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Good overview of the bloody Overland Campaign May-Jun 1864.......2007-08-18

Good, concise overview of the very bloody (84,000 casualties in approximately 40 days of continuous battle)Virginia Overland Campaign between Robert E. Lee and U. S. Grant in May and June of 1864. Actual battle narrative is relatively brief and to the point. The strength of Mr Trudeau's book comes through his excellent use of personal anecdotes and observations. To hear the actual participants describe the scenes, smells, sounds, and pathos of the battles gives one a better understanding of the horrors of those grisly conflicts. The time of chivalry was over; TOTAL WAR was afoot. As Mr. Trudeau points out, Grant knew how to win, but could his men withstand the gruesome sacrifice during almost 40 days of constant battle? Lee also knew that this was the ultimate crucible and he must use every trick he could to defeat this foe. But, in the end after Cold Harbor and a combined 84,000 casualties, of which only 30,000 were Confederate, who was the victor? Lee knew that he could never replace his valiant fighters, but, Grant knew that he had an almost inexhaustible supply of soldiers and with each battle they were getting better and better. So in the end Grant, "The Butcher" as he was called behind his back, literally ground Lee and his army to dust.
One inexcusable flaw in this otherwise good Civil War history was the lack of battle maps. To discuss a battle without a good map makes if very difficult to follow the action even for a good civil war buff. I have no clue as to why Mr. Trudeau did not include any good maps in his book. Therefore, I highly recommend that you get several good maps to follow along with his otherwise excellent description of the battles.

well-balanced, but too few maps.......2004-12-26

One of the biggest difficulties authors of war-history are confronted with is keeping the imparitality. Even if you read books about the Roman wars you can read between the lines the admiration for the technical perfection of the invaders or the sympathy for the brave Gauls fighting against all odds. As a rule Civil War historians succumb to the same problem.
This book is a wonderful exception. That may be because of the structure of the presentation: It is a day-by-day-account, the standpoint, the decisions and the events of either side separated in own phrases. If you are interrested only in the Confederate point of view, you can read the respective phrases and then you only know, what they saw, thought and did. Even between the lines there are no polemics. And the told stories are not only the generals' view but also testimonies of officers, non-commissioned officers and common soldiers.
The only thing I missed badly were appropriate maps. With the included ones you will get a rough overview, but a lot of the mentioned places you won't find in that book. That's a pity, because otherwise it would have been a perfect one.

Concise Version of Overland Campaign.......2004-05-28

This is a 330 page account of the entire Overland campaign that reads much like a diary from April to mid June as the Army of the Potomoc goes from north of the Rapidan to Petersburg. The account shifts back and forth from the workings of the two armies to Richmond/Washington and elsewhere.

Most of the book focuses on primary sources to tell the story, with nice anecdotes on just about every page. However, without the use of footnotes and with only 4 maps total (which are incredibly hard to comprehend), the flow of battle is exceedingly hard to follow.

This book certainly doesn't compare to the Rhea trilogy that covers the same campaign in any way whatsoever. This is more of a primer for the beginner before reading Rhea's books.

Mediocre.......2001-09-19

An entertaining read to be sure, but also a cut-and-paste account that offers no real analysis and relies too much on post-war sources.

Excellent account of the Wilderness & Cold Harbor.......1998-03-21

This first book of Noah Andre Trudeau's trilogy covering the final stages of the Civil War offers an excellent account of the fighting in the Wilderness and at Cold Harbor between May - June 1864. The personal accounts of the soldiers experiences during the fighting are well presented. The action scenes are well written and the book flows along quite well. An enjoyable book to read for anyone interested in this period of time.

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The mythology of "gifted land" is strong in the NationalPark Service, but some of our greatest national parks were "gifted" by people who had little if any choice in the matter. Places like the Grand Canyon's south rim and Glacier had to be bought, finagled, borrowed--or taken by force--when Indian occupants and owners resisted the call to contribute to the public welfare. The story of national parks and Indians is, depending on perspective, a costly triumph of the public interest, or a bitter betrayal of America's native people.

In Indian Country, God's Country, historian Philip Burnham traces the complex relationship between Native Americans and the national parks, relating how Indians were removed, relocated, or otherwise kept at arm's length from lands that became some of our nation's most hallowed ground.

Burnham focuses on five parks: Glacier, the Badlands, Mesa Verde, the Grand Canyon, and Death Valley. Based on archival research and extensive personal visits and interviews, he examines the beginnings of the national park system and early years of the National Park Service, along with later Congressional iniatives to mainstream American Indians and expand and refurbish the parks. The final chapters visit the parks as they are today, presenting the thoughts and insights of superintendents and rangers, tribal officials and archaeologists, ranchers, community leaders, curators, and elders. Burnham reports on hard-won compromises that have given tribes more autonomy and greater cultural recognition in recent years, while highlighting stubborn conflicts that continue to mark relations between the tribes and parks.

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Interesting facts, but unclear on the bigger picture.......2006-02-19

Whites treat Indians badly. If you think that park rangers are saints who protect America's natural and cultural heritage-well, don't forget that these rangers are almost all white, and whites treat Indians badly. Keep these things in mind and nothing in this book will surprise you.

Your reaction to the first paragraph of this review will probably determine your reaction to this book. The book does a good job documenting the National Park Service's (NPS) mistreatment of its Native American neighbors (and previous residents), focusing on Death Valley (Tishimba band of Shoshone), Mesa Verde (Ute and others), Grand Canyon (Havasupai and others), Badlands (Oglala Sioux) and Glacier National Parks (Blackfoot, Salish and Kootenai).

But it's not clear to me why Burnham wanted to tell this story, beyond his sense of outrage as he learned more about the subject. We know that white people do bad things to Indians, we know that the NPS consists of white people, and most of us can complete that syllogism. Burnham doesn't help us go much beyond this, and doesn't offer up any kind of overall argument.

For example, Burnham doesn't attempt to decide whether the NPS is better or worse than other whites, or whether it's become better or worse over time. (The last part of the book suggests that the NPS is better than most, and getting somewhat better over time.) He doesn't offer up any real solutions, though for (unexplained) reasons he likes the changes at Death Valley more than he does, say, the successes of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai or the Ute Mountain Utes.

Instead of reasoned argument, he manages to give us sustained outrage. All too often, this outrage is supported mostly by his choice of adjectives to describe the facts.

The book is not without its virtues. It does provide a lot of historical facts about Native Americans and these parks. Burnham also conducted quite a few interviews of park officials and Natives around these parks. So there is a lot of information about the subject collected here, some of it clearly hard-won. The book is well-written, and moves along well. But it could have been much more.

A superb contribution to Native American studies........2000-08-07

Indian Country, God's Country is a freelance expose of development histories of selected national parks and Indian reservations, including Glacier National Park and the Blackfeet Reservation, The Badlands and Pine Ridge, Mesa Verde and the Utes, Grand Canyon and the Havasupai and Death Valley and the Shoshone. Obtaining information from a variety of sources including personal visits and interviews as well as research, author Burn ham traces beginnings of the National Park Service, Congressional attempts to mainstream Indian expansion of the parks frequently at the cost of reservation land, and the parks as they are seen today from both tribal representatives and government employees, superintendents and rangers. It is a series of tales rife with conflict. The few successes are carefully described as "hard-won compromises that have given tribes more autonomy and greater cultural recognition in recent years, while highlighting stubborn conflicts that continue to mark relations between tribes and parks (cover flap)." Of all the sites explored, Burnham is most optimistic about the seed of justice sprouting in Death Valley, ironically. The Shoshone with spokesperson Pauline Esteves has reinstituted interest in use of the Shoshone language and also learned to use publicity and other strategies to encourage sovereignty and empowerment of the Timbisha. "From the Sun Tours transportation contract at Glacier to the Shoshone claim for a land base at Death Valley to the Havasupai struggle for land in the Grand Canyon to the Oglala fight for development in the Badlands, the Park Service has never surrendered anything in disputes over Indian land without a protracted struggle (p. 309)." There are many unanswered questions on both sides. There is no doubt that continued bargaining will ensue. The power of a book like Indian Country, God's Country is the light it sheds on the ongoing struggle, in all its complex history.

Nancy Lorraine, Reviewer

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The intimate story of one of the great American bands of our time, creators of the controversial masterpiece Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

When alt-country heroes-turned-rock-iconoclasts Wilco handed in their fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, to the band’s label, Reprise, a division of Warner Brothers, fans looked forward to the release of another challenging, genre-bending departure from their previous work. The band aimed to build on previous sales and critical acclaim with its boldest and most ambitious album yet, but was instead urged by skittish Reprise execs to make the record more “radio friendly.” When Wilco wouldn’t give, they found themselves without a label. Instead, they used the Internet to introduce the album to their fans, and eventually sold the record to Nonesuch, another division of Warner. Wilco was vindicated when the album debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard charts and posted the band’s strongest sales to date.

Wilco: Learning How to Die traces the band’s story to its deepest origins in Southern Illinois, where Jeff Tweedy began growing into one of the best songwriters of his generation. As we witness how his music grew from its punk and alt-country origins, some of the key issues and questions in our culture are addressed: How is music of substance created while the gulf between art and commerce widens in the corporate consolidation era? How does the music industry make or break a hit? How do working musicians reconcile the rewards of artistic risk with the toll it exacts on their personal life?

This book was written with the cooperation of Wilco band members past and present. It is also fully up to date, covering the latest changes in personnel and the imminent release of the band’s fifth album, A Ghost Is Born, sure to be one of the most talked-about albums of 2004.

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Fascinating.......2007-08-06

I was fortunate enough to purchase this a while ago. For a few months, I was on the fence... I knew I wanted to read it, but I didn't know if it was worth buying.

It was.

Kot does a magnificent job capturing the history of Wilco. He discusses Tweedy's family and addiction to an appropriate extent, but does not dramatize or dwell on it. I learned many amazing things and gained more o an appreciation for the music I love. Kot also approaches the music with a critical yet appreciative eye, and hearing his take is nice.

Kot's one mistake, in my opinion, is not discussing drummer Glenn Kotche as much as he perhaps could have. Glenn has an interesting history and lends a lot to Wilco's latest music.

This book discusses everything pre "a ghost is born" era. I would love to see an updated version.

A fanatic's dream.......2005-10-08

I love Wilco, and so I can't give a very unbiased review here.
However, biases aside, I loved this book. It was one of the most gripping pieces of nonfiction I've ever read, and because I've loved and listened to Wilco since their first album, it was like reading about old friends.
My younger brother said the same thing.
The book is well written, the story of the band and of Uncle Tupelo (the band before Wilco) is clearly plotted and unfolded, and every band member (with the exception of the newest additions) is clearly described and given background.
The book answers many questions, provides new insight on the band's lyrics, and tells quite a bit about the band's backgrounds and influences, both personal and musical.
I would have like something on Natalie Merchant's role in Wilco's Mermaid Avenue recordings, on Jay Farrar after Uncle Tupelo, more on Jeff Tweedy's family life, and a less critical view of Wilco's "A.M." and the Loose Fur side project, but overall this book was a great read. I'd bet money it won't be the last book written about this amazing and revolutionary band. If you're a Wilco fan, buy this immediately. It's a great companion to the "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" documentary.

Learning How To Die.......2005-06-15

Learning To Admire Jeff Tweedy more accurately portrays the content of this prodigious look into the singer/songwriter's history. Albeit Greg Kot's book is about Wilco as a whole, the reader prompty - and pleasantly - finds himself reliving Tweedy's high school days back in Belleville, IL. Kot winds through Tweedy's history in Uncle Tupelo, even thouching on the delicate subject of the, then overlooked by many, tension between Tweedy and bandmate Jay Farrar. Through the latter half of the book, Kot sees to it that the reader sees Tweedy slowly come into his own from Wilco's first day of existence to the present. From A.M. to A Ghost Is Born, Kot uncovers everything from ugly truths to moments of genius. Tweedy's personal life is touched on enough to know he loves his family, and withheld enough to keep the reader wondering. Kot goes in depth with details concerning the major merge between AOL and Warner, including several comments from past and present employees of Reprise Records. An easy read with a touching message from Tweedy. Overall a great book for Wilco fans.

The story that tells all .......2005-02-15

Wow. I could not put the book down, it was amazing. Learning truth and in their words. If you have not read this book, you must, you will not believe some of the things you read. I promise you that. It's a MUST buy for ANY Wilco fans.

meh.......2005-01-07

As a die hard fan of Wilco, let me just say that I learned a lot about the group. It's nice to finally read something about Wilco that is honest, warts and all, and not just a rant about how the music industry has once again screwed over the little guy.

That said, however....

I really felt that Kot's rhetoric really distracted from the purpose of the book, which I can only assume was to present readers with an honest assesment of the band. The author seemed to have some opinions that led me to think that perhaps he was a bit more biased than he would like to think himself. Also, it bothered me that he took direct quotes from "I AM Trying To Break Your Heart" (a film by Sam Jones) and interpreted them COMPLETELY out of context, with the result of changing the meaning of the statement.

That's all, I guess. The anecdotes were really neat.

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Okay, if you can get past the typos!.......2004-04-14

This is probably the best book for the TEA exam. However, the book is plagued with many many many typos. The editor must have edited it in the dark... Some typos render the questions completely unreadable. This book is worth buying for the difficulty level. However, if a question seems like nonsense, a typo is likely to blame. If it weren't for the difficulty of the questions, this book wouldn't be worthy of kindling.

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Bodyguard: A guide to VIP protection.

Interesting insght - but no more

Shallow information on Executive Protection

Well worth the read

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Bodyguard : A Guide to VIP Protection
Mark V. Lonsdale
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Bodyguard: A guide to VIP protection........2002-09-08

If you have modest experience in the military or law enforcement, do not buy this book. If you are looking for a work that addresses the intricacies of security tactics and training, this is not the book for you. If you have absolutely no experience with tactics and weapons this may be useful to you. The author does offer a comprehensive look at the bodyguard profession, but it is so broad and all encompassing that is covers nothing in detail and is of little use to the experienced soldier/law enforcement professional. What is the old axiom? If you try and defend everything, you defend nothing? The author spends a great deal of space and effort describing the flaws in many so-called bodyguards such as over drinking, extra-marital affairs, and conflicts of personal interests. Ironically, I found his personal vignettes about the cast of unprofessional, immature, brain dead fellow bodyguards he has worked with most entertaining; although this had nothing to do with the reason I purchased this book. The bottom line is, if you have been a soldier or police officer for more than a day, this book offers you little. If you are a librarian or an insurance salesman you might find it informative. In the end, you'll have to read this work and form your own opinion.

Interesting insght - but no more.......2002-02-11

This book is interesting reading but it seems the authour places more details in the chapters that he is personaley interested in such as weapons training and not going into any particular datils of more routine opperations such a protection tecnuiques, which if well followed such if not illiminate but sereverly reduce the need of a drawn weapon.... not a bad book to get a flavour of but severely lacks details. on the other end of the spectrum what can one expect out of a publication but the writing style was interesting but i would prefer ainstead spliting the books into 3 or more books with a higher detail and cover price

Shallow information on Executive Protection.......2002-01-08

First of all I'd like to say that the 1 star rating is the overall rating of the book and its author, I had to give it some rating to submit this review. I've decided to rate the book and the author individually for reasons explained below.

THE BOOK:
I rate the book's contents and layout to 3 stars. The book seems to cover pretty much every aspect of the BGs' work, although when things get interesting the author stops. Some aspects of bodyguarding are explained in a very detailed way and som others in a very shallow way. I felt that the book really didn't explain much of the BG's techniques or tricks in depth but more about how a BG should be and behave. The book gives the reader good tips on BG schools and how to find the best BG education. Not so great for me that don't want to be a BG, only read about their techniques, but probably a good source of information for BG wannabes.

THE AUTHOR:
If I could rate the author I would rate him no more than 1 star.
When reading many of the things in the book, espacially the author's notes and his "personal views" on some topics, I got really mad.
Mr Lonsdale may have the knowledge and experience exceeding that of hundreds or maybe thousands of BGs all over the world but I've never come across an author with so many "twisted" personal oppinions.
For example reffering to the principle's wife as a "Barbie", obviously disturbed and maybe jealous of his rich customers' "spoiled" wifes. I wouldn't hire Mr Lonsdale just for saying such a thing about my wife.
Also in none of the author's notes I can read about the author's own mistakes, he obviously has never made a mistake. I would've respected the author much more if he would've explained his own mistakes instead of the mistakes of others reffering to them as "stupid" BGs.
This passage really takes the price.
Quote from the book:

"One particularly annoying individual is the no-class lecher who cannot stop himself ogling the principal's date. This can prove very disconcerting in the confines of a club, espacially if the principal is an older gentleman accompanied by a young model or actress. If the club management cannot take care of this problem, then it is sometimes appropriate for the BGs to indulge in a little subtle intimidation. Most self professed playboys and "latin lovers" are not figthers and will become equally uncomfortable with too much attention from the BGs.
However, the best solution is to simply tip the club's bouncer to just toss the jerk's skinny butt out of the club, for whatever reason."

And this man has a gun permit?!!
Reading the whole book I didn't detect any humoristic feeling that could explain the tone of such a writing. Authors like Marc "Animal" MacYoung and James LaFond can get away with these things.
Mr Lonsdale doesn't succeed with his humoristic tone, although I doubt he is actually trying to be funny. This is just one more macho writer that takes himself to seriously.

Well worth the read.......2001-06-07

This book is an eye opener for those who are in the world of executive protection. For the beginner it puts you on the right path, included with the things to do and not to do. Congrats to the author.

A fellow specialist

Scott, EPS,CPS

The one to have.......2001-01-04

Working in the field of high level diplomatic security I can state this is clearly the best book on vip protection to date, this thought of mine is shared by colleagues and instructors around this is the book to start and to end with, what you need to know is in this book, the rest you will only get out of experience

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While certain ecological problems associated with artificial night lighting are widely known-for instance, the disorientation of sea turtle hatchlings by beachfront lighting-the vast range of influences on all types of animals and plants is only beginning to be recognized. From nest choice and breeding success of birds to behavioral and physiological changes in salamanders, many organisms are seriously affected by human alterations in natural patterns of light and dark.

Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting is the first book to consider the environmental effects of the intentional illumination of the night. It brings together leading scientists from around the world to review the state of knowledge on the subject and to describe specific effects that have been observed across a full range of taxonomic groups, including mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, fishes, invertebrates, and plants.

Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting provides a scientific basis to begin addressing the challenge of conserving the nighttime environment. It cogently demonstrates the vital importance of this until-now neglected topic and is an essential new work for conservation planners, researchers, and anyone concerned with human impacts on the natural world.

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Here are examples not only of effects on plants, insects and animals but how to mitigate them.......2006-12-14

A reader might anticipate from its title that ECOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ARTIFICIAL NIGHT LIGHTING holds a in-depth technical focus on night lighting's impact on nature - but it goes beyond chronicling science to consider how human activities from lighting affects animals and plants in a variety of ways. 'Photopollution' exists nearly everywhere thanks to mankind's activities: here are examples not only of effects on plants, insects and animals but how to mitigate them. Sections seek a readable approach by pairing vignettes of events and experiences of nighttime creatures with plenty of science and analysis of the physiological and behavioral effects of light pollution. It's these vignettes which make this book accessible not only to college-level students of science, nature and ecology but the general non-scientist public library browser, as well.

Diane C. Donovan
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Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting [A book review from: Biological Conservation]

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Ecological Consequences of Artificial Night Lighting [A book review from: Biological Conservation]
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This digital document is a journal article from Biological Conservation, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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