A Terrible Revenge, Second Edition, Fully Revised and Updated: The Ethnic Cleansing of the East European ...34 reviews Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 Time the World Put Communism on Trial. + A terrible, ignored revenge + Important Book + The disregarded genocide             A Brief History of Ancient Greece: Politics, Society, and Culture1 review Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, ... Oxford University Press, USA, 2004 As Far as Greek Texts go this one is greart! Ok I love this text. I used this and its sister text on Romans for my ancient history classes. I find that the only down fall of this particular text is that Pomeroy tends to push her agenda in the beginning. However as far as texts on Greek History go, this is the best.             Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West167 reviews Dee Brown Holt Paperbacks, 2001 Amazing + COWBOYS AND INDIANS + The True Story of How the West Was Won + A Classic + An important book - Well documented and a good though sad read             Pilgrims of War Carl A. Veno PublishAmerica, 2007 Struck by reckless paranoia and a disregard for justice, the United States arrested thousands of Japanese Americans, German immigrants and Italian immigrants the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Stripped of any legal rights, these thousands of immigrants were yanked from their homes, separated from their children and jailed in some forty-two internment camps. The pilgrims who came to ...             The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression102 reviews Amity Shlaes HarperCollins, 2007 It Takes an Open Mind. + The Forgotten Man + What everyone needs to read and know This book succinctly reveals that Socialism does not correct a Depression. And the Democratics' Policies only makes Depressions deeper and longer. I know, I lived through and survived the Great Depression, despite the Socialistic Programs imposed by Roosevelt.             Celia, A Slave14 reviews Melton A. Mclaurin Avon, 1999 Buy or Die! + A few pages that should be read by all Everyone! Buy Celia, a slave! She's Celia, a slave! Buy four or five at least!             The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II634 reviews Iris Chang Penguin (Non-Classics), 1998 Shocking, Heartbreaking, but Necessary + From a Korean reader with Japanese friends. + remember not only the number of people slaughtered + The Forgotten Holocaust             A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton Economic History of the Western World)35 reviews Gregory Clark Princeton University Press, 2007 Clarks two big, but different, questions + Thought Provoking + excellent An ambitious and provocative new book by University of California at Davis economic historian Gregory Clark, A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World attempts to explain two huge questions: 1. Why did one part of the human race finally break out of the "Malthusian trap"--in ...             A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier387 reviews Ishmael Beah Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007 A disturbing, but fascinating, look into Africa + A Long Way Gone + Compelling + Intense, heartwrenching, difficult -- important.             Terrible Fate: Ethnic Cleansing in the Making of Modern Europe9 reviews Benjamin Lieberman Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2006 an important contribution to a complex issue + Excellent as far as it goes -- But doesn't draw the correct conclusions + Equally interesting and disturbing + An important contribution             Colonial Latin America4 reviews Mark A. Burkholder, Lyman L. Johnson Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 A good survey of colonial Latin America + Colonial Latin America + An excellent and informing read. + I got an A in this guy's class !             A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)634 reviews Howard Zinn Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 No sugar coated, political correctness here! + A People's History of the United States + Wow! + Peoples History of the United States             India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy19 reviews Ramachandra Guha Ecco, 2007 Insightful even for the average Indian + Outstanding account of Modern Indian History + India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy + India ... work in progress             Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary - A Photographic Remembrance33 reviews Rian Verhoeven, Ruud Van der Rol Puffin, 1995 Anne Frank the Diary of a Young Girl + Photos! + A photo memoir of Anne Franks' life + A Great Resource For Learning A bout The Holocaust + Anne Frank             Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2003 to 2005308 reviews Thomas E. Ricks Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007 A Superb Read + Fiasco + view from inside the military + The Most Relevant Book about the U.S. Invasion of Iraq             Hiroshima195 reviews John Hersey Vintage, 1989 Testament to both man's violence and unselfish nurturing + It might be different if it was written today.... + Highly recommended + Explication of Hiroshima + Hersey's tale a grim but important one to tell             Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East12 reviews Juan Cole Palgrave Macmillan, 2007 Imperial Life Along the Nile + Required Reading for Understanding the Middle East + Shades of 2003 I recommend reading "Napoleon's Egypt" by Juan Cole and then "Imperial Life in the Emerald City" (which just came out in paperback) by Rajiv Chandrasekaran as a sort Middle East failed-occupations double-header. The resemblances are remarkable, although Cole seems to have gone into more detail ...             After the Reich24 reviews Giles MacDonogh Basic Books, 2007 Introduction to Allied revenge, terrorism, and the doctrine of collective guilt + The chutzpah of this author + A shameful truth . . . Minutes after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, a co-worker from Australia told me that the attacks were directed against "tax-paying citizens" who supported the "murderous" policies of the American government. Any individual who chooses to live and work in the United States is ...             The Origins of Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution8 reviews Henry Friedlander The University of North Carolina Press, 1997 Who Cries for the Different? + A well detailed view of the beginning of a nightmare + the second great one Henry Friedlander provides a compelling and accurate portrayal of the origins of the Holocaust in the elimination of the mentally ill and physically handicapped. He starts with a description of the origins of German theories of racial superiority based upon social Darwinism which began long ...             The Ancient Maya, 6th Edition15 reviews Robert Sharer, Loa Traxler Stanford University Press, 2005 Latest edition of "classic" text + Good Book + Excellent research and work + Very Imformative