Review:Great book. Interesting for its telling of a little-known story. It enlarged my understanding of the Civil War and the attitudes of South Carolinians at the time. Wonderful to see an outsider's view into pre-war Charleston. It also gave me a better insight into Great Britain's position on slave trading and the war. Most of all, this is an excellent book for the narrative style that makes it as readable as a novel, while being a well documented historical work. Read more

Review:First, I want to emphasize that I think this book is excellent and I recommend it to anyone interested in the subject matter. I like how it is organized chronologically, following the actions of the various criminals in parallel. It's loaded with details that I found very interesting and I think it was about time to debunk the myth about Purvis who was really more of a bumbling, over-confident publicity hound than he has generally been portrayed. It's also interesting that he wasn't even in cha... Read more

Review:Very few academic historians write narrative history these days; they prefer history as social science. This book shows what such an historian can do if she does write old-fashioned narrative. The book is superb. It covers the Mexican war, its origins, course, and consequences. The author focuses on several particular individuals who were important political actors, such as Henry Clay and Abraham Lincoln. And she covers the antiwar movement, too, which was much more significant than I had realiz... Read more

Review:I admire Joan Walsh for her knowledge of history. She learned a lot at U of Wisconsin, clearly In this book she does a wonderful job of integrating the autobiographical and her family history with recent developments in our political discourse. Relevant for Democrats also! Read more

Review:Call me a traditionalist, but I think it is reasonable to assume that a book promising to be about the American Revolution, even one claiming a "fresh approach", should have more than a passing reference to the battle for American independence. Instead, Barbare Tuchman has given us a very scholarly and well-researched discourse on the Dutch and British navies, with an occasional mention of the conflict in the colonies. Ms. Tuchman wants to demonstrate the importance of the Dutch navy, the ... Read more

Review:I'm still reading this book. Because the author includes so much detail it isn't a fast reading book. Nonetheless, it full of information about Hamilton that you aren't likely to find in general history books. If you're willing to plow through all the details, it's a good source of info about one of the Nation's Founding Fathers. Read more

Review:This is a very good book; it is short, thoughtful,pointed and easy to read. Ellis demonstrates that after the War, there was no consensus in the general public for the establishment of a new nation in which the colonies would be subject (in any respect) to the authority of a central government. In short, colonists rallied to revolution, but not to nationhood. Ellis argues that the evidence shows that forming a corporate nation was the vision and the work-product of a few good men, but only a fe... Read more

Review:Well written and comprehensive account of the events leading up to September 11, starting with the Soviet invasion in 1979. Required reading for ant student of modern American history. Coll weaves a compelling and intricate account of the governments, factions within governments and players. Read more

Review:Another excellent book by Stephen Ambrose. Once again his exhaustive research and writing style have combined to produce a very interesting and readable book! Ambrose's sense of history and the documentation of same meld for a superb and fascinating read. Loved this story and book. Read more

Review:Most people are totally unaware of anything outside our three dimensional realm. They go about their daily lives thinking in 3-D and only 3-D.

What is called magick, and many people laugh when you bring up that word, think of it as hocus pocus, bogus, something only children believe in.

Than I ask you all to consider, why do the very top elite of the planet go to Bohemian Grove every mid July for two weeks with security so tight it even encompasses the air space above?

Don'... Read more