. He's never properly appreciated and perhaps is made inappropriately culpable by his inept Corp commander whose ruthless critique may have been the cover for his own limited performance.
Another essay was needed, what was A. P. Hill doing?
Leadership: Decisions....decisions..........2002-08-06
Gary Gallagher has brought together the 2nd Day at Gettysburg in a format similar to his 1st Day book in regards to Union and Confederate leadership. This 2nd Day book offers insight to popular questions and accusations made towards officers involved in various battles during the second day of events. As with other publications by Gallagher, Gallagher teams up with other noted historians in a series of chapters that offer their viewpoints to popular battles during the 2nd Day. Gary Gallagher takes on the tough task of questions that arise to Leeýs decisions to attack in the early morning of July 2nd, 1863 while William Glenn Robertson tries to answer questions in regards to Daniel Sickleýs 3rd Corps movements.
Robertson defines Sickleýs with great biography to paint a picture of a man whose military leadership is often backed by political tension and propaganda. Robertson does a fine job in looking at Sickleýs reasons for moving the 3rd Corps and also Meadeýs reaction to such positioning. As the book continues Robert Krick looks at General James Longstreet and tries to answer questions as to why this general was slow to react to Leeýs orders on the 2nd how others around the man were upset with his sluggish approach to handling the 2nd day affairs. Krick points out key elements to Longstreetýs decision making as it was typical of the commander to be defensive and stubborn throughout the Civil War. It was interesting to read Krickýs views on Longstreetýs career and how Longstreet handled southern verbal attacks made against him for years after the war.
Wilson Greene brought on his chapter in regards to Howard Slocumýs defense of Culpýs Hill. Greene initially captured the flavor of Slocum though soon ran into a lengthy discussion of Culpýs Hill deployment and battle which did not seem to compliment this chapterýs basis of discussion. I felt it painted a good picture of the events though didnýt associate with enough impact to Slocum. Slocum I felt became a less-than central figure in the discussion which seemed to lessen the importance of titling the chapter ýHenry J. Slocum and the Twelfth Corps on July 1-2, 1863.ý I was disappointed with this chapter.
Scott Hartwig brought on a very intriguing and worthwhile chapter in regards to the Wheatfield which centered on General Caldwell and his command. This was a very refreshing chapter after being bored with Greenýs Slocum chapter. Hartwig wanted to show that Sickleýs blunder had brought about chaos and confusion for other commanders such as Caldwell. Over years Caldwell has taken much blame for his rigid task at hand at the Wheatfield conflict in the 2nd. Hartwig defines the movments and executions carefully with maps and thorough research making this chapter probably the best written of all. It reads well and also shows that Caldwell had a huge undertaking thrust upon him that afternoon on the 2nd and respectively handled a burdensome task.
This book is a great read for those looking to deepen their Gettysburg research. For the novice I would not recommend this book as it does not bring forth the entire 2nd Day battle, it only answers questions popular to 2nd Day events. For the student looking for further insight, I highly recommend this book. Itýs a must read!!
Thoughtful, thorough, but arid........1999-02-12
An excellent, thoughtful work for the serious student or researcher. Gallegher seems to have made something of a cottage industry of these edited collections of late, but he does it well. Probably not of much use, however, unless one has a good overall view of the second day, for which I'd recommend Pfanz's work.
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Before the caliphate of the 'Uthman b. 'Affan, the Muslim community had grown from strength to strength in spite of a series of major crises--the Hirah, the death of the Prophet, the Riddah wars, the assassination of 'Umar by a Persian slave. But 'Uthman's reign ended in catastrophe. His inability to manage the social and political conflicts that were now emerging among various factions within the community led to his death at the hands of Muslim rebels. The consequences of this tragic event were bitter: not only a century of civil war, but also political and religious schisms of such depth that they have not been entirely healed even now. Most medieval Muslim historians told this story in an overtly partisan manner, but al-Tabari demands more of his readers. First of all, they must decide for themselves, on the basis of highly ambigous evidence, whether 'Uthman's death was tyrannicide or murder. But, more than that, they must ask how such a thing could have happened at all; what had the Muslims done to bring about the near-destruction of their community?
Al-Tabari presents this challenge within a broad framework. For, even while the internal crisis that issued in 'Uthman's death was coming to a head, the wars against Byzantium and Persia continued. The first expeditions into North Africa, the conquest of Cyprus, the momentary destruction of the Byzantine fleet at the Battle of the Masts, the bloody campaigns in Armenia, the Caucasus, and Khurasan are all here, in narratives that shift constantly between hard reporting and pious legend. Muslim forces retain the offensive, but there are no more easy victories; henceforth, suffering and endurance will be the hallmarks of the hero. Most evocative in the light of 'Uthman's fate is the moving account of the murder of the last Sasanian king, Yazdagird III--a man betrayed by his nobles and subjects, but most of all by his own character.
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This non-traditional biography sheds light on the career of Lloyd V. Berkner and the role he played as mediator between the American science community and United States government agencies responsible for planning and executing national security during the Cold War.
The book illuminates how Berkner became a model that produced the scientist/advisor/policymaker that helped build postwar America. It does so by providing a detailed account of the personal and professional beliefs of one of the most influential figures in the American scientific community; a figure that helped define the political and social climates that existed in the United States during the Cold War.
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