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World War II changed the face of the United States, catapulting the country out of economic depression, political isolation, and social conservatism. Ultimately, the war was a major formative factor in the creation of modern America. This unique, twelve-volume set provides comprehensive coverage of this transformation in its domestic policies, diplomatic relations, and military strategies, as well as the changing cultural and social arenas. The collection presents the history of the creation of a super power prior to, during, and after the war, analyzing all major phases of the U.S. involvement, making it a one-stop resource that will be essential for all libraries supporting a history curriculum.
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The presidency of George W. Bush promised to restore integrity to the White House, but instead it has been plagued by scandal. With his strong voice and biting humor, William Rivers Pitt guides readers through a jaw-dropping series of presidential blunders. In this collection of articles that first appeared on truthout.org, he dissects the entire war on Iraq, including the relentless push toward war, the missing weapons of mass destruction, the Halliburton contracting scandals, sectarian violence, and the possibility of a regional conflagration. Others pieces tackle the outing of Valerie Plame, the NSA’s warrantless wiretaps, the Abramoff scandal, Lewis Libby’s indictment, and the incompetent response to Hurricane Katrina. Several essays focus on Cindy Sheehan and other citizen activists. For anyone who suspects the Bush administration of playing fast and loose with the facts, William Rivers Pitt provides a welcome voice of truth, untainted by corporate ownership.
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Phenomenal!.......2007-06-04
In simple terms, using hard facts, William Pitt lays out exactly how and why our ship of state, America, has lost her rudder. No name-calling, no straw man arguments, no ad hominem attacks, just clear, factual arguments on how America has suffered under the present administration. Should be required reading in current events and history classes.
Read this and weep, America .......2006-12-28
An excellent essay on the ravages inflicted on this great nation by the few who needed a war in the Middle East at the sacrifice of our nation's reputation and abilities to negotiate and use diplomacy to end conflict.
This should be required reading for the Administration and all members of Congress.
Another excellent, finger-on-the-pulse writing from Mr. Pitt.
A must read for all Americans!.......2006-12-28
This is an excellent book which lays out the truth about the Bush Administration. If you love America, read this book as soon as possible. The author has a gift for writing with such clarity, you will read through it with ease. I finished this book in one sitting, as I could not put it down. Now I have passed it on to family and friends. I highly recommend that you purchase this book.
Tedious Tome.......2006-12-23
This book could not be more wearisome and erroneous. Rather than attempting a chapter by chapter refutation of this leftist assault on America masquerading as non-fiction, let me just suffice this review with the fact that Mr. Pitt cherry picks his facts to suit his conclusions. He makes leaps of logic that only a shill for al Qeada could find their way through.
On the positive, Mr Pitt has a gift for prose, but for my personal taste it is long winded. The book could be made significantly more readable by shortening it to a pamphlet.
A well written truthful book.......2006-12-22
Whether we like to admit it or not, the Bush administration has left us in a mess. Iraq, Katrina, Oil dependency, 911 happening on their watch....
This book takes us back and lets us revisit these troubling issues, so hopefully we can correct the mistakes and not let them happen again.
Those that are critical of this book - have. not. read. it.
When was the last time people were so afraid of a book, or the truth? It tells you that there is something worth reading here. And there is.
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How can humankind avoid another century like the 20th? Blind devotion to obscene ideologies--Communism, Nazism--made the final hundred years of the millennium the bloodiest in human history. As Robert Conquest, author of Reflections on a Ravaged Century, notes, "Over this century the human race has survived experiences that, to put it mildly, should have been instructive. Scores of millions have been slaughtered, and it cannot be said that the avoidance of the even worse catastrophe of nuclear war was foreordained." Might it happen again? As Conquest is the author of The Great Terror, a devastating account of Stalin's crimes (and widely regarded as one of the 20th century's most important and influential works of history), any reflections he may have are worth noting. He's clearly worried, quoting, for example, the astonishing statement by Marxist historian Eric Hobsbawm in 1994 that the construction of a Communist utopia can justify the murder of 20 million people.
Reflections on a Ravaged Century is primarily focused on the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, but he remains consistently forward-looking. "The power of fanaticism and of misunderstanding is by no means extinct," warns Conquest. The 20th century will be a prelude to even greater evils unless intellectuals engage in "a careful consideration of what needs to be learned, and unlearned." This book, both wise and accessible, is a good start. --John J. Miller
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Robert Conquest has been called by Paul Johnson "our greatest living modern historian." As a new century begins, Conquest offers an illuminating examination of our past failures and a guide to where we should go next. Graced with one of the most acute gifts for political prescience since Orwell, Conquest assigns responsibility for our century's cataclysms not to impersonal economic or social forces but to the distorted ideologies of revolutionary Marxism and National Socialism. The final, sobering chapters of Reflections on a Ravaged Century concern themselves with some coming storms, notably that of the European Union, which Conquest believes is an economic, cultural, and geographical misconception divisive of the West and doomed to failure. Winner of the Ingersoll Prize, winner of the Richard M. Weaver Prize.
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An excellent historical and political eye-opener........2005-11-02
Mr. Conquest illuminates the dawn, developement and consequences of leftist and, yes, rightist nationalistic ideologies that ravaged the last century. As these -isms still have infatuated disciples in all strata of society around the globe it is important to spread the word of their true nature and their past "achievements". It is also very refreshing to hear the truth at last about political and philosophical "icons" of the 19th and 20th c.( but most of the unsavoury facts have been known for decades, at least to those who were not afraid of independent thinking and kept their eyes and ears opened). One of the most important books for anyone interested in politics and history, brilliantly written and easy to read.
The Harvest of an Old desk drawer, in some respects.......2005-10-30
What are your feelings regarding disparate essays packaged in book form? If you don't have any, you may enjoy this collection by the justifiably renowned Robert Conquest. If, however, you are like me and are ill inclined toward this genre of scholarship, then I suggest having a look at the author's "The Harvest of Sorrow" (on collectivization) and/or "The Great Terror" instead of this work. The essays herein are hardly contemporaneous (being written over a 15 year period), nor are they even that relevant to one another. Of course, this doesn't mean the book can't be interesting; and this one is, in a way, but it is also uneven and hardly lives up to its title as encompassing the author's thoughts on the century just past. He hardly mentions, for instance, the democratic transformations of Germany, Italy, and Japan since the Second World War and other such "Big picture" issues of the latter part of the century. Rather, this is a work which can be summarized thusly: Success in the future depends on our avoiding the mental distortions of the past (ie, the likes of Nazism and Marxism). The problem herein is that "The West" doesn't learn lessons well because too many people are simply unable to conceive of minds of men markedly different from their own. Policy toward the USSR was particularly bedeviled by this misconception. (Think of Jimmy Carter's shock at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan). Unfortunately, reasonable people believe too often that everyone can be reasoned with, and/or be expected to act within certain parameters of behavior. "Detente", in Mr. Conquest's opinion, was simply a more underhanded opportunity for the Soviets to continue their ideological struggle throughout the world. And the world gave them the benefit of the doubt until their peaceful rhetoric was belied by acts too many to dismiss as aberrations. The author laments the fact that a high level of education (in a general sense) didn't aid us as much as one might expect herein either. And, he cautions, we seem to be getting worse too; for example: a greater percentage of people may be literate, but far too many remain uneducated or are miseducated by left-leaning educators. Moreover, he is of the opinion that the central notion of the EU is similarly afflicted herein; that participant nations seem more preoccupied with the act of union as opposed to the supposed "Idea" driving it; and that too many people have yet to critically examine the soundness and feasibility of such a all-embracing union. He is personally against the idea; and especially of Britain tying itself too tightly to a continent wherein runaway bureaucraticism reigns. The UK & continental Europe, he argues, have a lot less in common than does the English-speaking-world. He thinks that "Europe" as an idea is an obsolete notion to boot; that the western world cannot be described geographically speaking; that the EU is divisive as a result. Free trade and an association of all western nations (ala an economic NATO of sorts), he feels, would be a more worthwhile goal than the artificial creation of North American and European blocs. Realistically, though, he doesn't see the immediate possibilty for the former and, as such, recommends an alternitive association for consideration over the near term (which he's inclined to think would eventually lead to the end desired). This (loose) association that he proposes would initially consist of the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Well, there you have it, Mr. Conquest's "Reflections" in a nutshell. Now get a copy of "The Harvest of Sorrow" or "The Great Terror" if you haven't read these seminal works of Conquest in his prime; you'd be hard pressed to find works better than these to understand how a country so lauded (by far too many) for its "progressiveness" could have been so depraved as to kill millions of its own citizens. (Or, for a firsthand account of this, try "I Chose Freedom" by Victor Kravchenko.) Cheers!
good gulag reminder.......2005-10-01
Robert Conquest's earlier works include The Great Terror and The Harvest of Sorrow, both of which stand with Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago as the greatest indictments of the Soviet system ever written. This book, which explores the intellectual chicanery that underwrote the Evil Empire, is another world classic.
Conquest, who has been described as our greatest living modern historian, dispenses with the scholarly footnotes that usually pepper learned books and instead uses the world's great fiction writers such as Fyodor Dostotoevsky and George Orwell to show us what depths the human soul has plumbed. Orwell, who witnessed the Ukrainian famine Stalin deliberately instigated, was amazed that the majority of English Russophiles so blithely ignored it. This complicity in such a manmade calamity is just one tiny bead in the rosary of intellectual and moral disgraces Conquest draws our attention to.
As well as reminding us just how morally and intellectually bankrupt Marxism is, he argues that the most susceptible Western intellectuals had "minds like jelly", just waiting for a Hitler, Lenin or Stalin to imprint their vile creeds on them.
Conquest shows a plentitude of the Bolsheviks' idiocies and eloquently explains how their gross ignorance contributed to the deaths of countless millions in the vast lands the Soviet commissars controlled. He also shows how, to quote Comrade Lenin, "useful idiots" such as H.G. Wells, G.B. Shaw and Sidney and Beatrice Webb, in allowing their minds to be seduced by the KGB, became accessories to the Soviet Union's almost unparalleled crimes against humanity.
The untrammeled mind, as Milton's Lucifer tells us in Paradise Lost, is indeed its own domain and can so easily, with mental gymnastics, make a heaven even out of hell. Communist commissars have, throughout the twentieth century, done just that. Fixated on their puerile philosophy and using the most brutal tactics, they convinced themselves and their fellow travelers that they were building heaven on earth. In the process, their system ground millions down in a way that is comparable only to the Hitler regime, which also strove to create hell on earth.
Although these historical ogres strove to create darkness at noon, there is, if we can belatedly learn history's most obvious lessons, reason for hope. Although Conquest takes solace from the English Glorious Revolution and mentions in passing such eloquent proponents of non-violence and pluralism as Edmond Bourke, the cancer is, at least, in my opinion, more deeply embedded in our collective consciousness than that. Because silly ideas, when they enter the heads of mindless zealots, can be the most lethal viruses of them all, the challenge must be to create something better on our common planet that the Workers' Paradise Stalin and his cronies worked for. Although that quest should be never ending, Conquest is to be heartily lauded for so eloquently showing to us the deathly consequences of thuggish ideologues forcing their infantile ideas on to society at large.
Reflections of a Historian of Stalinst Depravity.......2004-10-04
For a long while, Robert Conquest was a controversial figure, for he saw and illuminated the monstrous evil of Stalinism. The Harvest of Sorrow is one of my most indispensable books, as it documents the millions of Ukranians who were sacrificed on the altar of collectivization. After a lifetime of looking at depths of human depravity in the modern era, Conquest has written a sober, reflective work that lays the harvest of corpses at the feet of the twin radical ideologies of Communism and National Socialism. Finally, he is more than a "Eurosceptic," being a scholar who is convinced that the European Union is not merely divisive, but doomed to failure. Conquest writes well and this book is full of insights that any student of history should enjoy.
Conquest Right Again.......2004-07-16
A sophisticated narrative that whilst comprehensive is never verbose. Conquest has the foresight that predicted the final collapse of the Soviet Union as a function of its philosophical contradictions and for the same his appeal at suggesting the next likely steps that could unfold make for compelling reading. Whilst his critics before were certainly vocal they then seem to have misunderstood the clear essence of his hypothesis, that is so calmly based on the underlying philosophical tenets. And it is with that appreciation that one can see how easily a future alignment between the US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand (Anglosphere) can take place as we recently bore witness to as Saddam's regime was removed from power as a function of US, UK and Australian forces. Some may critique this, but as a brave historian who got it right before, Conquest cannot be dismissed so easily. I look forward to more of the same.
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Today, there is broad agreement that CFCs destroy stratospheric ozone. On the other hand, research does not support claims that electromagnetic fields from transmission lines cause a noticeable increase of leukemia. But new allegations arise. Are manufactured chemicals in the environment distorting hormonal processes in our bodies? Are genetically modified foods a cause for concern?
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Jim Corbett's classic stories of hunting the man-eating tigers of India have thrilled generations of readers and made him famous world-wide. Born in India in 1875, Corbett was at home in the jungles from an early age, killing his first leopard when he was only eight. Tigers were his most
sought after prey but, in time, he began to turn toward conservation. From the mid-1920s he stopped shooting tigers for sport, only killing the man-eaters that plagued many Indian villages. In 1936 Corbett was instrumental in creating India's first tiger reserve--perhaps the world's first
"big-game park"--and was a devoted conservationist for the remainder of his years.
The Carpet Sahib is the story of this remarkable man. Martin Booth, who spent ten years of research on this definitive biography, follows Corbett's footsteps through the Himalayan jungles and foothills that provided the backdrop for some of his most hair-raising adventures. Booth brings to life a
man of inestimable courage and integrity whose love for India, her people, and her natural treasures was intense. Today, Jim Corbett is revered in Northern India as the legendary holy figure who fought the devil in his disguise as a man-eating big cat, and by those who have so enjoyed his gripping
collections of tales. This is the first book to reveal the man behind the myth.
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Corbett's writing is superb, this biography is boring........2005-08-11
The author has done an amazing job of making an exciting subject boring. He appears to have done his homework, digging into the family history back several generations. This, in fact, is the problem with the book; he's done too much research and can't bear to edit any of it out. The first half of the book passes without any tiger being stalked, and that is all Corbett is famous for. The only portions of the book with any drama are those hunting tales he re-tells from Corbett's own books.
He also spins in a tremendous amount of speculation about the motivations of Corbett and his family members and friends. He tries to support these speculations with his research, but it's largely unconvincing.
Don't waste your time on this book.
Carpet Sahib - A Legend Indeed!.......2005-06-17
Booth, I believe has done a very good job in writing this biography. He has very articulately brought Jim Corbett's strenghts and weaknesses to the reader. Jim Corbett was a brilliant hunter, a practical man and an enterprising business man. This book is definitely a treat for people who have read Jim Corbett earlier. He was fiercely patriotic and loyal to the Crown but also very much in love with India. Its just amazing to how brave and agile this man was. A true legend indeed.
I got this book as a gift from my brother, with whom I have enjoyed reading Corbett stories as little boys. Without any doubt - Corbett; through Booth is still as refreshing as Corbett in his own words.
A Splendid Job.......2002-01-06
Author Martin Booth has done a splendid job in his attempt to tarnish the image of Jim Corbett, slayer of man eaters, author, naturalist and philanthropist through the book titled "Carpet Sahib". The author used much of his imagination in the book, rather than trying to do some hard research. The book is filled with contradictions and accusations without base. Booth believes
that grapefruit grow on vines! The hardcover edition of this book came out in 1986 as a tie in with the broadcasting of "Man eaters of kumaon" a BBC docudrama which was also scripted poorly by Booth, painting him with a 'chi-chi accent' whatever that might be. Corbett was not a reward hunter according to other biographers, but according to the script Corbett was 'amply rewarded'. Again the imagination from a fiction writer took over
the entire book, mixing facts with fiction! The paper back edition is cheaply made without any photographs and an actor's cartoon on the cover, instead of a Corbett portrait! The first biography of Corbett by D.C.Kala (1979)is much better than this, Booth borrowed material from this book without bothering to acknowledge it.
A fine work.......1999-08-19
I think Booth has done a marvellous job with Carpet Sahib. Anyone who has ever travelled to northern India - and Kumaon in particular - will appreciate Booth's vivid and sympathetic portrayal of the subject, the people of the hills and terai, and the tigers and leopards which roamed them so freely. Sadly, that world is no more. Kumaon today is a very different place. Luckily, I managed to see a tiger when I visited Corbett National Park in Uttar Pradesh, and reading this book in my cabin while hyenas sniffed and scratched outside my window was a magical experience. Carpet Sahib is a fine book and one of the few available on this fascinating individual and the wilderness of northern India.
Too many contradictions??.......1999-03-20
Good job in gathering some of the photographs published in the book, butthere are far too many contradictions in the text, a sign of writig in haste.The cover design for the original hard cover was good, but the Oxford reprint, the paperback edition, without any illustrations, looked pathetic!
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