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The Fallacies in Strategy of Robert McNamara and and His Civilian Strategists .......2007-09-27
Jim Coan's book, Con Thien The Hill of Angels, is probably one of the best written recountings of the battles in one area of the Northern I Corps theater of the Vietnam War.
In my work as a Marine Fire Direction Officer for Mike 4/12 and subsequently as a Forward Observer and later a planner for Air and Artillery with Task Force Hotel, I certainly knew about Con Thien and provided artillery support for my fellow Marines there. From early September 1967 until I rotated home in October 1968 I operated throughout most of the area just south of the DMZ, including Gio Linh and Khe Sanh. Until reading this book, I did not have a full appreciation of the action immediately around Con Thien. Jim has captured better than anyone else who has written about these battles of 1967-68 the true essence of being a Marine Officer and leader in a place that we all knew was a killing zone and an ill fated strategy by Robert McNamara and General Westmoreland. To my last breath, I will hold Robert McNamara and his strategy responsible for so many lost Marines who gave all.
The troubling issue in Jim's book is the parallel to our current situation in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today's civilian planners have ignored the historic culture of internecine war in these two countries just as they ignored the same history in Vietnam. As with Vietnam, both countries have engaged in wars for thousands of years and both countries have military strategists who recognize that while they lag behind in technology and wherewithal, they understand all too well that the American public can be worn down by our negative media and politicians.
A young Marine Warrior currently in Iraq has posed the question "Will America ever win a protracted war in the future when the American public does not have the stomach to do what it takes?" Before that question can ever be answered, we must learn from history, we must have strategists who understand the enemy and above all we must have a media and political leaders who respect the expertise of the military. Never again should we ever put our trust in the likes of a Robert McNamara.
William M. Anderson, Captain USMCR
History, adventure and entertainment in one book........2007-04-19
Jim Coan's book is a well-researced document of a war gone wrong. Are we not repeating history right now? The United States involvement in both Vietnam and Iraq appears to be political in nature dressed up with patrionism and good intentions. Both have cost the lives of many fine young people in the military from our country and the countless lives of innocent civilians where the conflicts took place and are taking place. Both conflicts have been dictated more by politicians and bureaucrats than by educated, trained and experienced soldiers. Have we not learned anything? Con Thien is extremely well written and deeply researched. One gets the feeling of "being there", experiencing the heat, humidity, discomfort, terror and ever-present danger. With each page, the reader can see what it is like being on-edge and the hopelessness of being right up front, day after day in a no-win situation. Read this and you will have a greater appreciation of what our servicemen go through and what a fantastic job they did and are doing.
Larry W.
Con Thien - Hill of Angels.......2007-04-19
Jim Coan was my Marine tank platoon leader during part of my 12 month & 29 day tour in Vietnam. I have read countless historical volumes about the War in Vietnam. Jim tells one of the most comprehensive and detailed histories of this God-forsaken piece of real estate that I have ever read. "Con Thien - The Hill of Angels" should be required reading on the Commandant of the Marine Corps Career Enhancement Reading Program. Five Stars and two thumbs up for his wonderful book.
John Wear
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Excellent historical documentation and a good read.......2006-05-29
as a former Marine sniper who lived some of this book it is an excellent documentation of the battles in and around Con Thien and the DMZ in 1967. it is a good read, lots of detail and anecdotes from Marines who were there. it also rekindles all the bad feelings towards the likes of Westmoreland and especially McNamara and his stupidity of building a wall in the DMZ. It is also a tribute to the young men who gave their lives in support of his stupidity. Good work.
Con Thien: The Hill of Angels.......2006-03-31
This book is an excellent review of the daily lives of Marines and Corpsmen who served on the Hill of Angels. I was with Naval Support Unit, DaNang 1966-67 on YFU 66. We ran constant supply missions up the coast and thru the Cau Viet River to Dong Ha during the many offensives around Con Thien. We delivered everything from Tanks to C-Rations and also the 175mm "Long Tom". This book has given me a new insight to the sacrifices made by many who kept our river supply routes open and a safe passage for our boat crews.
Jim also describes how the North Vietnamese Units were allowed to hide in the DMZ area as a safe haven and shell Con Thien without reprisal. Never Again should this protection be granted by our politicians when the lives of our Armed Forces are in Harm's Way.
I thank Jim for his book and appreciate his thoroughness and accurate recording of events that occurred during his tour. Thanks to the many who sacrificed everything and Welcome Home to those who are still recovering from this period of time in our history. Semper Fidelis!
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In probably one of the best known and most widely told stories of the Second World War, nineteen Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron, led by Wing Commander Guy Gibson, raided the great hydroelectric dams of western Germany in May 1943. Each Lancaster was equipped with the revolutionary bouncing bomb designed by the inventor Barnes Wallis, creator of the Wellington bomber. Designed to skip over the surface of the water, the bombs rotated at 500 rpm. They had to be dropped at a speed of 240 miles an hour and were set to explode while sinking to the base of the dam's retaining wall. It took five attempts to breach the Moehne Dam. Gibson then led the three remaining Lancasters to attack the Eder Dam. The unleashed floodwaters inundated the Ruhr valley below, killing thousands and causing German industry to grind to a halt. Eight of the nineteen aircraft involved in the raid failed to return to base. Wing Commander Gibson, only twenty-four at the time of the mission, was awarded the Victoria Cross. He was killed in action sixteen months later. In later years the strategic impact of the raid was deemed to be less than was thought at the time, but the boost it gave to civilian and Service morale in wartime Britain was incalculable. In 1954 the raid was immortalized in The Dambusters, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd, who contributes a foreword to the book. A box office success, the film has become a classic, the music score being one of the best known of all time.
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Oddly fascinating.......2004-12-29
This book, written almost like a documentary script, details the Allied efforts to target German dams during World War Two. In very methodical, but also enthusiastic fashion, they figured out what plane, what bomb, what angle, what altitude, etc., were necessary to inflict maximum damage to the dams, while minimizing losses to the planes. The answer they came up with, sounds absurd, but it worked: very large, cylindrical bombs rotating backwards at a high rate of speed, causing them, when dropped, to skip along the sureface of the water, right up to the base of the dam. This story sounds very dry when described but, when I read it, I found it very intriguing.
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Other Books.......2007-09-03
A very well done book, with insight into this area that is engaging. Definitely a job you don't want. The story of a bunch of English bombers whose job it is to take out some strategically important German dams, unsurprisingly. Brickhill is a fine war writer, so anything on that subject by him is worth a look.
A Great Read, Incredible Story.......2006-07-04
This book reads very quickly and it's very interesting. Written by the man who wrote The Great Escape, this is a real winner for war buffs. The book goes past the dam buster mission and the attrition rate for this wing was over 50% (if I remember the book I think it was close to 100%). Just imagine using a 4 engine Lancaster on low level mission after low level mission, the courage these men had is hard to find in todays culture. I have a LOT of respect for these brave airmen. Highly recommended book.
Science, modern war, and how to destroy a dam........2004-08-18
What a great little story from WWII. I heard about this successful raid, and finally I stumbled upon this great little book describing the raid. The book starts by describing the thought process of Wallace who thought the dams would be a worthy target of British bombers. The floods would destroy factories and limit the output of water and energy in the industrial Ruhr area.
Wallace had to surmount bomber limitations, design a new type of bomb, and devise a method on how to deliver the bomb load against the side of the dam. These processes are all investigated and solved in the course of this book. The final bombing run is the high point of the book with the successful destruction of the dams. The loss in bomber crews plus the German civilian losses are also summarized. I wish the book could have focused more on the later aspects of the raid, rather than the science that went in solving how to destroy the dams. Otherwise a great read.
Not just for World War II flying buffs........2003-09-17
This story is a writer's godsend - a fantastic story that has historical implications, interesting characters that are also heroes, very important situations and settings, tension and high drama. Brickhill does a great job telling the story of the squadron that became known as the Dambusters. This book gives us the story behind the raid - he science and hard work developing the technology behind the success. It also follows the further raids of the men of 617, and the development of the bombing technology as the war continues.
Brickhill balances the story between the technology and the human. All of 617 come across as sterling chaps, which is to be expected. I was surprised that the writing in this book did not seem dated, considering when it was written.
While not really `faults' there are some `less than perfections': while Cochrane, Wallis, Gibson and Chester all are clear and memorable characters (these are major players in the book), many other characters get the occasional mention here and there that leaves you wondering `And which one was he?' This is also a book aimed a people with military knowledge. Therefore if a reader is not completely au fait with military terms (or fortunate enough to have someone nearby who is, like I was) you may occasionally feel a bit clueless. And after the last major action of the book - the sinking of the Tirpitz - the book seems to lose its edge (though the epilogue is a very good roundup of what happened to whom). But overall this is an entertaining read by a great writer about an exciting story. Not just for World War II flying buffs.
True-life high adventure. TARGET: From Rhur dams to Hitler!.......1997-08-08
I first read this story as a freshman in high school and couldn't put it down! I have re-read the book several times since then. The adventures of 617 Squadron have all of the elements of an Indiana Jones movie; from the most inovative, fantastic, and bizarre ideas (five-ton bouncing bombs to ten-ton, earthquake producing "Tall Boy" bombs) to shear, white-knuckle, edge-of-your-seat danger (low-level night flying over Nazi Germany). Check out Paul Brickhill's "The Great Escape" and "Reach for the Sky." You won't be disapointed
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The daring raid on the great dams of western Germany by Lancaster bombers of 617 Squadron in May 1943 is probably one of the best known and most widely told stories of the Second World War. In 1955 the raid was immortalized on film by director Michael Anderson in The Dam Busters, starring Michael Redgrave and Richard Todd. It became Britain's top grossing film of 1955 and in the half-century that has followed, thanks to its almost annual airing on the small screen, it has become a film classic. It is also a firm favorite with aviation enthusiasts due in no small measure to the breathtaking flying sequences featuring the Avro Lancaster. Tucked away in the Pinewood Studios archives are hundreds of rarely seen 'still' photographs from the making of the film. Including everything from storyboarding to location shots, and from the stars and personalities to the aircraft themselves, it is estimated that only about 10 per cent of these high quality pictures have ever been published before. In this book they are supplemented by stunning and previously unpublished air-to-air photographs, taken by the aircrews who flew the Lancasters on camera. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and interviews with film unit and flying personnel, Filming the Dam Busters evokes the optimistic outlook of the new postwar Elizabethan Age, when British cinema had a force and reach not equalled before or since.
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Nigel Wilkinson.......2007-08-07
This is an excellent addition to the film which is rated as one of the best of the Second World War.
Falconer does it again............2005-10-23
Jonathan Falconer has written a very accessible and informative account of the making of one of the best war films ever produced, the story of the innovative and daring WWII mission by the RAF's famed 617 squadron destruction of the Mohne' and Eder dams in Germany's Ruhr Valley in May 1943. For Falconer, this book is a labor of love and follows on his excellent and well illustrated book "The Dam Busters" about the raid itself. With that love comes a committment to detail and thoroughness about the filming of the 1955 movie..finding the by then scarce four Lancaster bombers to use in the film, their modifications including painting different idenifications on both sides to allow the filmakers to create the illusion of more than four planes, lead actor Richard Todd who played Wing Commander Guy Gibson's insistance on wearing the same hard to find Luftwaffe flotation device the real Gibson wore and prized, how the filmakers improvised to show a bouncing bomb which when the film was made was still a secret. The book includes descriptions of filming the flying sequences including some harrowing low level formation scenes over water, and interviews with the pilots who flew those scenes. There is also a description of the post production work in the days before digital special effects including construction of giant models of the dams and their environs. The resulting production was not only a very popular film in it's day but also a well researched, accurate description of the real story itself. The film lives on as a recently released DVD. Anyone who has seen the film will find this book informative, well illustrated, and a worthy addition to ones library on WWII aviation, movie making, or the Dams raid itself.
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The Dam Busters: A British Film Guide
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An original mix of film analysis and political history, this book examines the political and cinematic significance of The Dam Busters, as both a British institution and a fine war film. A critical and popular success, the film celebrates an image of gutsy ingenuity for the "Brits at war," with the 1943 raid by Lancaster bombers on the dams of Germany's Ruhr region, using the extraordinary "bouncing bomb." Ramsden's fresh and incisive book offers an overall review of the film and its place in history. It convincingly suggests that the film's cultural impact made it difficult to assess the true value of Britain's bombing campaign.
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The Dam Busters
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From the director of Amnesty International, a provocative new argument for defending human rights The Philippines, Haiti, Rwanda, Bosnia, east Los Angeles. The nightly news brings vivid images of the mistreatment of people all over the world into our living rooms. In the secure comfort of those rooms, we may feel sympathetic, but far removed from these atrocities. "What does all this have to do with a person in east Tennessee?" is the question, from a call-in radio program listener, that prompted Bill Schulz to write this book. Schulz provides answers with an insightful work, generously laced with compelling stories of women and men from all continents, which clearly delineates the connection between Americans' prosperity and human rights violations all over the globe. The book reveals the high cost to the U.S. military of acute political instability in Eastern Europe, the economic impact on U.S. businesses of systemic corruption in East Asia, the serious worldwide environmental hazards of nuclear fuel leaks in Russia, the imminent threat of deadly viruses spreading from Africa, and even the expensive consequences of substandard prison conditions in the United States, to name some examples. At the heart of each of these problems lies the abuse of basic human rights. Through these stories, Schulz builds a powerful case for defending our own interests by vigorously defending the human rights of people everywhere. "If any foreign policy primer could be called a page-turner, it is this one by the executive director of Amnesty International USA. What the human rights community needs to do, argues Schulz in this well-written clarion call, is find 'the compelling reasons why respect for human rights is in the best interests of the United States.' . . . Schulz has written a clear and provocative book that should be read by all concerned with human rights and U.S. foreign policy and will draw new supporters among the general public." -Publishers Weekly, Starred
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In Defiance of Kant...in respect of common sense.......2002-05-11
To be honest, I really don't care to make people believe it's in their own self interest to care about human rights. I'd rather people give up caring about their own self interest altogether. But if I'm truly concerned about human rights, and dedicated to working for change, perhaps it has to be any port in a storm. If torture, rape, starvation and abuse are stemmed by the voice and demands of millions of people motivated by the wrong reasons, they are stemmed nonetheless. Right?
I think William F. Schulz would agree with me, and I venture a guess that such an argument convinced him to write this book. It is a well-researched and clearly written exposition of the ways that it truly is in our own best interest to care about human rights. He shows that political "realists" who believe that a country cannot afford to make human rights a priority when forming and implementing foreign policy are, despite their hard-nosed and pragmatic appearance, naive to believe that human rights don't matter.
For instance. Working democracies very, very rarely go to war with other working democracies. Thus it is in the best interest of the US to promote democracy across the world, and thus make stable allies. Of course, the definition of "working democracy" has to do with human rights -- democracy in itself is fundamentally based on a respect for each individual's voice and decision-making power, and where this is not respected (as in Milosevich's Yugoslavia) the stability does not exist.
For instance. As globalization races across the planet, political stability in a country is a vital element in a solid investment choice. The 3 basic factors that enhance political stability -- lack of corruption in government, rule of law, and feedback loops (freedom of press, independent investigation, etc.) are all intimately tied to human rights issues. Countries that abuse human rights are notoriously unstable. And instability scares away investors.
For instance. Crowded and unsanitary prison conditions are breeding grounds for disease. And in a world that gets ever smaller due to the ease of intercontinental travel, a super-strain of tuberculosis developed in a prison cell in China can easily have reached the other end of the world -- that's us in America -- in no time at all.
For instance. Torture not only provides unreliable information, it hardens whole communities againt their oppressors. To torture one terrorist may provide you with the names of five others, but likely motivates fifty others to become terrorists. And in a world as interconnected as ours is, where they will strike out has become wildly unpredictable.
And the instances continue. Schulz makes an incredibly convincing argument that we can no longer "let well enough alone". There are no isolated places, no isolated incidences in the world anymore, and it is indeed naive to think that such destructive forces as human rights abuses will have no effect on us. James the brother of Jesus tells us that if we know what good we ought to do and do not do it, we sin. And if that is not motivation enough, it is in our own best interest.
Concise, readable, and wide-ranging; a superb summary.......2001-11-12
Let's start with the negative. The author comes from a religious background. The first chapter promotes the concept that commitment to human rights is related to religiosity, the most destructive force ever created by our species. If he ever mentioned the role of religious fundamentalism in war, torture, and human rights abuse in general, it was a minor comment. To be fair, he did explain that he was pragmatic ,and he obviously wants to reach politicians and CEO's, who rather effectively exclude atheists and secular humanists from their ranks. However, his comments in the first chapter were totally unnecessary and inappropriate. Virtually every advance in human rights has been opposed by mainstream religion and fundamentalist sects, and supported by atheists and agnostics.
Aside from the first chapter, the tempo builds, although it is not for the very squeamish. The litany of abuses is interspersed with detailed descriptions of individual experiences, and usually prefaces and followed by comments on the economic impact. Some examples were familiar to me, most were not. It is too easy to get lost in the stories and forget the main point that all life on this planet is interdependent, but there are enough reminders for the intelligent and attentive. (Of course GW5-4B will not read it!) The volume of references is impressive.
The issues balance in geography and American participation is difficult to judge. He fairly presents cases in which the United States is culprit and hero, but he slights the role of Arab regimes.
Pro-Western Perspectives Prevents Work from Tackling Issues.......2001-10-24
This text could be quite beneficial to students: it's easy to read and covers a large number of countries. However, Mr. Schultz's vision and depth of understanding about human rights are severely weakened by a pro-U.S. and pro-west world view that renders it as useless as many of our partisan texts on world wide human rights abuses. Even though he notes how important it is for countries to first examine their own human rights record, he only discusses the US record in chapter seven of the text. He repeats the same old superficial human rights dogma that one finds in newspapers like USA Today. He rarely touches on the middle-east question, and the refusal by the Israeli government (with U.S. complicity) to recognize (and respect) a decent sized homeland for the Palestinians. This has proven to be the central human rights issue and abuse of our current time. I was saddened to know that the head of Amnesty International thinks so narrowly but understand why that organization has made so litte progress in this arena over the past few decades.
What ordinary citizens can do to promote human rights.......2001-08-12
William Schulz is the Executive Directory of Amnesty International USA. In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All is an articulate explanation and defense of our using personal, economic, political, national, and international resources to intervene in behalf of victims of governmental and paramilitary atrocities wherever in the world we encounter them. Very highly recommended reading for anyone with an interest in the politics and perpetuation of human rights, In Our Own Best Interest explains the moral underpinnings respecting the never ending struggle for human rights; the role of human rights in promoting democracy and peace, why human rights are good for business; and the role played out by the struggle for human rights in the world at large. Other issues informatively covered include public health and human rights; the economic rewards arising from a defense of human rights; human rights violations occurring within the United States of America; and what ordinary citizens can do to promote human rights at home and abroad.
A Pamflet on Human Rights Benefits.......2001-07-27
William Schulz' book is a pamflet on human rights which does easily fit in the tradition of human rights 'classics', such as have been written by Thomas Paine and Voltaire. His argument is that human rights are in "our" best interest - in particular, in the best of American interests. His book was clearly written for an American readership - which somewhat limits the "universal" scope of the subject but gives his arguments a good focus. Since Americans are known to love statistics, this book provides quite a few. For example, that 82 percent of Americans think nuclear arms are the major threat, while only 39 now mention "protecting and promoting human rights in foreign countries" (down from 58 percent in 1990). Schulz is more than an average scholar however - he is director of Amnesty International's US section, and a former minister of the church. He mixes facts with lots of human interest. He recalls how he brought Northern Ireland's David Trimble to tears, his hand on Trimble's arm. How he was cold-shouldered when presenting an Amnesty report on police violence to the NYPD, only to record within a year that the NY force had raped an immigrant from Haiti, and shot an unarmed man 41 times. How he was shocked by learning that a total of 18 foreign businessmen had been trapped and convicted by the Chinese government. And how he has been confronted with gruesome abuses by the Taliban, the US trained Salvadorian army, the Indonesian para-military and many others, in his everyday Amnesty business. This is a pamflet, yet it covers a large array of topics (including business, the environment, epidemics and humanitarian interventions) and is very soundly documented (in hundreds of footnotes). Schulz shows convincingly that Americans may be do a lot of good (they spend over $190 billion annually on charities) but more often than not do not think, or sympathize, much beyond their borders. As a European reader, I had occasional difficulties with the rhetoric, but was thrilled enough to read through the entire book on a Sunday afternoon. What is it that makes the US such a source of both indifference and commitment? Just the other day, I saw an Italian tourist in Amsterdam with a Martin Luther King quote on her T-shirt: "I fear less the words of those that are violent than the silence of those who are honest." The quote, by the way, was in Italian. What more prove do we need that American examples can be international standards of human rights awareness?
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Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Landfills A New Edition of the reference book more professionals are turning to— Like its successful first edition, this updated Second Edition of Design, Construction, and Monitoring of Landfills provides easy access to the current theory and practice of landfill engineering. Using an integrated, multidisciplinary approach, it serves as the ideal desk reference for environmental, civil, and geotechnical engineers, hydrogeologists, and others involved in hazardous and non-hazardous waste disposal. This new edition features material on landfill operation, the latest advances in waste handling, and new liner and cover technologies. This book offers a wealth of state-of-the-art information, such as:
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- The Funhouse Mirror: Reflections on Prison
- First Down, Houston
- Radical Ecology: The Search for a Livable World
- Biotechnology of Higher Plants
Impact Zone: The Battle of the DMZ In Vietnam, 1967-1968
Full Circle: A Marine Rifle Company in Vietnam
Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh
The Battle Of An Loc (Twentieth-Century Battles)
NAM SENSE : Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division
