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Reconciling explosive growth with often majestic landscape defines New Geographies of the American West. Geographer William Travis examines contemporary land use changes and development patterns from the Mississippi to the Pacific, and assesses the ecological and social outcomes of Western development.
Unlike previous "boom"periods dependent on oil or gold, the modern population explosion in the West reflects a sustained passion for living in this specific landscape. But the encroaching exurbs, ranchettes, and ski resorts are slicing away at the very environment that Westerners cherish.
Efforts to manage growth in the West are usually stymied at the state and local levels. Is it possible to improve development patterns within the West's traditional anti-planning, pro-growth milieu, or is a new model needed? Can the region develop sustainably, protecting and managing its defining wildness, while benefiting from it, too? Travis takes up the challenge , suggesting that functional and attractive settlement can be embedded in preserved lands, working landscapes, and healthy ecologies.
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The Ghost of Tom McCall.......2007-06-13
In 1971 Oregon's likable curmudgeon Governor, Tom McCall, gained national notoriety when he urged people to vist Oregon -- but to move on with all deliberate speed -- or go back to California.
Prof. William R. Travis is a kinder, gentler McCall. But the Oregon politician and the Colorado geographer have the same basic message. The secret of the West's success in drawing people to its mountains, deserts, rivers, and estuaries is not so much resources as "amenities." But will the West's seductive geography prove its undoing? McCall and Travis, a generation apart, share the fear the West will choke on its demographic success.
The short version of Professor Travis' argument is that he sees sprawl everywhere, and the cure for it is open natural land.
Travis sees the West as a complex of core cities, their suburban sprawl, then the menacing "exurbs," a scattering of resorts, and an enormous "gentrified" range. Travis' is fond of cities, though he shares little of the loathing for the suburbs so common among urban planners. Most of his dislike is for the exurbs, yet the gentrified range gets a pass from him. The resorts, he hopes, will morph into "micropolitan" areas. This neologism might fit places like Flagstaff or Yakima.
Travis' strategy for choking sprawl and exurbia is an amplified version of one-time Albuquerque Mayor David Rusk's regional government approach. But the darkside of this approach, in a region the size of the West, is [more] reliance on the Federal Government, that already owns most of the West anyway.
This is where Travis falls into the trap he so much wants to West to avoid. It is clear from any number of referenda, a drastic but definitive form of "bottom-up planning," that one of the West's major amenities, ranking with mountains, deserts, and open natural space, is the absence of government meddling. The Federal Government, from the Border Patrol to the Bureaus of Land Management and Indian Affairs does not inspire confidence. Travis uses sound logic, but bad politics, in suggesting that the Feds administer already suspect land use planning.
What I think Professor Travis needs is another book that takes on some of the friction development in the West faces. He is, I believe, far too optimistic about the West's water supply [p. 31], and he is almost silent with respect to tribal claims, and to the immigration ("undocumented Americans") issue, including Mexican state-sponsored irridentism. But, he is at Boulder.
Regardless, Professor Travis has a deep appreciation for the complexity of the West, is technically on the cutting edge of Geography, and, I suspect, has a lot more to say. Readers in this field should look forward to his next books.
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Married women and mothers working outside the home, divorce, and single-parent households have become part of American society for a variety of economic and cultural reasons, and government policy is unlikely to alter these features. Government should therefore be directed toward easing immediate problems by, for example, providing child care and easing strain on working mothers. Practical and limited assistance of this type, according to the editor, would help legitimize such needs and would send a signal to business and community leaders that these needs deserve more attention.
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The Best Book You Will Find On The Prussian Army.......2005-05-23
This work of Craig's is the definitive one volume history for the Prussian Army. You can read lots of books about the different Prussian wars or Prussian history - but they will ALL list this book in the bibliography. So do yourself a favor and read this first.
A Classic.......2003-01-03
Gordon Craig's history of the Prussian officer corps and its relationship with the state it served is a true classic of military history. The primary focus of the book is on the civil-military relations of the Prussian state beginning with the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 and tracings its evolution and influence to the Second World War when Hitler and the Nazis crushed the political influence of the officer corps. In addition, the book also addresses a number other issues in exquisite detail, including the formation of the German General Staff, the strategy developed before the First and Second World Wars, and the social conflict of the unified German states.
Craig's conclusions on the Prussian officer corps, their reforms and their performance are rather "standard" as far as historical interpretations go - but that is due in no small part to the fact that the author in many ways set the standard. The most salient theme of the book is that for all the German military got right in planning, strategy and innovation, it was never able to effectively solve the civil-military relationship issue, and it was that failure that led to the disasters of the First and Second World Wars.
In Craig's opinion, the opportunity for success was formulated but squandered early in 19th century. After the devastating defeat at Jena in 1807 at the hands of Napoleon, the once vaunted Prussian military had to assess how and why the disaster had occurred. The solution presented by the great military reformer Scharnhorst was the institutionalization of military genius in a centralized, elite general staff and the accountability of the armed services to the German people through an oath of allegiance to a republican constitution, rather than personal fealty to the monarch. The former was adopted and proved a stunning success, especially in the wars against the Danes, Austrians and French in 1866-1872. However, the conservative officer corps' unwillingness to embrace the more liberal reform set forth by Scharnhorst kept the military at odds with the nation it served and ultimately led to the military's political dominance in World War I and political subjugation in World War II.
If you have a keen interest in civil-military relations, German history, or the development of the General Staff system this book is simply indispensable.
A Sweeping, Detailed Account.......2001-06-11
This excellent volume was one of my textbooks in college, and I completely underestimated its importance for years. Being deeply involved and interested in Napoleonic military history and the campaigns of the Grande Armee, I have again started to use this book as there is now a 'revisionist' (read 'excuse')school of Prussian history beginning to emerge, revolving around the disastrous, for the Prussians, Jena campaign of 1806. For this period, and indeed for the periods up to the end of World War II, this book is invaluable.
The author uses myriad German source material for his references, and the story he tells is accurate, lively, and riveting. He knows his material, and his subject, and is unflinching in calling a spade a spade when necessary. While I am only interested in those portions relating to the Napoleonic period and its immediate aftermath, students of the Prussian/German Army will find this book invaluable.
Craig's bona fides are impeccable and he writes with authority, verve, and accuracy. His analysis of the Prussian Army's beginnings in the aftermath of the Thirty Years' War set the definition and trends for what the Prussian Army would become, something apart from the people of Prussia and an army supported by a dynastic state. His demonstration of the effectiveness of the instrument under the Great Frederick, and of his policies, and those of his successors after the Seven Years' War, tell the tale of why is became nothing more than a 'parade ground facade', made up of half-foreign mercenary strength, which were two of the many reasons for its defeat and destruction by Napoleon and the Grande Armee in 1806.
The coverage of the Prussian reformers is also excellent, and dispels many myths, some of which unforunately are resurfacing under the guise of 'recent scholarship.' The War of Liberation from Napoleon was in actuality a war of liberating whatever German territory Prussia could grab in the chaos of the aftermath of French hegemony in western Germany (they took the Rhineland, most of Westphalia, and about half of Saxony, keeping the Saxon king, Napoleon's ally, as a prisoner of war). Additionally, force had to be used in Prussia to get the manpower required to fight the Grande Armee. The end of the tale is also excellently told-that of how the reformers, so necessary to Prussian resurgence, were treated and eventually disposed of politically, the Prussian monarchy almost completely retrenching to pre-1806 'values.'
All in all this is an excellent volume for students and historians of the period or of the Prussian/German army in particular. It is highly recommended.
Essential for military and German historians.......2000-05-13
Gordon Craig is the doyen of America's historians of Germany. Now retired from academic life, he is highly respected at home and in Germany, and is sought after for sound and temperate reviews and commentary in the media. No other survey has superceded The Politics of the Prussian Army, although it is now over 40 years old. (However, Gerhard Ritter's important, multi-volume "Staatskunst und Kriegshandwerk" covers a lot of the same ground, with a more conservative viewpoint. There's an English translation) There are two basic reasons for this, I think. One is of course the book's very high quality. Craig became throughly familiar with all the most important source material available, and his fundamental conclusions are unquestioned: that the army was the keystone and guardian of the Prussian monarchy and its conservative social order, and always at work to hinder the progress of democracy and the achievement of popular over monarchical sovereignty. The authoritarian (N. B.: as distinct from totalitarian!) sympathies and traditions of the Prussian officer corps survived after the end of the Prussian monarchy in 1918 and carried on in the Reichswehr of the Weimar Republic, and then in the Wehrmacht. Eventually the officer corps sold its soul to the "Austrian corporal" (Hindenburg's disdainful reference), Hitler, believing they could control him for their own ends, and that he was in any case the best available political option. But Hitler was nobody's fool, and his ultimate aim always remained to undermine the social authority and prestige of the regular army and in its place install himself, his party, and an absolutely fanaticized and obedient military force (the Waffen-SS). A sense of duty not to Hitler but to the German people and their civilization flamed up and extinguished in the assasination attempt of Oct 1944, led by Wehrmacht officers of the old Prussian nobility. Recent research (in English, cf. for example Omer Bartov) has tended to see more ideological sympathy for Nazism in the officer corps of the Wehrmacht more than Craig does here, though his focus is less on ideology than on the army's involvement in political machinations at the highest level. German historians and journalists are debating this issue at the moment, as new publications argue that the Wehrmacht committed war crimes on a greater scale, esp. on the Eastern front, than previously admitted, and that it fought unrestrained by professional ethos or conscience. A second reason for the book's longevity is that most of the Prussian military archive was destroyed in a 1945 bombing raid, which makes significant new discoveries impossible for the period before World War II. One has to rely on published sources, and as I noted, Craig read the most important of them. New histories of the Prussian army would be new interpretations of the same sources. One could, for example, to take a more sympathetic view of the army's 19th-century ideology and ethos - that it was defensive - in view of Prussia's vulnerable geographical position, the hostility of its neighbors, and the rise of the socialist movement. But in the early 20th century Germany was far and away the dominant power in Europe, and the question arises of what "went wrong" and led to Germany's (in my view) unprovoked attack and reckless strategy in World War I. Note: Despite the title, the book is really a history of the army after 1806, with an introductory chapter on the period before.
A Fine Book by a Man who Knows A Lot about Germany.......2000-02-18
I had to read this book for a History of Germany Course at Mary Washington College. I remember my Professor, Blakemore, hyping the book. He was right. Based on this book, it is easy to see why Gordon Craig is considered one of the best Historians when it comes to Germany. This book is not only a history of the German army, but it is really a history of Germany it self. It was especially interesting to read about the importance of the Blood Oath of Loyalty taken by the German Army to Hitler before WWII. If you are interested in Germany, I highly recommend this book.
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- Very comprehensive book dealing with all of Prussia
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The Prussian Army 1640-1871
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This text focuses on the history of the Prussian army from the Thirty Years War to the unification of Germany in the Franco-Prussian War. The author uses an entertaining, readable format to describe the rise of militarism in Prussia. The book focuses on Frederick William's role in Prussian military history, providing special attention to descriptions of land battles and combat for non-technical readers. It concludes with a brief analysis of militarism in Germany and a comment on the fate of common Prussian soldiers in peace and in war. This book serves as an introductory text. It will be highly appropriate for a variety of disciplines, including history, political science, and sociology. More specifically, it will provide beneficial reading in ROTC programs and education programs on military or peace studies.
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Very comprehensive book dealing with all of Prussia.......2003-01-15
This book is very good in that it not only goes into great detail about the Prussian army and the myriad battles and wars it fought, but also it explains the political, social, financial, monarchial, and geographic influences on the army itself, all of which were important. Many similar books have come out about the Prussian/German army, but this book excels at integrating the rest of Prussian life and culture into the book, which gives the reader a real feel as to why Prussia developed a paranoia about the rest of Europe and had to raise a huge army for hundreds of years.
Useful, insightful for peacemakers..........2002-12-17
For those interested in purchasing this book, it might be useful to describe Dr. White's style as being akin to Stephen Ambrose's own, but transplanted into the context of the era of horse and musket. Dr. White discourses on the weapons, politics, and major combats of the period, but never seems to leave the reader with the impression that this book (while compact) is really anything less than a complete synthesis of the phenomenon of militarism within the Prussian state. White is readable, personable, and does not cower behind the dispassionate mantle of of military historians such as Keegan when expressing his own views as to the nature of war. Hence, I reccommend _The Prussian Army_ to those seeking an overview of the rise of armed, nationalistic nations which, for the first time in quite awhile, does not take Adolf Hitler's Germany as its subject.
And to those who should have the good fortune to meet the author (as I have), please take the oppertunity. He is an extremely helpful, considerate, and supremely intelligent fellow.
-Brett MacKellar
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Green tea (Thea sinensis), a time-honored drink in Japan for more than 1,000 years, is used medicinally and as refreshment after meals. Recent studies suggest a correlation between the natural antioxidants found in green tea and overall good health. This exciting new text explores the many useful properties of green tea that have been scientifically investigated. This book offers the latest information on the chemistry, metabolism, and various other aspects of tea polyphenols and their applications.
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Everything you need to know about green tea.......2000-10-17
This is an amazing book that contains information about all aspects of the chemical properties of green tea. There is information about tea polyphenols, ranging from their purported cancer prevention to its deodorizing effects. My only complaint is that the book does not say whether many of these properties are unique to green tea, or if they apply to black tea as well.
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Anne Hobbs is a prim and proper 19-year-old schoolteacher who yearns for adventure. She finds this and much more in a town with the unlikely name of Chicken, located deep in the Alaskan interior. It is 1927 and Chicken is a wild mining community flaming with gold fever. Anne quickly makes friends with many of the townspeople, but is soon ostracized when she not only befriends the local Indians but also falls in love with one. A heartwarming story in the tradition of Benedict Freedman's classic, Mrs. Mike, Tisha is one of those rare books that stays with the reader for years, beckoning to be read again and again. --Maudeen Wachsmith
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Thoughts on the book, "Tisha".......2006-10-29
I really enjoyed this book, but then...it is the sort of book that I do enjoy. It's about history...courage, prejudice, endurance...it's about a brave young teacher in a place where teaching is needed but only within certain bounds. It is a good book.
Fascinating take on her actual memoirs . . ........2006-09-25
This is a fun book to read, hard to put down. I read it when I began writing a book about the first band instructor in Dillingham in the 1950s as a sort of guide. It was a GREAT read, she had some courage to go to Chicken, AK, to teach the children. While researching my book, I went to the Alaska Room at the Loussac Library in Anchorage where I got to see Tisha's actual memoirs. Wow, was I surprised at the vitriolic anti-Alaska Native commentary (even at the beginning of the text)! Wow! Robert Specht did a great job cleaning it up for the general audience. Maybe some day her actual memoirs will be published. . . In the meantime, check out some other teacher stories (including mine:
BETWEEN BREATHS: A TEACHER IN THE ALASKAN BUSH (1950s)
A Schoolteacher in Old Alaska: The Story of Hannah Breece
One of the best books I've ever read...........2006-05-16
I just finished this book today, and it truly is one of the best books I've ever read!!! Anne Hobbs is really an inspiring individual who never gives up no matter how many people oppose her or try to beat her down!! What a great read. I couldn't put it down and I've told my husband he HAS to read it!! Incidentally, we just moved to Alaska a month ago, so it was fun to read it while we are here in Anchorage. I know this sounds corny, but this book will make you laugh and cry!!!! Also FYI, if you google "Tisha", it sends you to a web site telling you more about Chicken, Alaska and more about Anne Hobbs. One of her adopted children still lives in Anchorage and Chicken, and you can write to her, and supposedly she will respond. Her name is Lynn Purdy.
Unforgetable Biography.......2006-02-26
This is a book I will reread many times. If you ever wondered what it was like to live in the wilderness of Alaska, this is the book to read. A fascinating adventure!
A heart warming story of a young school teacher in Alaska.......2005-10-11
This is a true story of a young girl full of courage, eager for adventure, and love of humanity. Her story of the prejudicial people and the vast wilderness of Alaska are truly dramatic. We have just returned from an Alaskan trip so I can appreciate the hardship of the gold miners and others who forged a living from this land. Tisha was a special person to go teach there. I enjoyed this book and will keep it in my library.
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Great Document of American History.......2005-06-23
This book should be required reading for every high school student. In the Shadow of the Mountain gives our generation an appreciation for the price that was paid by a great generation before us.
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A fine introduction to the CCC.......2005-04-10
I became interested in learning more about the CCC when so many of the National and State parks that I visit had displays lauding the accomplishments of the CCC. Over 65 years later we're still enjoying the fruits of their labor! This book was my first attempt at reading more about them and I wasn't disappointed.
Mr. Hill does a very good job describing his own personal experiences, those of his personal CCC buddies, and adds several other brief first-person accounts at the end. All together, the reader gets a good overall taste for what camp life was like and the tremendous accomplishments of this civilian army (some examples: 38,087 vehicle bridges, 83,548 miles of telephone lines, 5.9 million erosion check dams, 2.2 billion trees planted, 6.3 million mandays fighting forest fires). Woven throughout is a sense of just how brillant this government program was during the desperate times of the Depression--the CCC was simply a spectacular win-win for everyone.
Overall, there seems to be a lack of good detailed histories and first-person accounts about the CCC. I cannot figure out why--so many lives were benefically influenced by the CCC and their successes are almost innumerable. "In the Shadow" was a great place to start learning more about the "We can take it" boys and has only whetted my appetite for more.
Mr. Hill Weaves a Rich Tale...........2000-02-15
Mr. Hill does an excellent job of weaving the personal narratives of the "We Can Take It" boys with the potentially dry historical subject of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Not only do I now understand how the boys lived, what they did, how they felt, etc., but also how, why, and when the program began. It's a rich part of our history and one that each generation should know about. This is a book each family needs to include in their family library!
A good first-person account of CCC life.......1998-12-04
Although expecting a technical manual on the role of the Civilian Conservations Corps in the "New Deal" era, I was pleasently surprised at the direction this book takes. "In the Shadow of the Mountain" is a first person narative of life in two separate CCC camps, one on the east coast and one on the west. This book provides plenty of insight into the accomplishments of the CCC and of the daily life of its members. I highly recommend this book to those interested in the political and economic history of the Great Depression and beyond.
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Syria has long been a paradox for U.S. Policymakers. The country's weak economy, diverse population, and vulnerable geographic position would be expected to minimize its clout in the Greater Middle East. But under long-time dictator Hafiz al-Asad and his son and successor Bashar, Syria has been and continues to be a major regional actor.
Syria occupies an important strategic position in the Middle East, one made even more significant as American considers long-term involvement in the reconstruction of neighboring Iraq. Syria has cultivated numerous Lebanese clients and allies—most notably Hizballah—during its more than twenty-year occupation of Lebanon. Damascus, which sees Israel as a hegemonic power, remains intransigent on Israel's complete withdrawal from the disputed Golan Heights as the sine qua non for peace with that state.
Since the death of Hafiz al-Asad in 2000 and the transfer of power to Bashar, debate on Syria's place in the region has been renewed. The policy challenges posed by Syria's problematic behavior on a number of fronts have grown more pressing in the present security environment, and the United States has had difficulty formulating a coherent and effective policy toward Damascus. Western consensus on how to deal with the Syrian leadership has been thrown further into doubt.
Inheriting Syria fills this void with a detailed analytic portrait of the Syrian regime under the leadership of the Asad dynasty and the strategic legacy bequeathed from father to son. It draws implications for U.S. policy, offering a bold new strategy for achieving American objectives, largely via a "conditional engagement" employing both carrots and sticks. This strategy would be independent of the Arab-Israeli peace process and thus a historical departure for the United States.
A highly readable analysis of Bashar al-Asad's ascendancy and approach to rule, Inheriting Syria provides valuable insights to anyone concerned with events in the Middle East, the war on terror, and the future of American foreign policy. It is an important resource for all who seek deeper understanding of this enigmatic nation and its leadership.
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Good analysis, too much focus on US policy.......2007-09-13
This is a well written, up to date interesting book. However it is written from an amercian analysts view. The analysis is good, but in my opinion it has to many references to US policies. Everett presents three different perspectives of Bashar; as a reformer, as a status-quo president and as a lame-duck president and measures these views with his actual recent policy. It clearly demonstrates that Syrian policymaking is quite complex. Furthermore, it is as an authoritative account on Syrian contemporary politics. The concluding thoughts are however, in my opinion, perhaps a bit optimistic.
Recommended reading for everyone interested in Levant- and authoritarian politics!
far beyond all expectations.......2006-08-22
Considering what has been happening with Israel and Lebanon recently, I thought that reading a book on one of the main players in the crisis, Syria, would be a good idea. I had a feeling that this was going to be a good book, but Leverett really stunned me with his knowledge and his writing.
From an organizational perspective, this book is wonderfully straighforward, and it has a very clear focus. Its five chapters include one devoted to Syria's history and its place in the Middle East, the next covers the elder Asad's time in office, the following chapters deal with the younger Asad's domestic & then foreign policy aspects, with a final chapter devoted to how the U.S. should handle a country like Syria.
Throughout the entire book, Leverett's approach is dispassionate and balanced. Many people take subject matter involving the Middle East and proceed to start with their conclusions and work backwards. This type of behavior is unhelpful at best, incredibly harmful at worst. Leverett on the other hand, does not appear to have any sort of axe to grind. He comes across as wanting to first provide an honest account of what makes Sryia tick as a country, and then second, how the U.S. can behave in such a way that will foster engagement between the two countries that will lead to a more productive relationship that will benefit both sides.
I was largely unfamiliar with the specifics of Syria. The only prior experience I've had has been brief accounts in more general history books, and also quite a bit of recent exposure from print and broadcast sources in the past several weeks. The limited experience notwithstanding, I found this book to be very easy to follow. I feel as though I am much more prepared to discuss issues pertaining to Syria after having read this book. I was particularly impressed at the way in which Leverett really seemed to balance all the different and sometimes conflicting aspects of this case study. Handling a country like Syria is no easy task, but in the end Leverett paints an optimistic, and ultimately realistic picture. I can only hope that Leverett will write as many books on the topic as he can because the field of Middle Eastern studies needs more of this kind of work.
Excellent Material.......2006-01-16
I found Flynt's book to be on target and fascinating material. Do yourself a favor and read this book and keep it in your library to refer back to for history in the making.
Syria - Almost Explained.......2005-12-21
Despite somewhat dry writing and rapidly evolving events on the ground, this is a compelling book for anyone interested in the Middle East. Former U.S. State Department and C.I.A. Syria-expert Flynt Leverett covers the history, personalities and strategies of the late dictator, Hafiz Al-Asad, and his son, Bashar, Syria's current ruler. The author explains U.S. diplomatic options and traces the evolution of Syria, an impoverished rogue dictatorship long under U.S. sanctions as a state that supports terrorism. He devotes about 30% of his well-researched book to a chronology, appendix and footnotes. He provides extensive support materials to demonstrate why a country with so many internal needs has become such a devoted patron of terrorism, imbued with the purpose of destabilizing Western Democracies' policies and spoiling any regional peace efforts. Leverett also addresses the U.S. State Department's near tolerance of much of Syria's international troublemaking. While he presents clear descriptions, he offers no clear-cut answers - as if there are any - but offers possible scenarios, mostly stalemates, in this drawn-out international chess game. We recommend this book as important reading on U.S. foreign policy.
Rather disappointing.......2005-09-06
This book promises much, particularly in dealinhg with this little-known(in the U.S., at least), but ultimately very important lynchpin in the Middle East. There is interesting material on the Assad family as well as the Syrian political environment and dynamic, BUT too many of the annotated sources are highly questionable, e.g., Leverett quotes frquently from publications by the washington Center on Near East Policy, aan American Likudnik organization closely tied to AIPAC, the principal Israeli lobby ijn this country. Additionally, he quotes from Daniel Pipes, the highly controversial creator of the McCarthyite CAMPUS WATCH, to 'monitor and censure' College Professors not teaching Middle Eastern Affairs from an Israeli-centric view. Pipes, widely regarded as an Arabophobe and Islamophobe throughout academic circles, is a highly biased source. Although this book is valuable since there are so few others on the subject available in English, it should be used and studied with great caution. Too bad, an excellent opportunity by the author has been missed.
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Title: Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial by Fire.(Book Review)
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Middle East Policy (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 22, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 12
Issue: 3
Page: 173(4)
Article Type: Book Review
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Inheriting Syria: Bashar\'s Trial by Fire
Flynt Leveret
Manufacturer: Arab Scientific Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 9953296839 |
Book Description
Since traking over after his father\'s death in Bashar has essentially followed a script written by his more skillful father - trying to manage Syria\'s noxious domestic politics and its stagnant economy, the violence and unpredictability of the Middle East, and Damascus\'s troubled relations with the U.S. If it sometimes seems that Bashar\'s policies are contradictory or detrimental to Syrian interests, Leverett writes, it is because he is not a free agent. His hands, ultimately, are tied by the legacy of his father.
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- Incredible Waterfowl Journey
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On the Wings of a North Wind : A Journey With Waterfowl
Michael Furtman
Manufacturer: Adventure Publications
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 1885061722 |
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Michael Furtman called his retriever, packed his camper and spent three months on the road, following the ducks and geese in their fall migration though Saskatchewan, Manitoba, the Dakotas, Missouri, Arkansas and Louisiana. What he found in his journey is the story told in On the Wings of a North Wind.
This book celebrates the fall migration and also explores the problems facing waterfowl and waterfowl managers today. While Furtman is a hunter, he is also an environmentalist concerned with creating and preserving habitat for these birds. This is a wonderful story about one man's efforts to gain first-hand information about this perennial migration and the problems these birds face with today's changing landscapes.
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Incredible Waterfowl Journey.......2006-12-13
For those of us that cannot take an entire Fall hunting season to follow the migration from the prairies of Canada, along the mighty Mississippi, and end the season on the coastal marshes, this book will come a close second. Michael Furtman is a thoughtful author with a love for the waterfowling traditions, a concern for the future of our wetlands resources, and way to make you feel like you're riding shotgun in his truck, looking for the next adventure to chase ducks and geese. It is entertaining, enlightening, and thought provoking. I encourage all serious waterfowlers to take a weekend after the season closes to sit by the fire and enjoy this classic.
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