Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies)

Book Description

For artists of the increasingly mechanized Victorian age, questions about the meaning and value of labour presented a series of urgent problems: Is work a moral obligation or a religious duty? Must labour be the preserve of men alone? Does the amount of work bestowed on a painting affect its value? Should art celebrate wholesome rural work or reveal the degradations of the industrial workplace? In this highly original book, Tim Barringer considers how artists and theorists addressed these questions and what their solutions reveal about Victorian society and culture.
Based on extensive new research, Men at Work offers a compelling study of the image as a means of exploring the relationship between labour and art in Victorian Britain. Barringer arrives at a major reinterpretation of the art and culture of nineteenth-century Britain and its empire as well as new readings of such key figures as Ford Madox Brown and John Ruskin.

Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain.(book)(Book Review) : An article from: The Art Bulletin

Average customer rating:

Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain.(book)(Book Review) : An article from: The Art Bulletin
Anne Helmreich
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Performing Arts | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
ASIN: B000EQ5QOU
Release Date: 2006-04-18

Book Description

This digital document is an article from The Art Bulletin, published by Thomson Gale on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 3778 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: Men at Work: Art and Labour in Victorian Britain.(book)(Book Review)
Author: Anne Helmreich
Publication: The Art Bulletin (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 87 Issue: 4 Page: 728(4)

Article Type: Book Review

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Men at Work : Art and Labour in Victorian Britain (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies S.)

Average customer rating:

Men at Work : Art and Labour in Victorian Britain (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies S.)
Tim Barringer
Manufacturer: Paul Mellon Center BA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OS11SI

Book Description

Lara gets a Tan as a new ally and an old friend join her in the latest Tomb Raider trade paperback. Superstar artists Billy Tan, Andy Park, and newcomer Francis Manapul illustrate Lara in some of her most breathtaking adventures, collected from issues #11 - #15 of her action packed, death-defying regular series. The living dead, abominable snowmen and ancien conquistadors are just of few of the many attempting to stop Lara in her tracks! Will Lara overcome these insurmountable odds? Find out for yourself in the pages of Tomb Raider: Chasing Shangri la!

Book Description

She was born with a devastating disability no one could diagnose and labeled mentally retarded by an uncaring school system. She was sexually abused, nearly killed in a car accident, and stricken with cancer-all before the age of thirty.

Kathy Buckley not only survived, but went on to become a top female comic, award-winning author of a one-woman Off Broadway show, and a beloved motivational speaker throughout the country.

In If You Could Hear What I See, Buckley tells her remarkable life story, from her small-town childhood in Wickliffe, Ohio-where she was unable to form words until age seven-to her incredible career as "America's first hearing-impaired comedienne." In chapters such as "I Can Hear the Laughter," "Confessions of a Deaf Catholic," and "Table Manners with Anne Baxter," she shares the pain and pathos of growing up hearing-impaired, the hope that has sustained her through her darkest moments, and the humor that saved her sanity. She talks about the people and events that changed her life and encouraged her to dream. But most of all, If You Could Hear What I See is about a woman who made a choice: to overcome all the obstacles life could throw her way, and to meet those challenges with dignity, courage, and laughter.

Customer Reviews:

Good.......2007-01-12

really good book. no matter who you are, it will keep you turning pages

Poignant and Beautiful.......2006-05-18

This poignant and beautifully written tale is both inspiring and hysterically funny! An easy read, but brilliantly written, it ties the reader to the book. Without pity, Kathy portrays herself and shows her life through wit and humor that can bring a tear to your eye without making you feel sorry for her. Instead it helps you see your life in better perspective and inspires the reader to attain higher goals. Excellent read.

Very Inspiring.......2003-10-31

I totally enjoyed this book. Kathy is an inspiration and I wish her nothing but continued success in the future. The book is hard to believe in some points - that so many bad things can happen to one person. It is amazing to see the metamorphasis Kathy goes through in her life and how the total of all of her life's experiences both good and bad have shaped who she is today. She's triumphant!

A powerful memoir and personal account of hope.......2003-04-14

Kathy's severe hearing loss lead to an early diagnosis of mental retardation: she was also molested, run over, and stricken with cancer all before the age of thirty but she never lost her sense of humor. If You Could See What I Hear provides her life story and how she kept this sense of humor through the darkest of days. A powerful memoir and personal account of hope.

worth every penny!.......2002-06-06

wonderful. inspiring. positive thinking.
one of my favorites.
a treasure.

Book Description

The "endless night" that film theory and psychoanalysis share is the darkness that these two disciplines face in their quest for the logics of intelligibility. This collection emphasizes the history of theory to demonstrate that film theory must be written with a strong sense of historical consciousness, curiosity, and archaeological craft. The volume brings together film theorists and practicing psychoanalysts to encourage an exchange of views between disciplines that encounter each other all too rarely.

Average customer rating:

Completely void of information

Facsinating reading -- even if you've never been to a casino

Excellent Insights from a Player/Psychologist

Not worth your time

The Book Casino Managers Fear the Most!
Marvin Karlins
Manufacturer: Gollehon Press Inc
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Gambling | Puzzles & Games | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
General | Puzzles & Games | Entertainment | Subjects | Books
General | Sports | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

What Casinos Don't Want You to Know

The Expert's Guide To Casino Games: Expert Gamblers Offer Their Winning Formulas

ASIN: 0914839454

Customer Reviews:

Completely void of information.......2003-02-15

The only good thing about this book is the title "The book casino managers fear most". It was enough to get me to buy the book but after a very painful read you will find that you agree with the casino managers and will describe this book as "The book you fear most" No information is provided in this book that will help you to improve your chances in Vegas. Anyone who has ever been to a gaming establishment one time will already know what this author took 30 years to learn. Don't waste your valuable time or money on this book.

Facsinating reading -- even if you've never been to a casino.......2001-09-16

Even if youýve never been in a casino, youýll find this inside view of casino gambling fascinating. In America, casino gambling ploys are subtle and plentiful. Most people never figure out how casinos get you to part with your money and they donýt care. Author Karlins is a psychologist and a university professor whose extra curricular sport is gambling. I would describe him to be a mid-range bettor who prefers dealer games.

Karlin believes that if you understand how casinos hook you, itýs possible to know how to use them instead of being one of the sheep. Following are a few of his insights on casino gambling. So whatýs different about casino atmosphere other than the heavy tobacco smoke? A lot. Casinos are carefully designed to make you lose; to entice you in and keep you there as long as possible because the longer youýre there, the more you lose. Fact: Youýve never seen a wall clock in a casino and you never will.

Then thereýs the powerful currency-devaluation ploy. You spend freely at casinos because you feel your money is worth less. How? Through the use of chips and easy credit. You forget how much you put down when itýs in the form of a chip. Everybody loves a party and casino operators ýmanufactureý gaiety. Bells ring when thereýs a winner; and thereýs sympathetic solace for losers with a reminder: ýNext time.ý Of course thereýs usually live, happy music around, not to mention attractive female employees handing out free drinks, and shills gambling freely with house money. Freebies range from T-shirts to expensive, paid junkets for high rollers.

The second half of this revealing book outlines strategies you can use to win more than you lose. Here are a few of them. If you play dealer games, get the dealer on your side because directly or indirectly they can help you win. If you understand the built-in traps casino operators present, you can avoid them. Never walk into a gambling establishment on impulse; know which games pay the most and play them. Donýt spend long lengths of time in a casino; after a couple of ours, fatigue sets in and you make more mistakes. Know in advance how mulch money you can afford to spend and leave when itýs gone. Included in the book is a handy chart on how to figure out which games pay the most in each casino. Play only those games you understand and that offer the best payoffs. Karlin labels this as ýdumb, dumber and dumbest: Increasing your bets to recoup when you are losing.ý Reduce your betting level if youýre losing or leave. Gambling, according to the author, is a stimulant and you canýt let it get out of hand. Casinos are designed to encourage excessive levels of stress. Your gambling performance is best when you experience *moderate* levels of arousal.

Excellent Insights from a Player/Psychologist.......1999-06-02

This is not a book of systems and strategies as much as it is a book of valuable insights into the psychological warfare that casinos use against the players. Dr. Karlins has a unique ability to cut through the psychological traps that the casinos dig for the players. When you play casino games, two contests are actually taking place. There is the game of odds and strategies and systems. That's the math game. The casinos usually have the best of that one. But there is also an interior game, the "psych" game. Karlins is the master of the psych game and it is in this game where players can determine their own fates (to a degree). I enjoyed this book very much and I highly recommend it.

Not worth your time.......1998-09-15

I was excited that this book would offer some real insight but was dissappointed. It seems poorly organized and offers few tidbits that may be useful beyond common sense.

Average customer rating:

A very, very basic book...there has to be better

Inventory Accuracy 101

Piasecki is the Man

Inventory Accuracy in action

Takes a dfficult subject and make it easy to understand...

Inventory Accuracy: People, Processes, & Technology
David J. Piasecki
Manufacturer: Ops Pub.
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

General | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Production & Operations | Management & Leadership | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Purchasing & Buying | Industries & Professions | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
Production, Operation & Management | Industrial, Manufacturing & Operational Systems | Engineering | Professional & Technical | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

Essentials of Inventory Management

Inventory Record Accuracy: Unleashing the Power of Cycle Counting

Warehouse Distribution and Operations Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks)

World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling

Best Practice in Inventory Management, Second Edition

ASIN: 0972763104

Book Description

Inventory accuracy starts with an understanding of the conditions under which errors occur and ends with error-resistant processes, intelligent use of technology, a well-trained and highly motivated workforce, and an ongoing process of continuous improvement. In between, there's cycle counting, root cause analysis, process evaluation, user interface design, procedures, employee training, accountability, control methods, process checks, audits, exception reporting, transaction techniques, measurement, counting methods, bar codes, RF systems, speech-based technology, light systems, and software.

Inventory Accuracy: People, Processes, & Technology covers all of these topics and more in a comprehensive treatment of the subject of inventory accuracy in distribution, fulfillment, and manufacturing environments. In addition to documenting the standard tools and techniques used to achieve accuracy, the author provides insights as to why many of the standard solutions don't provide the best results and offers alternative methods. The focus on practical solutions that take into account the sometimes-conflicting priorities that affect accuracy, results in an approach that not only looks good on paper, but more importantly, works in the real world.

Customer Reviews:

A very, very basic book...there has to be better.......2007-05-28

This book is very basic and appears to be very dated. Several times I had to look at the copyright date to ensure it wasn't that hold. With a copyright date of 2003, I thought it would contain more up-to-date information. If you want very, very basic information, than buy this book. If you are already in warehouse distribution, this book will not help you at all. The advice that is given is so basic and not very helpful.

Inventory Accuracy 101.......2007-01-23

Book is written using easy to understand terminolgy. Glossary was invaluable tool.

Piasecki is the Man.......2007-01-04

David Piasecki is a very knowledgable fellow. But more importantly, he has the ability to communicate like an average Joe, not some academic.

This book is easy to read, and has lots of funny cartoons anyone dealing with warehousing or inventory can appreciate.

As far as actual content, Piasecki discusses what works, what works better, and the reasoning behind all of this. His many years of experience clearly shine through in this read.

Check out his website too, it has alot of useful information that compliments the book.

Inventory Accuracy in action.......2006-09-21

As a cost analyst for a mid-sized manufacturer, I found this book invaluable for setting up analyses of cycle counts, and it was THE guide for putting together a full physical count process when our parent company demanded it. It's a pleasure to read (yes, this, a book on managing inventory, is a PLEASURE to read!); Piasecki's take on what a physical count is REALLY like is priceless. He really has a complete grasp of what it means to have human beings managing inventory. See his chapter on what machines and humans each do best.

Takes a dfficult subject and make it easy to understand..........2005-10-05

Fantastic and essential resource for those wishing to understand and implement inventory accuracy and cycle counting in their business practices.

Average customer rating:

Light and Disappointing

Meet the Man

Well Done Biography of an Interesting Character

Learning to think

Almighty?

Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom
Roger Pearson
Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Authors | Arts & Literature | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
General | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
General | Historical | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:

Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Restless Genius

Philosophical Dictionary (Penguin Classics)

The Portable Voltaire (The Viking Portable Library)

Fatal Purity: Robespierre and the French Revolution

Rousseau's Dog: Two Great Thinkers at War in the Age of Enlightenment

ASIN: 1582346305
Release Date: 2005-10-13

Book Description

With its tales of illegitimacy, prison, stardom, exile, love affairs, and tireless battles against his critics, priests and king, Roger Pearson’s Voltaire Almighty brings the father of Enlightenment to vivid life.

Voltaire Almighty provides a lively look at the life and thought of one of the major forces behind European Enlightenment. A rebel from start to finish (1694-1778), Voltaire was an ailing and unwanted bastard child who refused to die; and when he did consent to expire some eighty-four years later, he secured a Christian burial despite a bishop’s ban.

During much of his life Voltaire was the toast of society for his plays and verse, but his barbed wit and commitment to human reason got him into trouble. Jailed twice and eventually banished by the king, he was an outspoken critic of religious intolerance and persecution. His personal life was as colorful as his intellectual life. Of independent means and mind, Voltaire never married, but he had long-term affairs with two women: Emilie, who died after giving birth to the child of another lover, and his niece, Marie-Louise, with whom he spent the last twenty-five years of his life. The consummate outsider; a dissenter who craved acceptance while flamboyantly disdaining it; author of countless stories, poems, books, plays, treatises, and tracts as well as some twenty thousand letters to his friends: Voltaire lived a long, active life that makes for engaging and entertaining reading.

Customer Reviews:

Light and Disappointing.......2007-05-19

Pearson's book is "accessible." It does cover all of Voltaire's life. There are some nice photographs. It is also, however, chatty and superficial. I had expected at least some exploration of the ideas and the art that gave rise to Voltaire's vast reputation. I am no pedant - a mere college undergraduate type of treatment probably would have been adequate. Alas, in Pearson's book Voltaire seems almost a dilettante, pampered and frivolous. I hope such fluff is not what one has to put up with in order to obtain an "accessible" biography of a great man. I actually got a much better notion of who Voltaire was from reading the introduction to The Portable Voltaire. This was simply unsatisfying. I am now looking to read something more substantial.

Meet the Man.......2006-02-14

I was once asked the question, "If you could have lunch with one famous person, living or dead, who would it be?"

My answer: Voltaire.

Francois Marie Arouet, (1694-1778) who took the pen name "Voltaire" for reasons still unclear, (the author lists some guesses but doesn't choose one) was the 18th century itself, distilled into a frame so thin that it appeared as though a good stiff breeze could blow him away. But not only did he live to the age of 84, he also wrestled one of the most powerful institutions in history, the Catholic Church in France, virtually to a standstill. One of the most prolific writers of all time, he is said to have churned out a million words during his life: plays, essays, letters, poetry, satire. He never wrote a novel; novels were considered trashy entertainment in his day and he never cared to write one. He isn't read much anymore, not even in France, and he is remembered today not so much as a philosopher in his own right, but as a brilliant, witty popularizer of other people's ideas. But his razor-sharp French prose style was the envy of the young Rousseau, who ultimately went on to have an even greater and more profound impact on the world.

What inflamed Voltaire's passion inflamed his need to write, and nothing did the trick more quickly than intolerance and injustice. Imprisoned more than once himself, Voltaire repeatedly put himself in jeopardy defending in print the victims of injustice and religious bigotry, a particular plague of his age, and launching one spirited attack after another on their tormentors, those in political and ecclesiastical power, which in 18th century France were pretty much two sides of the same coin.

Small wonder I wanted to have lunch with him. And small wonder that Roger Pearson has given this delightful biography the subtitle "A Life In Pursuit Of Freedom." Each chapter has a title and a descriptive summary, in the style of an 18th century novel. In lively and witty prose, Pearson takes the reader from Voltaire's inauspicious beginnings (he was an illegimate child who was expected to die) to his first clashes with the authorities, (he spent close to a year in the Bastille when still only 23) his liaisons with one woman after another, the business dealings that made him wealthy, his sojourn in England, (where he found the relatively tolerant atmosphere refreshing enough to publish a series of "English Letters") his rocky relationship with Frederick the Great, and the whole cavalcade of one of history's most colorful and brilliant lives, leading right up to his retaking by storm, in the last days of his life, the very Paris from which he had been so often banned.

As the decades running up to the French Revolution, which Voltaire helped start but didn't live to see, roll by, Pearson traces every parry-and-thrust of the life of a writer in an age and a society in which writers were closely watched and frequently harassed by the government, their works censored and sometimes burned, their personal freedom never completely secure. Observing his dartings around Europe, hopping over a border here, leaping into a midnight carriage there, in order to stay ahead of those who would imprison him again, one wonders how Voltaire ever got anything written. But write he did, compulsively, exhaustively, and on an array of subjects that would fill a dictionary. (One of his best-known works is, in fact, a "Philosophical Dictionary.") By the time of his death, while the war against intolerance and bigotry was far from won -- most likely it never will be, entirely -- nevertheless the ideals of the French Enlightenment had already borne fruit on this side of the pond, the American Revolution being in full swing in 1778, and it was possible for writers in France and elsewhere in Europe to express their ideas with much less fear of the authorities than ever would have been possible in Voltaire's youth.

Will Durant wrote in 1965, "When we cease to honor Voltaire we shall be unworthy of Freedom." Read this book. Meet the man.

Well Done Biography of an Interesting Character.......2006-01-14

One of the more interesting and amusing characters in history, Voltaire is surprisingly little known in today's world. During his time he seems to have had the ability to annoy everyone. Jailed, exiled, he kept turning up and continued to satarize the upper classes from whom he seemed to crave acceptance.

This new biography is written with somewhat the same attitude of irreverance. It's light and amusing while at the same time conveying both the story and the tone of Voltaire's writing, philosophy and life.

Particularly interesting is the political interplay of the times when the leaders of various countries and empires are dealing with each other to see who is going to rule. This was a time just before the American Revolution (Voltaire associated with Benjamin Franklin during his stay in France). It was a time when the seeds were being sown for the French Revolution when the world of Voltaire was turned upside down.

Learning to think.......2006-01-12

Voltaire has been part of my life for nearly a quarter of a century, ever since I picked up a copy of The Portable Voltaire at a used bookshop near my high school for one dollar. I made the purchase at the suggestion of a pretty girl who I never did convince to go out with me. I guess that's not really relevant to anyone but me, except that Voltaire does write about how heartbreak (which is what that frustration seemed to be at the time) can be a stone on the path to enlightenment.

Whether that disappointment and the many that followed inched me closer to real enlightenment over the years, I can't say. But one of the first times I ever remember feeling more enlightened than many of my peers was as it dawned on me that my familiarity with the 18th-century philosopher and writer was all but unheard of among South Floridians in their late teens (and even among most of their teachers).

I must admit I've always been puzzled by Voltaire. Despite my long exposure to his work, I cannot identify a single component of his beliefs that I have adopted as part of my core philosophies. Only a couple of his lines have stuck in my memory over the years, and even upon re-reading it as an adult I found Voltaire's seminal work Candide a bit of a slog. Yet I continue to think of him as one of the most important factors in my intellectual formation, for reasons I assumed too vague or subtle to pinpoint.

With an eye toward discovering why that is, I picked up a copy of Roger Pearson's new biography, Voltaire Almighty: A Life in Pursuit of Freedom. Previous biographies I've seen were too academic or too technical to hold my attention for long. But after leafing through it, I had high hopes for Mr. Pearson's effort.

I was not left unrewarded, even though I consider the biography only a mixed success. Mr. Pearson, I think, tries too hard to overcome the weakness of most academic biographers who produce informative but utterly boring works. He does this through the use of humor that is at first refreshing but quickly becomes irritating. I don't think this biography covers any significant new ground in Voltaire's life, but many of the stories I had read or heard in the past are retold here in a mostly readable way (at least when Mr. Pearson does not try to be witty).

What is new is the way Mr. Pearson relates some of these anecdotes to what we know of Voltaire's iconoclastic beliefs. Take the fact that he refused to cover up that his birth in 1694 was the result of an illicit affair between his mother and an intellectual and songwriter called Rochebrune. While most people of his generation would seek to obscure such ignoble circumstances, Voltaire instead venerated his mother for preferring Rochebrune's "wit and intelligence" to the company of her attorney husband, who, Voltaire said, was "a very mediocre man."

Similarly, his selection of the pen name Voltaire -- he was born François-Marie Arouet -- was his unusual way of escaping the wrath of French censors. He denied authorship of works that were clearly his, and he lived most of his life in exile outside his native France.

Mr. Pearson calls attention to the fact that while Voltaire was best known as a playwright during his lifetime, and he first came into the public eye as a writer of satiric verse that his lasting value comes from his historic work. A historian, not in the sense of a chronicler of battles and kingdoms, but in his discussions about the zeitgeist of his age: art, literature, philosophy, and economics. The presentation of these aspects and his biographical details may be flawed, but they can hardly fail to entertain and inspire.

Which leads me to the conclusion Mr. Pearson's work helped me to come to regarding the personal importance of Voltaire in my own life. More than any agent of information about the Enlightenment, Voltaire's value I think comes from his ability to inspire, to stimulate readers to think for themselves -- something I think he did (and still does) for me. Not a bad endorsement, I'd say.

Almighty?.......2006-01-01

While the "Almighty" in the title goes against my grain given the book's freedom-loving, deist, and most human of subjects, this biography is well worth reading. Professor Davidson writes in a light style, which pays fond homage to that of this great figure of the Enlightenment.

Another good book on Voltaire came out in 2004, "Voltaire in Exile" by Ian Davidson. If you want a full life biography, go with "Voltaire Almighty". If you are mainly just interested in Voltaire's later life and work in advancing human rights, go with Mr. Davidson's worthy effort. Or, read both and compare.

The infamous philosophe.(Book Review): An article from: New Criterion

Average customer rating:

The infamous philosophe.(Book Review): An article from: New Criterion
Mark Molesky
Manufacturer: Foundation for Cultural Review
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Digital

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Book Description

This digital document is an article from New Criterion, published by Foundation for Cultural Review on December 1, 2005. The length of the article is 1779 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

Citation Details
Title: The infamous philosophe.(Book Review)
Author: Mark Molesky
Publication: New Criterion (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2005
Publisher: Foundation for Cultural Review
Volume: 24 Issue: 4 Page: 90(3)

Article Type: Book Review

Distributed by Thomson Gale

Customer Reviews:

Compelling Saga of Survival.......2004-06-10

I couldn't have finished reading Hour of Redemption at a better time than on Memorial Day and just following the dedication of the WWII Memorial. This book is an amazing story of courage and survival.

When given this book, I was led to believe it focused on the WWII Bataan Death March. To my surprise, the author's scope was much wider and the events during the march were an important yet minor portion of this book. Author, Forrest Johnson, begins in April 1942 with the US Pacific Forces fully engaged and making great efforts to push back the Japanese advances. He uses the early part of the book to discuss the battle and eventual surrender at Bataan. His description of the infamous forced-march from Bataan is savage. I was struck by the reference to the approximated 72,000 Filipinos and Americans who began the match, only 52,000 arrived at the concentration camp.

Those who survived the brutal march were confined in a concentration camp and faced staggering death rates during the initial weeks. Slowly and through the help of local medical units, they were able to survive the disease and unsanitary conditions. Eventually, the death rate subsided and Johnson describes how the POWs began to organize within the camp structure. He describes how they risked sure death by smuggling contraband items and by building radios.

One of the more interesting portions of the book detailed the establishment of the first US Special Forces unit, The Rangers. They are the genesis of today's US Army Rangers; and along with the Alamo Scouts play a pivotal role in the march to free the POWs. (To read more about the Alamo Scouts, pick up Silent Warriors of World War II: The Alamo Scouts Behind the Japanese Lines by Lance Q. Zedric) Johnson uses the last half of the book to describe the planning and daring liberation of the POWs still held captive nearly three years following the Bataan Death March. The vivid details provide a reader with the tactical picture of the men who dared to rescue their comrades. His description of the rescue is a truly remarkable accounting of their triumphant efforts.

My only real criticism of this book is the lack of references. It is easy to see that Johnson devoted a great deal of time in researching the events and he honorably tells the story. He mentions in the author's notes section that there was little written about these events and that more than 500 people were interviewed to be able to write this story. The decision not to cite his references is unfortunate. He does include a general bibliography and a short glossary to enhance this book. Also included are various rosters noting the officers and men who served in the effort.

It is impossible to understand or even imagine the inhumanity that occurred during this part of the war. Only the people who experienced it truly know the hellish details. Forrest Johnson has done a masterful job of telling this saga.

I recommend this book.

The best WW II book I have read.......2004-01-05

HOUR OF REDEMPTION is quite simply the best WW II book I have read. I finished 10 WW II books during 2003 and finished the year part way through three others. HOUR OF REDEMPTION was unquestionably the absolute best. It will make you proud, make you cheer, enrage you, and, most importantly, captivate you. I was enthralled throughout.

The book tells the story of the rescue of POWs in Cabanatuan in the Philippines. U.S. forces had landed in the Philippines and were in the process of taking the islands back from the Japanese. Many of the POWs at Cabanatuan were survivors of the Death March and, based on the prior conduct of the Japanese, would be executed before U.S. regular forces could reach the camp. To avoid the murders of these survivors, a plan was developed to go approximately 25 miles behind enemy lines and rescue these men. The raid was led by U.S. Rangers who were formerly the 98th Field Artillery (Pack), as well as by Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerillas. In one of the most perfectly executed military operations ever, these incredibly courageous men rescued more than 500 POWs without even so much as one POW being killed by the Japanese during the raid (one POW died of a heart attack and I believe one died of an illness). The rescue team killed approximately 1,200 Japanese soldiers while sustaining only 2 or 3 losses themselves.

I would suggest this book not only to WW II buffs but to anyone. It is an amazing story of courage and fortitude that will leave you thirsting for more. You will not be disappointed with this book ... save for the sleep you lose when you cannot put it down.

Average customer rating:
Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations, Revised & Updated 2004 (Trade Edition)
Russell D. Howard , and Reid L. Sawyer
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
International Security | Freedom & Security | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
Terrorism | Current Events | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Nonfiction | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

Countering Terrorism: Dimensions of Preparedness (BCSIA Studies in International Security)

Inside Terrorism

First to Arrive: State and Local Responses to Terrorism (BCSIA Studies in International Security)

The Ultimate Terrorists

Origins Of Terrorism: Psychologies, Ideologies, Theologies, States of Mind (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)

ASIN: 0072873078

Book Description

In this newly revised edition of Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Colonel Russell Howard and Captain Reid Sawyer have collected original and reprinted articles and essays by political scientists, government officials, and members of the nation’s armed forces. The editors and several of the authors write from practical field experience in the nation’s war on terrorism. Others have had significant responsibility for planning government policy and responses. The contributors include a majority of the significant names in the field including General Barry McCaffrey, Martha Crenshaw, Bruce Hoffman, Barry Posen, Jessica Stern, Ashton Carter. Part One of the book analyzes the philosophical, political, and religious roots of terrorist activities around the world and discusses the national, regional, and global effects of historical and recent acts of terrorism. In addition to material on the threats from suicide bombers, as well as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, there are also important contributions analyzing new and growing threats: narco-terrorism, cyber-terrorism, genomic terrorism, and agro-terrorism. Part Two deals with past, present, and future national and international responses to--and defenses against--terrorism. Essays and articles in this section analyze and debate the practical, political, ethical, and moral questions raised by military and non-military responses (and pre-emptive actions) outside of the context of declared war. Five detailed Appendices: Chronology of Terrorism Incidents, Groups Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations, Terrorist Group Profiles, and Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations (Textbook)

Average customer rating:

Pols Major
Take It From A Polisci Major
A textbook - essential for understanding current affairs
Great insights but first rate experts

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations (Textbook)
Russell D. Howard , and Reid L. Sawyer
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

General | Criminal Law | Law | Subjects | Books

General | Law | Subjects | Books

General | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

Terrorism | Current Events | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books

All Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books

Nonfiction | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books

Professional | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
Similar Items:

ASIN: 0073527718

Book Description

In this new edition of TERRORISM AND COUNTERTERRORISM: UNDERSTANDING THE NEW SECURITY ENVIRONMENT, READINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS, Brigadier General (Retired) Russell Howard and Major Reid Sawyer have collected original and previously published seminal articles and essays by political scientists, government officials, and members of the nation’s armed forces. The editors and several of the authors write from practical field experience in the nation’s war on terrorism. Others have had significant responsibility for planning government policy and responses. The contributors include a majority of the significant names in the field including General (Retired) Wayne Downing (former Deputy National Security Advisor), General (Retired) Barry McCaffrey, Martha Crenshaw, Bruce Hoffman, Barry Posen, Jessica Stern. Part One of the book analyzes the philosophical, political, and religious roots of terrorist activities around the world and discusses the national, regional, and global effects of historical and recent acts of terrorism. In addition to material on the threats from suicide bombers, as well as chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear weapons, there are also important contributions analyzing new and growing threats: narco-terrorism, cyber-terrorism, genomic terrorism, and agro-terrorism. Part Two deals with past, present, and future national and international responses to--and defenses against--terrorism. Essays and articles in this section analyze and debate the practical, political, ethical, and moral questions raised by military and non-military responses (and pre-emptive actions) outside of the context of declared war. The two detailed Appendices are: Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations; Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 2002-2004.

Customer Reviews:

Pols Major.......2006-05-08

Brings up good points about various weaknesses and problems in preventing future attacks. Many of the included essays are redundant because the authors bring up parallel points making the book dry, especially after the first two or three chapters.

Take It From A Polisci Major.......2004-02-25

This book is most certainly an excellent guide to anyone who has the slightest interest in Militant groups. Terrorism may be a pejorative term, and this text attempts to take the reader beyond that and into an in depth analysis of trends, tactics and much more. Though I may be biased since it is required reading for my POLS376 class (Political Violence), it is most definitely not for everyone as it is not an easy read. Though the Cindy Combs book "Terrorism in the 21st century" may be the most definitive source on this subject next to Hoffman, I still must give credit where it is due. However, I did have one major gripe with this text. The coverage of terrorist tactics and training was lacking to say the least, so I recommend that you buy pick up the Combs book to complement this one. Wish me luck on my midterm! lol

A textbook - essential for understanding current affairs.......2003-01-07

This volume of essays was written and compiled as a college textbook for upper level undergraduate and graduate level seminars on terrorism and counterterrorism. These essays were written on both sides of the 9/11 divide, as such some of them predicted the occurrence of (large scale)acts of terror on American soil while others prescribe strategies for countering the terrorist threat in the future. Readers other than college students will find the book of interest too. After all, members of the general public, not simply college students, have asked such questions as "Why does America inspire such hatred?" or "What strategies should the US employ in the war against terror?" This book addresses these, and numerous other questions.

Although written by a variety of authors, the volume is well edited. Any work dealing with the US government and the bureaucratic responses to terrorism could easily be overwhelmed by a host of acronyms offputting to the general reader. The editors avoid this problem by consistent definition of acronyms and generous appendices covering foreign terrorist organizations, significant terrorist incidents, and weapons of mass destruction.

In addition to its coverage of specific incidents, the book addresses theoretical issues which will remain current in spite of the developments which will continue to unfold across the front pages of our daily newspapers. My favorite essays in the book were the ones which dealt with the intelligence failures prior to 9/11 as well as the ones which made specific recommendations to change or improve the intelligence community. I'll be curious to see which recommendations are incorporated into US policy in the future.

Great insights but first rate experts.......2002-09-20

This is a very timely book which draws on the expertise of many first rate people. I especially liked the articles by Russ Howard and Richard Betts. Must reading for all citizens interested in the most important issue of our day.

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment Readings & Interpretations

Average customer rating:

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment Readings & Interpretations
Russell D.; Sawyer, Reid L. Howard
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill/Dushkin
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGNLRY

Average customer rating:

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings & Interpretations
Russell D.; Sawyer, Reid L. Howard
Manufacturer: NY
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGPA3M

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations

Average customer rating:

Terrorism and Counterterrorism: Understanding the New Security Environment, Readings and Interpretations
Reid L. Sawyer Russell D. Howard
Manufacturer: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OGRLSO

Customer Reviews:

Fledgling Days Fly High & Wide.......2000-08-13

I made the mistake of cracking this book's spine just before dinner & everyone wandering in, drooling to be fed, found me gone into the wilds of Kent in England where a young woman discovers her heart's desire in the form of falcons. I relished Emma Ford's memoirs of her early days with owls, falcons, eagles & a hilarious assortment of four legged friends & foes.

The only child of divorced parents, Emma Ford labored to fulfill her mother's kind expectations of a proper profession for herself; eagerly taking on her school assignments the quicker to take off to the castle & continue her training in falconry. Sounds like something out of medieval times?

Yes & no, this is one thoroughly modern young person who follows her heart & finds herself a player in medieval recreations, her eagles starring in films & dashing off to Arabia to hob knob with a sheik. All the while her sense of honor & dedication is developing even as a charming, self-possessed Heroine emerges. This is one fresh, focused young women who has garnered for herself & her beloved menagerie a unique & fascinating niche. A fabulous gift idea! Do check out my full review at [my website]

an interesting biography.......1999-10-14

it is an honestly written book that tells of the authors experiences-- her disappointments, her hopes and how she was introduced to falconry. it contains a variation of experiences, and there are more instances not related to falconry than expected.

Books:

Books Index

Books Home

Recommended Books