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Ted Turner, America's maverick multi-billionaire, is best known as the creator of CNN who revolutionized the news industry, married Jane Fonda, and then became the largest shareholder in media powerhouse Time-Warner. What makes him tick? And, perhaps more important, what drives the uncanny business sense that has made him so spectacularly successful? Porter Bibb's critically-acclaimed biography delves deep to analyze Ted Turner's amazing transformation from the upstart known as "The Mouth of the South" to the man Bibb calls "the first honest billionaire in history."
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Just some business details and too much sailing and private things........2006-11-06
Just some business details and too much sailing and private things.
MORE HYPE THAN SUBSTANCE.......2005-02-10
This book was an insult to my intelligence. Instead of an objective biography, it comes across as a paid P.R piece written by a Ted Turner sycophant. Don't waste your money on this trash. Too bad there isn't a "zero stars" rating!!!
Turner is a mad genius. Go Ted!.......2003-07-31
There is hardly a more colorful person in the history of twentieth century media than Ted Turner. He is mad, visionary, obsessed, gutsy, bi-polar, swash-buckling, touching and very likeable. Ted's CCN inspired me to push ahead with my own small technology company. After touring the early CNN headquarters in Atlanta, I brought back colorful CNN souvenir caps for my staff; and we wore them for a time in our office whenever we brain-stormed. This is a great and detailed account of Ted's adult years from family billboard company executive to AOL Time Warner vice chairman.
You'll rout for this multi-billionaire after reading the book.
Impeccably researched, an amazing man.......2002-06-27
Ted Turner's life story would make a better movie than many of the old classics he bought the rights to broadcast on his stations. From allegedly giving a sales pitch in the nude (among other things), to wild speeches in hotel lobbies, winning an incredible number of sailing races, and even his own "Alistair Cooke" style film intros, this guy is full of antics.
I was impressed by the depth of research Mr. Bibb brought to this book. I wish their was a little more of Ted quoted in the book, but this is an excellent amount of info on the man's life.
- Julia Wilkinson, author, "My Life at AOL"
The very best telling of Ted Turner's unbelievable lifestory.......1999-09-26
This long, intricately constructed, infinitely documented biography reads like a film script, which is the only appropriate format for a biography of this larger than life subject. Ted Turner has led a life only a Hollywood screenwriter could concoct, but Porter Bibb has packed it all between two covers.
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It Ain't As Easy As It Looks: Ted Turner's Amazing Story
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Sex, Lies, and Headlocks: The Real Story of Vince McMahon and the World Wrestling Federation
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From the cable television ratings to the bestseller lists, professional wrestling is red-hot. How it got that way is not a pretty picture, but it’s one that is painted in more detail than ever before in
Sex, Lies, and Headlocks, the first in-depth, journalistic look at the world of wrestling.
At the heart of the story is Vince McMahon, the mercurial owner of the World Wrestling Federation. The authors trace his beginnings as the forgotten son of a second-generation wrestling czar who left rural North Carolina to stake his own claim to the family business. They detail his early, ruthless genius in declaring war on the old territory czars who had grown fat and lazy. And they show how his first brush with fame in the 1980s with Hulk Hogan and Cyndi Lauper sowed the seeds for the drug and sex scandals that nearly toppled his empire in the 1990s. They also tell us the inside story of McMahon’s blood feud with Ted Turner, adding some surprising details about the two men’s quests to ruin each other.
Throughout the book, the authors examine the appeal of the industry’s biggest stars—including Ed “Strangler” Lewis, Gorgeous George, Bruno Sammartino, Ric Flair, and, most recently, Stone Cold Steve Austin and The Rock. In doing so, they show us that while WWF stock is traded to the public on Wall Street, wrestling remains a shadowy world guided by a century-old code that stresses secrecy and loyalty.
Sex, Lies, and Headlocks is the ultimate behind-the-scenes look at the history, personalities, back-stabbing, scandals, and high-stakes gambles that have made Vince McMahon the king of the ring and wrestling an enduring television phenomenon.
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Short, concise, factual account of the WWF and Vince McMahon's rise amidst drugs, lies, politics, and sex.......2007-10-10
At only 258 pages, this volume is a rather short edition chronicling not just McMahon's rise, but skimming lightly on WCW and ECW and the NWA. The beginning takes us into the highly factionalized, almost dirt-poor white-trashy beginnings where the NWA essentially owned the world with an oligarchic style ruling body, to lightly telling of Roderick "Jess" McMahon's promoting of boxing and his son Vincent James McMahon's early interest. It even goes into mild details about the wrestling business in the 50s, 60s, and early 70s, telling of the likes of Dusty Rhodes, Gorgeous George, and Lou Thesz, and including the tales of the days when there was no insider information in the wrestling world, and kayfabe was strongly enforced by promoters to keep people thinking it was all real.
It gives us a short biography of Vince K. McMahon's childhood, growing up with his mother near a military base not knowing who his father was and growing up trying to fit in with the tough crowd.
The business suddenly started changing around Vincent James, and with his son urging him on to sell the company to him, Capitol Wrestling Corporation, which broke off from the NWA and became the World Wide Wrestling Federation began to pick up the pace after acquiring top talent, especially after Vince Kennedy bought the company from his father, who quietly retired, and later died around 1983.
The book is very bland on language, being clear and simple, and relying on the natural circus that is pro wrestling to entertain the reader. After reading the highly sensationalized, opinionated, and overall entertaining "The Death of WCW" by RD Reynolds and Bryan Alvarez, this was a sudden change, with the authors clearly showing no favor or hatred for anyone as they manage to cram mini-biographies from the likes of Jim Crockett, his son Jim Jr. and his apathy towards building his father's business, to Dusty Rhodes and his success as the "American Dream", and Ted Turner's minor promoting of wrestling with Georgia Championship Wrestling, and McMahon's cutthroat approach to business, once telling AWA's Verne Gagne during a negotiation very simply and brutally, "I don't negotiate."
Vince and his wife Linda, both taking very active roles in the WWF, from the horrors of trying to finance Wrestlemania, to recovering after the action flop starring Hulk Hogan, and the infamous steroid case of the early nineties, are portrayed almost amorally, with a true business sense to them and their actions, without explicit and graphic details of shadier practices bordering on the debauched. Sure, Vince took steroids to bulk up and look big, but once the proverbial crap hit the fan, he ditched it and never touched the stuff again. Rather than buy Jim Crockett's promotion, he waited until it went into the hole, so he could acquire it for next to nothing.
From there, much of the focus is on steroids, and the scandals erupting over its use, including name-dropping on just who was on steroids, who was suspected, etcetera.
From there, it jackknifes to detailing the situation in the WWF, WCW, and even mild glimpses into ECW, and how it influenced the WWF's Attitude Era. Keeping true to the focus of the book, matches and booking are given a spotlight, but the backstage workings, the politics and decisions of Vincent Kennedy McMahon are the true main event of this book.
The events from this time period are delivered in great detail, even containing quotes from superstars and personnel, delivered in such a way that you imagine the events unfolding in your head, with the quoted superstar turning to talk directly to you, as if breaking the fourth wall in a re-enacted documentary.
Sex: There's plenty, but not as much as you'd think. Aside from the typical groupie sex with the wrestlers, there are only two real sex scandals---one involving the infamous accusations of rape by a female referee, who (in)explicitly recounts in the book how McMahon ordered her to give him oral sex in a limo, and when she refused, forcibly raped her. The other involves Pat Patterson's aides soliciting sex and essentially creating a gay sex ring involving young men involved with the lesser jobs in the early days of the promotion, such as ring attendants, etc. In the late 80s, this was finally uncovered, and while Patterson escaped unscathed, his aides did not.
Lies: Many things McMahon says and does in this book is or are lies. From guaranteeing a reality series with MTV in 2000 and then going and soliciting NBC about it, to the more deviant ones in the early years, lying to wrestlers, promoters, and businessmen for the benefit of his own company.
Headlocks: I can only remember two, one of them being a headlock delivered by Ric Flair.
In total, this is a very slim, quickly and easily readable book, packed with pounds of information delivered in an easy, documentary style with little dressing or relishes--as the stories told provide that themselves.
The story of the Wrestling Bill Gates.......2007-07-23
An extremely interesting book, where you'll understand why Vince Mcmahon is wrestling Bill Gates, from its beginning until today, see all the tragedy that WWE has gone through, see all the backstage scheming which is a lot but interesting, Owen Hart death, Montreal Incident ( Bret Hart goes to WCW), Steroid Trial, Anabolic Jim ( Ultimate Warrior ), nobody can miss this book, its excellent.
A Somewhat Thorough, But Lacking Treatment.......2006-09-23
Written at the tail-end of the last great wrestling boom, this book's audience is ostensibly more of a mark-ish, or at the very least, naive group to the goings-on in the world of professional wrestling. The book itself is interesting, and moves at a fast pace, but often it moves too fast for its own good. Previous reviewers have mentioned that the last chapter feels cobbled together. I agree. It seems as though it was produced under deadline circumstances, and the clarity of the earlier portion of the book, which had been a strength, becomes a liability. Furthermore, the writers themselves lack credibility, as they write in a biased (although not readily obvious) tone. McMahon is treated as Satan incarnate, and that's their prerogative, which is perfectly acceptable. However, many of the workers within the business are treated with an unfair hand, and I think that has a lot to do with the way that the information was compiled in this book's research. One of the main subjects for interview for this piece was Kevin Nash. The problem that stems from Nash's presence isn't so much his own fault as it is that the authors clearly give him and those close to him the benefit of the doubt in many contentious issues, and the result is an unfair read to many in the business.
Nash's membership in the Kliq is widely known, and if one goes into the book knowing of it, certain tendencies arise. Shawn Michaels is essentially given a pass for the Montreal Screwjob, and most references to him in the book paint him as a hard worker and the soul of McMahon's company through the lean years. While the authors are entitled to such an opinion, it is clear that it is one heavily influenced my their own soft spot towards Nash. Hart is characterized as a sullen and thankless character, and the authors make explicit mentioning of his refusal to job to Michaels in Canada. What the authors don't mention is that Hart agreed to job to anyone else anywhere, even the infamous Brooklyn Brawler. Furthermore, they also disregard the fact that Hart's refusal to lay down for Michaels stems directly from Michaels' own admission that he wouldn't job to anyone in the company. Wrestlers like Rick Rude (who left the WWF acrimoniously after the Screwjob and delivered a searing promo on Michaels shortly thereafter) are vilified for their addiction to steroids presented as "old hags", but Nash friends Scott Hall and Sean Waltman are given the benefit of the doubt with their own substance abuse either avoided entirely (Waltman) or excused as the result of the wrestling lifestyle and personality disorders (Hall). Further Nash enemies such as Hulk Hogan are derided throughout the entire text for their political input on wrestling, with little mention of the political leverage (albeit somewhat nascent at this time) excerted by former Kliq member HHH.
Finally, the MSG incident is portrayed as a touching moment in the history of wrestling, rather than a serious breach of kayfabe that undermined the legitimacy of the WWF's product. This is in no small way furher evidence of inherent bias by the authors.
This may seem like the ranting of a Hart fan, but in reality, it's a more complete view of one picture that the authors could have painted better for the reader had they done more research, and not let their predilections for individuals take precedence over what is presented as a historical account of the WWF/E
A book that needed to be written.......2005-12-29
I feel that this is a book that needed to be written. Are the writers elitists who hate pro wrestling? That's not the point. The point, is that these guys are exposing the seedy underbelly of the sport. Don't get me wrong. I'm a wrestling fan and I've been watching the WWF/E since 1987. I've been a wrestling fan for 18 years now and that's not going to change; but I think it's a good thing that these guys are exposing the underhanded dealings that go on in the locker rooms and in the offices of WWE wrestlers and management.
Wrestlers have to be "according to Vince McMahon's philosophy, "bigger than life". To do this, they need characters the fans can relate to, but they also need *size* and for some of these wrestlers, the only way they can get bigger is to use steroids. Plus, while wrestling is predetermined and scripted, the moves done are real and carry real risk. Wrestlers have had bones broken and been paralyzed by falling wrong or taking too hard a hit. They ache after their matches and need to take pain pills to calm down their ravaged bodies. They also need pills to sleep and wake up. Not only that but they are on the road 200+ days a year traveling from city to city, forced to pay the majority of their travel and living expenses (hotel rooms, food, insurance, etc). Wrestlers have no union, no benefits, no guarantee of employment, and now that WCW and ECW are gone, no other options for employment (except for TNA but even then, the salaries of the wrestlers drop substantially). People need to be aware of just how much these people are sacrificing to entertain us. More needs to be done to prevent wrestlers from dying of drug overdoses, steroid abuse, or poor working conditions. Rick Rude, Road Warrior Hawk, Eddie Guerrero, Chris Candido, Owen Hart, and Brian Pillman are just some of the casualties of the business and the Monday Night War between WWF and WCW. If more people are aware of wrestling's seedy underbelly, perhaps someone will take action to make the business safer for all involved.
In addition, I was glad to read the book because, even with the mistakes, it provided a long term perspective on how the business has evolved since the formation of the National Wrestling Alliance and the territory system (something that I wasn't even aware of back in 1987 because my wrestling viewership was limited to WWF, and they had pretty much replaced the NWA as the nation's leading wrestling company by then). I would especially recommend the book to newer fans who probably wouldn't understand that in the 80's, wrestling didn't have huge firework displays before every Monday night show, nor huge/elaborate stages, nor the entrance video packages featuring the wrestlers.
The business has come a long way, but it still needs to evolve for the sake of everyone participating. I think that's the central theme of the book, and one that wrestling fans would be wise to learn about.
The Battles Outside the Ring.......2005-11-18
Here's a book that looks into wrestling itself. This is about some of the behind the scenes events that shaped or transformed wrestling into its current state, many of them being the tribulations and accusations faced by Vince McMahon and the WWWF/WWF/WWE. There is also ample coverage of the NWA/WCW presented here also. We travel towards the beginnings of the wrestling industry in the small arenas, barns, and fairgrounds of the 1920s up to roughly 2002 of big events, PPVs, and showmanship of today.
The book covers topics like Vince's buy out of his father, the territorial monopolization McMahon sets forth to conquer the wrestling world, the rise of wrestling on TV, egotistical stars rising and falling, the Monday Night Ratings War, the nWo, company defections, briefly covers the fall of WCW, hits on the sex scandals, the steroid trials, several failure's of McMahon's like the WBF and XFL, and the deaths of stars like Owen Hart and Brian Pillman along with the after effects.
This is a great book for the hardcore fans, a good book for the part-time fans, and even an interesting text for the non-fan. Non-fans will continue to judge the wrestling industry poorly after reading this book but it is informative and may change some views that see wrestling as a circus of the ridiculous. The book loses a star in ratings because there are a number of historical inaccuracies in it which the devoted fan will easily find.
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Scene Stealer.(Book Review) : An article from: Commonweal
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This book tells the story of Jim Haakenson, an individual with Down syndrome, growing up in the midst of a large family in the small town of Anchor Point, Alaska. It is an inspiring, heartwarming story of Jim's life, and how he overcame prejudices and preconceptions about people with disabilities.
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Truly Inspiring.......2006-04-15
This is a truly inspring tale of a family that not only homesteaded in Alaska, but raised a child with Down's Syndrome with little help from anyone else. The Haakensons had 6 other children, but managed to raise them all, including Jim with Down's Syndrome, to be contributing citizens with strong Christian values. The book was written by their daughter, Mary, after Jim died in 2001. This is a book anyone should read, and especially anyone with a Down's child in their family.
A great insight into Alaskan homesteading lifestyle.......2005-04-05
Beside being a wonderful account of the life of Jim Haakenson and his family, this book sets the reader into the lives of homesteaders in Alaska and their unique lifestyle. It leaves one in awe of what these folks accomplished in their daily life as well as the raising of Jim into a very capable employee, and responsible adult who was well known and loved in the community.
Jim is a rich character and fun to read about. This is a well written, very interesting book, and definitely encouraging to any family raising a child with these kind of challenges.
Warm analysis of home with Downs child.......2005-04-02
This book was recommended by our daughter, mother of a Downs son, who knows the author. I expected to read a knowledgable, thoughtfully written book -- what I hadn't expected was top-grade writing, humor and a wonderful witness to family acceptance and faith. A truly inspiring story.
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So what DOES happen to a torn dollar bill? And what should you do with a defective coin? Dr. Knowledge answers these questions and provides many more fascinating facts in this entertaining book about everyone’s favorite subject—money! Packed with unusual, amusing, and interesting information on everything from the history of the credit card to the history of social security numbers, from the most valuable coin to the wealthiest person in the world, Dr. Knowledge fills this book with more information about money than imaginable. Noteworthy quotes are sprinkled throughout the book, too, telling you some of the best things ever said about money. It’s a book that will give you something to think about next time you open your wallet!
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An expert reviews the experts – new and updated appraisals of the winning investment strategies of the greatest financial wizards.
Money Masters of Our Time is a reappraisal and revision of those money masters who have stood the test of time plus a look at new money masters. Train emphasises the parts of their various business careers that illuminate their investment techniques focusing on notable individuals whose decisions to buy and sell have actually made money grow. How do they reason? Where do they get their information? How much do they depend on fact and how much on psychology? What are their criteria in selecting a stock? What stocks are they buying now, and why?
The 'Money Masters' covered are: Warren Buffet, Paul Cabot, Philip Carret, Philip Fisher, Benjamin Graham, Mark Lightbrown, Peter Lynch, John Neff, T. Rowe Price, Richard Rainwater, Julian Robertson, Jim Rogers, George Soros, Michael Steinhardt, John Templeton, Ralph Wanger, Robert Wilson. Train centres on their investment techniques and methods and also gives brief biographical evaluations.
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If you are interested in finance then you will benefit - a lot........2007-03-02
This is a wonderful book. It is highly probable that you will learn a lot from the Money Masters. I bet that you will read it more than once. If you buy it and don't like it then I will buy it from you at my average cost.
good investor interview book - inspiring .......2007-01-12
like the Investment Gurus book in that it interviews great investors.
very good food for investment thinking. boring to read though took many times to open it to finish it
Too Brief.......2005-07-22
The idea of this book was great but unfortunately it was disappointing. It does not go into enough detail into any of the managers' investment processes to be able to apply them. I would suggest reading instead The Intelligent Investor, John Neff on Investing, or The Warren Buffet Way.
Good, gossipy book of vignettes.......2005-03-28
The people who are looking to gain valuable insight as to the workings of the market from this book are sadly mistaken. This is a book, along the lines of James Grant's book, that gives a number of vignettes and minature biographies of the leading money makers of our times, such as T. Rowe Price, Buffet, Templeton, Rainwater, Cabot, Fisher, Graham, Lightbown, Neff, Robertson, Rogers, Soros, Carret, Steinhardt, Wanger, Wilson, Lynch. You will essentially find that there is no "one" style that is successful, which lends credence to the theory that the markets are quite efficient, and some of these guys are victims of luck as well as skill.
The fact that it was written in early 2000 is a plus, not a minus, as you can trace what happened to them after the crash.
GOod book, the author is a bit preachy, egotistical and gossips about his subjects, but that's OK.
Don't Waste Your Money.......2000-10-02
I have read Mr. Train's earlier books The Money Masters and The New Money Masters and found them informative and interesting, gaining insights from some of the worlds most sucessful investors. Mr. Train's research seemed to rely heavily on personal interviews of these Masters often providing the reader with unique investment philosophies not readily available elsewhere. I especially recommend Mr. Train's first book in this series The Money Masters because this book moved me away from the trading of stocks and futures as practiced by Robert Wilson the short seller and Stanly Kroll the great commodity speculator. The techniques they employed seemed too elusive and fraught with risk and if this was the basis of the trading game it was not the game for me. I was instead attracted to the similer philosophies of mentor and student Ben Grahman and Warren Buffett. Looking at a stock as a share of a business not a piece of paper with a number on it. This was the first time I had been exposed to the wisdom of these two investors and I am grateful to Mr. Train for revealing to the public their methods. The problem I have with the current rendition is that it really adds nothing new. In fact Mr. Train seems to have copied parts of the first Money Masters and spliced them into this version. I may be wrong but it doesn't seem that the effort or creativity that went into the original went into this work. Another sort of irritating quality in this instance thankfully not present in the first book is Mr. Train's need to psychoanalyze some of his subjects especially Mr. Buffett. This adds an edge to the book that is not worthy of Mr. Train.
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A national bestseller with more than 370,000 copies in print, this is "the first book that anyone who wants to learn about Hitler or the war in Europe must read... a marvel of fact."--Newsweek
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The classic and definitive biography of Adolf Hitler.......2007-06-10
If you own only one biography of Adolf Hitler, this is the one to own. It covers his life from his birth, through the abusive years with his father, through the loss of his mother, his years years as a aspiring artist in Vienna, his service in the first world war, his joining and making the Nazi Party into a powerful political party, the beer hall putsch, his time in jail, his seizure of power, his iron fist rule over Germnay, the war and finally his death.
Very through, in-depth and its a pleasure to read for the chapters are broken into smaller sub-sections so you can read for 10-15 minutes or for hours if you want. Excellent biography of the sometimes genius, sometimes lucky and mostly insane fuhrer of Nazi Germany.
Hitler Defined.......2007-01-11
This is a must buy for history buffs and those fascinated by deranged leaders of other nations. Very Very in-depth. I would recommend this book to anyone.
Very well done.......2007-01-05
This book details the life of Hitler and seems very well researched. It is a long read though. I found that it took me several days to spend the time I needed to digest the information being provided.
The One Bio of Hitler to Have!.......2006-12-02
This is it, the real bio of Hitler. It is far and above the most thorough, most even-handed work on a very complex man. The "Hitler was a monster" works all try to turn this fascinating historical figure into a one-dimensional characature. Like it or not, Hitler was a person. If you want to find out about that person instead of reading a bunch of psychobabble above the "epitome of evil", read this book.
Best Book on Adolf Hitler, yet a better one could be written still........2006-09-15
I first read Toland's abridged paperback edition,in 1986.This book is the best researched work ,concerning the Hitler topic,written so far. From his Braunau childhood to his Vienna boheimian wanderings ,onto his WW1 return to a men's homeless shelter and until his shadowy Berlin bunker suicide;this book is painstakingly correct.Yet,i always wondered what hitler's true motives were for leading the Third Reich.How could the inner Nazi elite allow such a questionable character as Hitler,lead their new political party?The Nazis represented family values,yet Hitler was illegitimate and inbreed (uncle/niece off-sprung product).Hitler adored his niece,Gisella Ruebel.I believe Heinrich Himmler ordered her death,and staged it as a "suicide" ,out of of concerns for the "family image",of the Nazi party.Himmler was indeed the son of a chicken-farmer,yet he was also a college-schooled "eugenics technician".I saw Himmler as a "Bavarian communist",rather than a Hermann Goering ,"Bavarian Nationalist".Was Hitler really bent on destroying Germany,by spreading his armies too quickly,around the Eastern hemisphere?I believe if Hitler was killed,in a coup d'etat purging,Goering would have succeeded.Yet,after a fifty year succession of Nazi stalwarts,the dictatorship would have crumbled .Not because of liberal leftists overthrowing them,but because of "Globalisation".World population pressures would force the hinterland Germans to deal with other geo-cultures,via daily trade or outright warfare. As an inside look,of what went on in Hitler's life,this is an excellent book.Yet,many theories could be discussed about Hitler's social motives and the motives of the Nazi elite, with their thoughts about Hitler.
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Learning to Love the Bomb: Canada's Nuclear Weapons During the Cold War
Sean Maloney
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In Learning to Love the Bomb, Sean M. Maloney explores the controversial subject of Canada’s acquisition of nuclear weapons during the Cold War. Based on newly declassified Canadian and U.S. documents, it examines policy, strategy, operational, and technical matters and weaves these seemingly disparate elements into a compelling story that finally unlocks several Cold War mysteries. For example, while U.S. military forces during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis were focused on the Caribbean Sea and the southeastern United States, Canadian forces assumed responsibility for defending the northern United States, with aircraft armed with nuclear depth charges flying patrols and guarding against missile attack by Soviet submarines. This defensive strategy was a closely guarded secret because it conflicted with Canada’s image as a peacekeeper and therefore a more passive member of NATO than its ally to the south. It is revealed here for the first time. The place of nuclear weapons in Canadian history has, until now, been a highly secret and misunderstood field subject to rumor, rhetoric, half-truths, and propaganda. Learning to Love the Bomb reveals the truth about Canada’s role as a nuclear power.
Customer Reviews:
Negotiating Arab-Israeli Peace:.......2001-08-02
In an innovative study, two historians of the Arab-Israeli conflict reflect on what their craft can contribute to peacemaking. They reach the depressing conclusion that the tried and true ways lead to failure, and that "the more closely negotiations follow the old patterns, the less likely they are to succeed. Hopes for resolution of this conflict rest on deviating from those patterns."
More specifically, Eisenberg and Caplan find six considerations important to success: the parties' motives, timing, high-status negotiating partners, minimal third-party involvement, reasonably similar terms of agreement, and the absence of psychological obstacles. Some of these factors are commonsensical, other more subtle; in all, it is good to see them assayed in the balance of historical experience.
Just one error in judgment mars an otherwise sound analysis, namely the authors' tendency toward moral equivalency, implying that the democratic state of Israel is no better or worse that the terrorist organization led by Yasir Arafat or the totalitarian regime headed by Hafiz al-Asad. For example, in one passage, the authors hold that "both Arab and Israeli leaders" struggled with extremist wings of their constituencies-making it seem as though West Bank settlers were the counterpart of Saddam Husayn.
Middle East Quarterly, September 1998
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Wildlife Restoration links restoration ecology and wildlife management in an accessible and comprehensive guide to restoring wildlife and the habitats upon which they depend. It offers readers a thorough overview of the types of information needed in planning a wildlife-habitat restoration project and provides the basic tools necessary for developing and implementing a rigorous monitoring program. The book:
- explains the concepts of habitat and niche: their historic development, components, spatial-temporal relationships, and role in land management
- reviews how wildlife populations are identified and counted
- considers captive breeding, reintroduction, and translocation of animals
- discusses how wildlife and their habitat needs can be incorporated into restoration planning
- develops a solid justification for monitoring and good sampling design in restoration projects
- discusses and critiques case histories of wildlife analysis in restoration projects
The author does not offer a "cookbook" approach, but rather provides basic tools for understanding ecological concepts that can be used to design restoration projects with specific goals for wildlife. He focuses on developing an integrated approach to large-scale landscape restoration. In addition, he provides guidance on where more advanced and detailed literature can be found.
Wildlife Restoration sets forth a clear explanation of key principles of wildlife biology for the restorationist, and will allow wildlife biologists to bring the insights of their field to restoration projects. It is an essential source of information for everyone involved with studying, implementing, or managing wildlife restoration projects, including students, ecologists, administrators, government agency staff, and volunteer practitioners.
Customer Reviews:
Sampling methods, designing a reserve, & lessons of history.......2002-09-14
Wildlife Restoration: Techniques For Habitat Analysis And Animal Monitoring by Michael L. Morrison (Field Station Manager, White Mountain Research Station, University of California - Bishop and Adjunct Professor, School of Forestry, Northern Arizona University) is a scholarly and authoritative look at the practical and scientific methods as well as the problems of ecological restoration. Individual chapters address sampling methods, designing a reserve, lessons of history, and much more in this fascinating and technically detailed, treatise, written for professional conservationists but completely accessible for wildlife enthusiasts and environmental activists.
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