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Three Faces of Vietnam (America Past & Present)

1 review
Richard L. Wormser

Franklin Watts, 1993

Three Faces of Vietnam
Having been stationed in Vietnam during the TET Offensive of 1968, and serving as a medic. I found the book very informative. Many of us were not "up to speed" on the views of those discussed in the book. The military, vietnamese civilian, and the American public's views were well stated in the book and will help anyone who is still confused on the issues. Well done.

Medals of America Presents the Decorations and Medals of the Republic of Vietnam and Her Allies 1950-1975

1 review
John Sylvester Jr., Frank C. Foster

Medals of America Press, 1996

Superb Reference Book
I was recently doing a research paper on the fall of Vietnam under Communism. This book has more than just the history of medals and decorations from the Vietnam era, but gives precise details on how the war began to French forces to when the Americans pulled out. This is a very complete, beautiful color guide to all Republic of Vietnam Military and Civilian decorations, medals, ribbons and unit ...

Nietzsche and Jung

1 review

Taylor & Francis, 2007

Brilliant Clarifications
Readers of Nietzsche and/or Jung face the serious challenge of deciding which of their books to read and in what order, as well as deciding which commentaries are worthwhile. Both of these great thinkers left fascinating, sprawling, highly personal essays that trace the gradual evolution of their ideas, but both of them are much too complex to identify a specific work that provides a good ...

Presidential Rhetoric (1961 to the Present)

1 review
Theodore Windt

Hunt, Kendall Publishing

Collection of Historically Significant Speeches
This collection of speeches covering the Kennedy through Reagan years in America is a textbook that was used in Dr. Windt's course on Presidential Rhetoric. It's a good collection of speeches, presented with the appropriate background of what was happening in the political and social atmosphere as they were given. Heavy on prime time speeches, the book also includes significant Presidential ...

Merleau-ponty: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides for the Perplexed)

1 review
Eric Matthews

Continuum International Publishing Group, 2006

Brilliant Introduction to Merleau-Ponty
This is a brilliant introduction to the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty; accessible to the beginning student, it assumes no previous knowledge of philosophy, yet it still treats the matter at hand in deep, thoughtful ways that will provoke any philosophy student. Some ideas: Perception For the empiricist, perception is indirect, broken down and analyzed in different components, and passive; ...

The Sense of Space (S U N Y Series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy)

1 review
David Morris

State University of New York Press, 2004

Outstanding Research, Groundbreaking Philosophy--6 stars!
This is a fabulous book, which should be read by anyone interested in phenomenology, in cognitive science, or in perceptual psychology, and probably by anyone seriously interested in philosophy. In stylish, exhilirating prose, Morris takes us deep into the rich connection of the moving body and the earth, and he develops a philosophically rigorous conception of the body that is responsive to the ...

Thinking Through French Philosophy: The Being of the Question (Studies in Continental Thought)

1 review
Leonard Lawlor

Indiana University Press, 2003

A Great Thinker
Lawlor is sort of a new name among the continental philosophy crowd, but he's nonetheless a force to be reckoned with. His first book on Derrida and Husserl probed the relationship between those titans in such depth and with such precision that, in the end, the detail wound up being a bit maddening. A tough book, but a wonderful book as well. For those unfamiliar with Lawlor's style, a few ...

Contested Power in Angola, 1840s to the Present (Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora)

1 review
Linda Heywood

University of Rochester Press, 2000

A Definitive History of Central Angola
Linda Heywood has written a very fine study of a critical region of Angola. Her particular contribution is to trace the background of the area back into the pre-colonial period and to carry the history of the Ovimbundu up to the present day, including the formation of the UNITA party and the history of Jonas Savimbi. This book should be read by anyone wanting to understand the Angolan civil ...

2007 Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide: 1961 to Present (Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide)

3 reviews
Maggie Thompson, Brent Frankenhoff, ...

Krause Publications, 2006

A REAL WORLD GUIDE FOR REAL COLLECTORS
The Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide published by KP Books and the editors of the Comic Buyers Guide continues to be my comic price guide of choice. The 2007 edition is another 832 pages of prices and information from primarily1961 to the present. A more apt description may be from the beginning of the Silver Age to the present as if covers those DC books such as Showcase # 4 which kicked ...

Generation Existential: Heidegger's Philosophy in France, 1927-1961

1 review
Ethan Kleinberg

Cornell University Press, 2005

The Duality of Kick Ass!
Prof. Kleinberg takes you through the significance of Heidegger's philosophy to the modern Frech existential philosophers (Satre, Blanchot, Levinas, etc..) This is a particularly tricky subject because many of France's modern thinkers were Jewish (or Lefty's) and Heidegger was a Nazi. Kleinberg is able to address how Heidegger's philosophy continued to push itself into the modern thought ...

Vietnam Insights: A Guide to the American Experience in Vietnam - 1940 to Present

1 review
Robert P. Arnoldt, Jacqueline A. Marx

Visions Unlimited, 1989

Great time capule of the Vietnam Era!
VIETNAM INSIGHTS: A GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN VIETNAM-1940 TO PRESENT touches on everything of relevance: chronology, bibliography, maps, statistics, war memorabilia, and reflections of the combatants ( which are included in a special section that contains photographs, letters, a short-timer calendar, stories, prose, poetry, song lyrics--a time capsule of experience.) This book is easy ...

Home to War : A History of the Vietnam Veterans Movement

17 reviews
GERALD NICOSIA, 2001

First rate
Nicosia's book is an excellent piece of research, and provides insight into an historically importatnt time. Maybe in his next edition, he will include some of the findings from the extensive files the FBI kept on VVAW, and lay to rest some of the urban legends being spread even by at least one reviewer here. For instance, the VVAW "meeting" in Kansas City was actually a series of meetings ...

2002 Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide: 1961 To Present (Comic Book Checklist and Price Guide, 2002)

4 reviews
Brent Frankenhoff, Peter Bickford, ...

Krause Publications, 2001

An essential, invaluable reference and price guide.
Now in a fully updated 8th edition covering 1961 to the present day, the 2002 Comic Book Checklist And Price Guide from Krause Publications is the premier annotated reference for just about every saleable and collectible comic book published in the last 40 years. 2002 Comic Book Checklist And Price Guide is an authoritative, succinct, thorough, indispensable, and very highly recommended price ...

Telltale Hearts: The Origins and Impact of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement

1 review
Adam Garfinkle

St. Martin's Press, 1995

Book was clearly written and loaded with evidence.
Garfinkle debunks one of the great myths of the Vietnam era, that the antiwar movement in any way hastened the end of our involvement there. As the author notes, much of the reason for the almost universal acceptance of this view is because we are so used to hearing it, and because on a certain level we want to believe that outraged Americans can and did change the course of history. ...

An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond, 1959-1961

5 reviews
John Kenneth Muir

McFarland & Company, 2001

An Analytical Guide to Television's One Step Beyond
To anyone who grew up in the late 50's/early 60's, tv was an important part of their culture. One of the best shows concerning the supernatural (and perhaps the first in its genre) was "One Step Beyond". An Analytical Guide to Televisions One Step Beyond gives the backround information and Mr. Newlands own personal observations of the show. This was just a few months prior to his death. It is ...

A Grand Delusion: America's Descent Into Vietnam

18 reviews
Robert Mann, 2001

Insightful Look Into Our Decent Into The Vietnam Quagmire!
In an interesting, provocative, and well-written addition to the growing body of thoughtful monographs about how the American imbroglio in Vietnam came to pass, Author Robert Mann has extended the circle of unindicted co-conspirators to include both houses of Congress and shows how through active participation as well as cravenly benign neglect they allowed the executive branch of the federal ...

When I Was a Young Man: A Memoir by Bob Kerrey

21 reviews
J. Robert Kerrey, 2002

Exquisite memoir and metaphor for a troubled time
Senator Bob Kerrey's memoir, "When I Was a Young Man", was written with a number of purposes in mind. At the time of the book's release, Senator Kerrey was entertaining presidential aspirations and, while Kerrey does not admit to this, "When I Was a Young Man" is another in a long line of political memoirs released to coincide with higher political ambitions. The greater purpose, though, stated ...

The Secret Wife (Presents, No 1961)

3 reviews
Graham

Harlequin, 1998

fabulous
One of the best romances ever. Funny, lighthearted, intelligent, memorable. Definitely one of Graham's best, i rank it on par with Bond of Hatred and the Spanish Groom. Rosie's a total tomboy predisposed to running away, Constantine is the hot-blooded, protective Greek billionaire. They marry because that was the dying wish of her dad (who's also Constantine's adoptive father). They're ...

Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers

45 reviews
Daniel Ellsberg

Viking Adult, 2002

how and why our government lies to us
A year into the Iraqi war, an increasing number of people are comparing the debacle to the quagmire that was Vietnam. In one interview about the American torture of Iraqi prisoners, even Secretary of State Colin Powell made an unsolicited comparison with the Mai Lai massacre. Most people now acknowledge that the Bush administration has been less than candid about not only the war in Iraq but ...

Standard Catalog of World Paper Money Modern Issues, 1961-present (Standard Catalog of World Paper Money: ...

26 reviews

Krause Publications, 2006

Good book for money collectors
Hello to all reputable collectors!!! I am very thankful to authors for this great book! It is very useful thing to valuate banknotes. Greetings from Ukraine!!! Sergey Trushin http://www.wezom.com.ua http://www.lacrysil.com

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