Back in Action: An American Soldier's Story of Courage, Faith and Fortitude

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The inspiring true story of the first amputee to return to active duty in Iraq!

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Inspiring story.......2007-02-14

Rozelle's book protrays an interesting story about his personal journey. Well worth the read.

True Hero.......2006-02-12

CPT Dave Rozelle is a true hero and American Patriot. This amazing true story is a must read for any of the War on Terrorism's many critics. Whereas many in our great country sit back and point fingers at those making decisions and fighting overseas, CPT Rozelle is actually doing his part. It's easy to sit on the sidelines, but Dave has fought, been severely wounded, and fought again. He now commands amputees at Walter Reed, getting them in shape to fight again. You can't help but feel even greater respect for our men and women in uniform after reading this one. CPT Rozelle and his men are true Americans, and need to be acknowledged by reading this book.

Interesting.......2005-09-18

This book was tough for me. As a military wife I was drawn to Capt. Rozelle's story. However, his book didn't live up to my expectations. Don't get me wrong, Capt. Rozelle is to be commended for all that he has accomplished and all that he is still accomplishing. The problem, for me, was that in his attempt to show the military in such a great light he came off as somewhat unrelatable. During the first part of the book, he seemed unable to show any sort of failure or flaw. It wasn't until after his injury that he let the reader see his humanity. He finally told stories of how he let himself down and how he eventually picked himself up and went forward. My only gripe is that he failed to show this same side of himself in the earlier portions of the book.

Don't believe the lack of hype.......2005-06-21

If you believe that troop-morale is low this book should change your mind. I've heard Capt. Rozelle on Laura Ingraham's show telling his story and each time I hear him I'm more confident, proud and optimistic about what we're doing in Iraq. Rozelle provides great insight on what's really going on and is highly critical of the poor press coverage of the War in Iraq.

Should have been 4.5 stars.......2005-04-04

I was eager to read Capt. Rozelle's book and compare with others by combat veterans from previous conflicts as far back as the American Revolution. Though the Captain has been exemplary in his actions as a soldier, and in his determination to overcome his disability, I was dissapointed and offended by the use of profane and vulgar language in the text. I realize the useage is common in the military, (I am a veteran myself), but it is never appropriate in an historical text to be read now and for generations to come.

I am also dissapointed in Regnery for not providing better editing.

Back in Action: An American Soldier's Story of Courage, Faith, and Fortitude (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

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Back in Action: An American Soldier's Story of Courage, Faith, and Fortitude (Audiofy Digital Audiobook Chips)

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This Audiofy audiobook chip packs Patrick Lawlor's full 6.5 hour reading of "Back in Action: An American Soldier's Story of Courage, Faith, and Fortitude" on a tiny memory card. A single Audiofy audiobook chip, hardly larger than a stamp, holds a complete digital audiobook, and saves the last listening position automatically, unlike CDs. With an SD memory card slot or adapter - like those for digital cameras - this Audiofy audiobook chip can be played on Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh desktop computers or laptops (Microsoft Windows XP/2000/Me/98, or Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and above) or transferred to Apple iPod media players. Audiobook chips also move seamlessly to most Palm OS and Pocket PC handheld PDAs with SD expansion slots, as well as Treo and Windows Mobile "smartphones" (Palm OS 5.2 or Windows Mobile 2002 and above)... When an antitank mine tore off Captain David Rozelle's right foot, the warriors of jihad in Iraq thought they had neutralized one of their most determined foes. They were wrong. Refusing to let his injury stop him, he soon returned to Iraq as commander of an armored cavalry troop. In Back in Action , Rozelle speaks with brisk frankness about his postamputation battles and the gritty determination that carried him through it all. It's an astonishing story of courage, determination, heroism, and devotion to duty overcoming all obstacles.

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The Illustrated History of Weaponry: From Flint Axes to Automatic Weapons, by Charles Wills, is a comprehensive look at the tools of battle. More than 600 photographs of an eclectic mix of weapons were specially commissioned from the 8,000-piece collection of the Berman Museum of World History. Spanning the globe and more than 3,500 years, they include a royal Persian scimitar owned by both Abbas I and Catherine the Great, a sword presented to Napoleon, the traveling pistols of Confederate president Jefferson Davis, and Heinrich Himmler’s rifle. The variety of rare weapons of espionage and combination curiosa that rounds out the selection will appeal to even the most seasoned weaponry connoisseur.
The Illustrated History of Weaponry offers historical perspective of the people, places, and times important to the development of weaponry, with special feature spreads that illuminate such topics as The Hundred Years War, The Crusades, Naval Weapons, The Civil War, and Trench Warfare. The rare and wonderful pieces collected here and their commentary offer something for the history buff, cultural anthropologist, and weapons enthusiast alike.

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Weapons as art.......2006-06-24

This beautiful, photo-packed book indeed outlines evolution of weaponry, but I am most struck by the artistry of the implements. A jewel-encrusted scimitar (1,295 diamonds; owned by Catherine the Great), beaded American Indian club, carvings on an 1880s bicycle pistol and Turkish shield -- all are works by master artisans. Ivory and pearl of pistol handles, wood grain for rifles, and precious metal inlays create a sense that these are objects of beauty rather than ruin. A glossary explains nuances, like the luk of a kris or pommel of a hilt. To think that it was the personal collection of a man and wife -- now in an Alabama museum -- shows both generosity and appreciation of its historical and aesthetic value. This volume captures it all.

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The secular Republic of Turkey, which has gone further towards Westernization than any other Muslim country, has been caught up in the Islamic revival sweeping the world from Morocco to the Philippines. Three-quarters of a century after Mustafa Kemal Ataturk abolished the trappings of the Islamic state and replaced them with Western institutions, Turkey has become dangerously polarized. Ataturk's disciples see his revolution under threat and are engaged in a new crusade against the spread of political Islam. On the other hand, a reinvigorated Islamic movement chafes at official restrictions on Islamic practices and is seeking ways to gain political power. Turkey Today is about the Islamic surge in today's Turkey, the only Muslim country with one foot in Europe and an active member of the Western Alliance. It is about Ataturk's legacy, its successes and failures. It is also a personal view of the multi-dimensional nature of Islam in Turkey. as a political, moral, spiritual force. The New York Times bureau chief in Ankara before and after the 1980 military coup, Marvine Howe returns to Turkey to give an in-depth account of the Islamic revival in that rigidly secular country. She discusses the questions on many peoples minds: Why has political Islam reemerged in Turkey today? How does the observance of Islam in Turkey differ from that of other Muslims in the region? Does the Islamic movement pose a threat to the secular state and its relations with the West? What are the chances for an Islamic-secular dialogue and accommodation? Here is a close-up view of some of the many faces of Islam in Turkey: the fundamentalist who would sacrifice higher education for a headscarf, radical cult leaders who prey on youths, the Islamist author who openly seeks to return to Sharia (Islamic Law), ordinary students in the controversial Imam Hatip schools, a leading Islamic reformist who would be satisfied with the American Bill of Rights. Here too, you will meet the Kemalists imbued with the Ataturk mystique. There is the judge who firmly believes that all sectors of the Turkish society have been infiltrated by the Islamic movement. Above all many women are obsessed with the Iranian revolution and the possibility it might happen in Turkey. Their close allies are the military, who promoted religion against Communism in the 1980s, and a decade later launched a virulent campaign against what they perceive to be radical Islamic activities. This reportage-monograph also focuses on other aspects of contemporary Turkey: the Kurdish imbroglio, the mood of the minorities, the Islamization of the arts, the economic boom in the provinces, the reappraisal of Turkish foreign policy. Turkey Today is a lively engaging portrait of this richly diverse society, a fair and even-handed treatment of all sides.

Turkey Today: A Nation Divided Over Islam's Revival

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An obsolete book by someone, from whom much better expected
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Turkey Today: A Nation Divided Over Islam's Revival
Marvine Howe
Manufacturer: Westview Press
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An obsolete book by someone, from whom much better expected.......2001-09-22

I am quite dissatisfied by this book because the title is a misnomer. The title should be more or less within the words of "Turkey in 1980s and the middle 1990s from the perspective of a New York Times correspondent" or similar. The author covers a lot of ground but not much insight. The book is quite cluttered and reflects a 'strange' view of events. For example, it is quite surprising that the author, despite having lived in Turkey for so long, does not seem to emphasize the necessity of secular or "laik" system. Nor does the author seem to understand very well the economic stress and woes on people, which eventually creates holding onto irrational paths, such as the path of the "refah" party (Welfare Party). I agree with the criticism I read by previous reviewers that the book is obsolete. However, it is quite a challenge to catch up with the changes in Turkey for Turkey goes through incredibly fast changes in very short periods of time, which sometimes leaves it in unbalanced and turbulent times with almost no protection financially and strategically, and as we have just witnessed, sometimes one major change can revive the importance of Turkey. I am also surprised that the author did not mention much about the political history in detail. Finally, I am expecting a better book such as Emre Kongar's Turkey and the Millenium, that is more comprehensive, analytical, and critical. This book, on the other hand, is a good reference book for chronological events, but a boring read indeed!

A Good Overview of a Complex Subject:.......2001-02-10

In the Preface section the author states, "my aim is to give the general reader a better idea as to who Turks are and where they're going...." During her tenure as the New York Times bureau chief in Ankara (capital of Turkey) from 1979-1983, Ms. Howe witnessed many critical events, including the 1980 coup conducted by a secularist military which subdued temporarily all insurgent forces in Turkey. To deal with political Islam as an emerging force in Turkey, the author covers many issues and events, most of which only faintly relate to present day secular Turkey and in this book, there is much information but little analysis. Although the book is titled,"Turkey Today: A Nation Divided over Islam's Revival", most of the time it chronicles only past political events. Former Islamist Refah Party leader Erbakan is long gone, the incumbent Ecevit coalition government has a much different political agenda and the new President Ahmet Necdet Sezer is a forceful head of state. However, regardless of these shortcomings, Ms. Howe accomplishes her above stated mission for the general reader. The book is valuable as it tackles a complex issue with care and fairness.

A reference book written vy an experienced professional.......2000-08-21

" TURKEY TODAY, A NATION DIVIDED OVER ISLAM'S REVIVAL "

At last a reference work on Europe's newest candidate.

Whoever has had the opportunity of sailing along the Dardanelles, and been faced with the splendor of Istanbul, will never forget that flood of golden fire which, at sunset, engulfs the antique Turkish city, town of Constantine, the first Oriental Roman emperor.

Any tourist currently believes that many unspoken records of the "Orient-Express " luxuries still linger in this accumulation of wealth and stench, a magic symbol of pré-Oriental cosmopolitism , word the ancient Greeks scholars used to describe an ideal giant city, " the big city " (polis) of " the universe " (kosmos).

This tourist might well be right, Marvine Howe suggests implicitely in her new book '" Turkey Today, A Nation Divided over Islam's Revival ". This former New York Times foreign correspondant, among many other hard and risky assignments, has been bureau chief in Ankara for three years and returned many times since. She knows every corner of Turkish domestic and foreign intricacies, as well as every aspect of this country's religious and cultural life.. For Marvine Howe " Istanbul is stilll a great multicultural meeting place " but, " increasingly divided in two worlds " For her it is not the case of " a classic schism between East and West, rich and poor, or traditional and progressive. It is not even the kind of religious factionalism that wracks other countries, because 98 percent of Turkey's 65 million inhabitants are Muslim. ".

The author emphasizes that it is " more and more evident " that " the great divide is to be seen between two concepts of life " in this old and in the same time, new country..

On one hand " a secular lifestyle with its inherent freedoms an insecurities " and on the other hand " a religious way with its certainties and strict controls ".

Marvine Howe has undertaken a difficult task. She has succeeded in being able to explain in detail the whole Turkish problem, although very clearly, within 300 densely printed pages. Thanks to this book, anybody can learn what is Turkey today, a far away country, generaly ignored by most of people ; a country scrutinized by strategists in the United States and Europe. This is a country famous because of its Romans ruins in Ephesus, and because of Ataturk, a former officer who, in the roaring twenties chose to become chief of state, ousted the old religious hierarchy and pachas, forbade the use of the tradtional red hat " Fez " and replaced it by an ugly grey cap. It will be known that Turkey is not only a dreamland for middle class yachtmen who can rent enormous sailing ships for a handful of dollars.

To write about such a country, so madly complicated, so unpredictable, was not an easy weekend pastetime.

If we look behind the author, we will find also, a hard working journalist, scrupulously careful, tough, tireless when she starts looking for details, small facts which mean a lot, causes, reasons that have motivated the key figures who built or who might destroy Kemal Ataturk's secular Turkish Republic.. Doing this, Ms. Howe did not leave one stone uncovered. Her book is the result of several years' intensive study. She consulted more than sixty respected Turkish, American or European specialists and scholars.. The moment one starts reading it , one is already trapped in the story. The author manages to take her guest by the hand and lead him or her, step by step, into the labyrinthine ancient and modern political history of this country, whose roots are so deep, its civilization so old that its origins have been lost in an unknown past.

" Come, come whoever you are, " Infidel, pagan or fire worshiper, Come to me, " Our convent is not a place of despair ".

This is not a place of despair Ms. Howe recalls when she quotes Mevlâna Celaleddin Rumi's message of universal love. She explains that Celaleddin, a mystical poet, founded the order of the Whirling Dervishes seven hundred years ago.

She recalls that the Turkish peoples were among the first followers of Muhammad, the prophet, long before Ataturk and the " Young Turkish officers " who dared to toll the bell for the Ottoman empire. She describes it without falling into any modern traps, who are the Muslims today and what thoughts they share among themselves. She dives in the darkest waters of secular military repression, she does not forget the fate of the Kurds, nor the " silent minorities " made of Armenians and Greeks.

Political life is an essential factor. Ms Howe devotes several chapters to this aspect of Turkey. She writes with intensity of the daily politics and also the corruption. More than is generally understood outside Turkey. Marvine Howe is husking the parties' life, grain after grain, man by man, and also woman, when she tells what she learned about Mrs. Tansu Ciller, first woman and charming prime minister, as well as secular and religious leaders.

Modern Turkey is obsessed by Europe. Everybody is aware of that. Already during the past centuries...But today is different.

" The European opening comes at a propitious time when Turkey has seen a groundswell of civic consciousness and demands for democratic reform and renewal of outdated government institutions. Europe, with U.S. backing, can provide powerful incentives and guidance as Turkey moves ahead on its chosen path to become a modern democracy; " Marvine Howe writes as a matter of conclusion..

At last a real author's book. An author who does not attempt to indoctrinate her readers, a hard and impartial professional observer of the Word who offers a balanced picture of an unstable civilization. A reference book. To read at once.

Bertrand C. Bellaigue

soul catcher!.......2000-08-04

marvine howe's "turkey today" is different from any other books written on turkey by journalists: she has penetrated into the soul of turkey and turkih people. this schizophrenic nation could not have been put under the magnifying glass any better than this and on top of it all she has not been biased for once in her book which is the usual tendency of foreign journalists writing on turkey.

marvine hove's book is a must for anyone who is interested in turkey or not but would like to know & planning to visit Turkey.

it is apart from being an introduction to "turkey today" socio-politically it has a fair amount of well described, accurate information on ancient history of turkey thus its " must visit" sites.

the way howe travels between the past and present reflects her crystal brilliance and deep knowledge & wisdom about the country and its people and is a proof that she did not just work as a journalist but she let herself "be" and "lived" Turkey: this makes her book different than other's and a must.

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Turkey Today: A Nation Divided over Islam's Revival. (Book Reviews).(Review): An article from: Middle East Policy
Umut Uzer
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Title: Turkey Today: A Nation Divided over Islam's Revival. (Book Reviews).(Review)
Author: Umut Uzer
Publication: Middle East Policy (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Middle East Policy Council
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