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This remarkable memoir by the then Commander of U.S. Forces, Korea, the U.S.-Korean Combined Forces Command, and the UN Command is a significant contribution to the history of U.S.-Korean relations and to the major political as well as military role that a senior commander is called upon to play in a major international crisis. It is an excellent companion piece to the diplomatic history of much the same period by former Ambassador William H. Gleysteen ("Massive Entanglement, Marginal Influence: Carter and Korea in Crisis") and covers the dramatic period following the assassination of Korean President Park Chung-hee, the subsequent internal Korean military coup, the tragedy of Kwangju, and Chun's assumption of the presidency. While written within a narrower frame than the Gleysteen chronicle, General Wickham digs deeper into the internal Korean military intrigue and personalities, and recounts much of the dialogue between himself and Korean senior military officers.

General John Wickham commanded US Forces in Korea during times of extreme crisis and turmoil. He replaced an extrememly popular predecessor - Jack Vessey - and represented a rather unpopular administration - Jimmy Carter's, thereby placing himself willingly in a tough spot from the start. While this alone would have sufficed to lend stress to his command, a bizarre series of events beginning with the assassination of President Park and culminating with the "rolling coup" of General Chun Do Hwan, made his tour one that will forever be examined and second guessed. The willingness of power-seeking Koreans to use Wickham as a kind of buffer or apologist - completely against his desires - have created a controversy that this work is designed partially to allay. For the first time the reader is exposed to the innermost thoughts and writings of a military commander forced by events to observe, report and reluctantly participate in activities of a political nature in a host country wracked by internal conflict and threatened by imminent invasion. Sit beside General Wickham as confused reports cross his desk and forces beyond his span of control place his command, his reputation and his career in danger. Relive this fast paced account of a period of East Asian history that is little known to the world but during which the danger of superpower conflict flared high. By collecting, declassifying and assembling this very readable memoir along with accompanying documents and memoranda of meetings and conversations, General Wickham has provided us not only with an exciting insiders view of history but has rendered an invaluable service to those who will strive to chronicle these halcyon days of a Korea in crisis. He has gone a long way to set the record straight. This is a must read for those whose interests cross the lines of East Asia, modern Korea, Cold War conflict or who simply possess a curiosity about how policy makers wrestle with troubling situations.

Reprint of a book published in 1905 which includes the original privately published 1884 edition of this history of the Klan from inside sources. The introduction to the 1905 edition identifies some of the Klan's leadership and briefly discusses its relationship to other secret socieies of the era. The Klan's chief judicial officer, Albert Pike, 'stood high in the Masonic order'.

Written with a pro-Klan spin, the book is a terrific resource for understanding the first incarnation of the KKK from the perspective of those who were in it. Worth looking at whether you love them or hate them.

This small monograph is an early "inside" view of the Ku Klux Klan in Tennessee, where it was first born, written some twenty years after the events of Reconstruction, augmented by an introductory essay written in 1905 by noted historian Walter L. Fleming. Ostensibly written by D. L. Wilson in collaboration with Captain J.C. Lester, one of the six founders of the Klan, it is predictably a decidedly pro-Klan document. Written in 1884, it serves as the first published "inside" story of the Klan. The authors refrain from the use of names, and there is no documentation. The book is essentially a story of the Klan, with which Lester attempts to gain popular acceptance for his description of events. The attempt at moderation serves to trivialize the Klan's deeds and to cast doubt on the degree of central organization of the Klan movement. The Klan is described as being founded for amusement, never shaped by political motivations or thirsts for violence. The society only took on foreboding characteristics as dictated by social forces of the time. The Klan sought to enforce law and order, but members soon found themselves compelled to combat violence with violence in kind, thus rendering impotent the more admirable aspirations of Klan leadership. Illustrative of the inherent dangers of counter-violence was the admission of reckless terrorism being inflicted by rebellious Klansmen following the disbanding of the true Klan in 1869. In closing, Lester and Wilson ask men to judge the Klan's actions on the basis of the conditions of Southern life, but they clearly seek to glorify the Klan for the good it accomplished, namely a stabilization of social order. In essence, the book is an apologist document, but it does provide for an illuminating, fairly contemporary look inside the Reconstruction Klan by men closely connected to the movement. As such, it is of great historical significance.

Dr. Dhillon's interpretation of these timeless folk tales is unquestionably the best i have ever read. As a former student of his, i have had the honour and pleasure of actually having witnessed him tell one of his stories to an audience of which i was a member and i can only say that hearing him tell one of his stories completely eclipses the pleasure of reading it. I would recommend this and any of his other books to everyone.

I recently purchased this book and was amazed by the mesmerizing beauty of the stories. Specially, Heer-Ranjah and Sohni-Mahiwaal totally captivates you. These are true stories and the folk-lore from Punjab (North India). I had heard about the stories from my elders when I was a kid and even got to see the movies, but I believe nobody has done more justice to the tales than the author Harish Dhillon. This book is a must buy for younger generation from India living abroad and for people from from all walks of life for these love stories cross all boundaries of race, color and creed.

Valin is a terrific writer.

His prose is poetic, but tough and lean as Hammett's and Chandler's.

Harry Stoner, his tough-guy detective, is smart, uncompromising, relentless, and ever-watchful.

Even though he has to go to L.A. to pursue the dubious death of a soap-opera writer, he is hardly dazzled by the glitz-dope-and-egos of those around him.

Instead, he pursues the dark underbelly of L.A. and T.V. to a horrifying, near tragic conclusion.

The scenes in L.A. are harsh and unsparing; the scenes in the desert are gorgeous and shocking.

Fine characters, wonderful writing, a dark and scary plot.

This is one of the lighter toned books in the Harry Stoner detective series as Harry leaves his native Ciccinnati and goes to Los Angeles to investigate the murder of a soap opera writer. The Hollywood types Stoner matches wits with here just are not as menacing as the street toughs he usually tackles in Cincinnati. Nevertheless, as with all Stoner books, you get a first rate detective story in the bargain.

En este libro la autora nos hace ver como el machismo a tenido gran repercucion en nuestra vida como mujer. Esto se hace en una comparacion jocosa con el tiempo de nustras abuelas y el tiempo en que estamos ahora.

This is one of the best books that I've read. Rosaura describes the lives of Latin American women using a simple language. She uses sarcasm which adds fun to the reading, she describes women's lives since childhood to adulthood. This book will remind women of their greatness!

Saki's sardonic insight and exquisite sense of irony don't work quite as perfectly in a novel or play as when contained in a short story, but nonetheless this is a wonderful book and well worth reading.

Stories are typical of Saki. Extremely humourus with an underlying bite ridiculing prevalent pretensions and beliefs. Languages is long winded yet entertaining. A pleasure to read.

This is one of the most powerful novels to have come out of Australia. With very little attempt at disguise, it tells the story of an Australian mobster who ruled a network of criminal activity for several decades before the Second World War. It is a brutal story and one that somehow touches on an aspect of Australian history which is hardly ever expressed in print. European Australia has always been a hard land. With communities originally based on convict labour, it seems as though a certain amount of violence came to be taken almost for granted. In a country that long had an oversupply of men, it is perhaps not so surprising that they spent much of their time trying to dominate both the land, its original inhabitants and each other. A sometimes brutal Army Corps looked after convicts for the first fifty years or so. Later, law enforcement was taken over by a police force which has often had to face charges of similar brutality and deep-rooted corruption, up to the present day. Aussie politics has always had a particularly nasty underbelly, and it seems as though social conditions were ripe in the 1920s for the rise of just such a personage as is depicted here.

Frank Hardy had to fight (the mob) hard to get this novel published and once he had succeeded, he had to go to court to defend it against a defamation order. The book's main character, even though he tried hard in later life to attain a position of legitimacy, always found himself caught up in the web of underworld intrigue that he had created. Even so, it is probably true to say that most ordinary people didn't want to know about the activities imputed to a man who was, superficially, a pillar of the community. So Hardy was right to expose the ruthless nature of the beast underlying the ostensibly honest sports promoter and family man. And perhaps all Australia, or those who remember this particular episode (and its ongoing media life through film and television) did well to note what sort of man lay behind the mask.

Australia has taken a long time to come out of this period of its history, when personal might could be displayed almost with impunity, even in public affairs. This book, perhaps neglected today, serves to remind us of the imposing structure of organised crime that Australia has had to grow up with. In addition, it is a fine literary achievement and worthy of being read on that basis alone.

This is a book that was loosely based on the life of John Wren. In the book Wren is known as West and other names and locations are rather superficially disguised. For instance most of the action takes place in a suburb of Melbourne called Collingwood, which is rendered as Carrinbush in the novel. Wren had a colourful life becoming wealthy by running an illegal gaming operation around the turn of the century. He gained immense wealth and later moved into more legitimate business. He became close to senior church figures in the Catholic Church and the Australian Labour Party.

Hardy the author of this book was a long term member of the Australian Communist Party. His book is a strange mixture of story telling plus an attempt to paint the political affairs of Australia as corrupted by influence and money. Despite his somewhat doctrinal and schematic approach the richness of the material on which the novel is based makes it a fascinating read. It is strongest when Wren was a younger man portraying his rise to power and the sort of society that Australia was around the turn of the century. One senses a strong sympathy for the younger Wren as a working class boy who defied his background and society to claim his place in the sun.

The book is not only interesting as a novel but was part of Australia's history. After it was published Wren's wife took a famous libel action against Hardy which failed. As a result the book achieved folk law status and was made into a mini series.

Having read 2 of Mr. Reynold's previous books 'Men of Steel' (History of 1st SS Panzer Corp) and Steel Inferno (1st SS PC in Normandy), I was eagerly anticipating this book on the exploits of the 9TH SS - Hohenstaufen and 10th SS - Frundsberg Divisions. True to form, this book is an incredibly insightful and detailed account of the savage defensive battles these divisions fought from Normandy, to Arnhem and the fighting on the Eastern Front and Vienna before the war's end. There is no question that Mr. Reynolds (a retired British Army Officer) is the pre-eminent expert on the Waffen SS and I thoroughly recommend that anyone with an interest in the German Army in WWII read this book as he will help dispell some of the myths that are all too common about these elite divisions. If you want to learn about the fighting elan of these soldiers, the tactics they employed against a numerically superior enemy and the motivation for continuing to fight against all odds, then this is a great book for you.

As with his previous books, Michael Reynolds grabs the reader's attention and presents a wealth of detailed information of the operations of the II SS Panzer Corps. This corps distinguished itself in Normandy, Arnhem, the Ardennes and finally in the East against the Soviet tide.

Reynolds style is somewhat documentary in its approach. With some authors this style would be too dull to hold the reader's interest, but Reynolds intercuts enough interesting, tactical narrative to allow the operational facts and figures to enhance the story and improve the reader's overall understanding of the various conflicts described.

Reynolds also strives to put forward facts that can be substantiated by the available primary and secondary source material. He is quick to point out differences between the various sources and equally quick to point out which is more probably the truthful version. He certainly doesn't play favorites either. The well known Waffen SS veteran Otto Weidinger's accounts are questioned by Reynolds throughout the volume. Reynolds is therefore able to describe the accomplishments of this SS formation in an objective manner, which the reader can appreciate and weigh against the information provided.

Overall a very satisfying exploration of the activities of the II Second SS Panzer Korps.

Recipes include sprouted soybean milk, low-cal sprout drink, alfa-orange julius, alfa-peach julius, onion wheat buns, molasses wheat refrigerator rolls, golden corn sprout rolls, sprout waffles, baked eggs, hot sprout cereal, wheat and meat loaf, soy cheese pudding, lentil-potato crisp and much more. 220 recipes as well as info on how to sprout.

Found this book through Carla Emery's Encyclopedia of Country Living (highly reccomend this one also). Lots of information, easy read. Vitamin information available (what sprout provides what) and photos.

This book is a specialized resource for big game hunters who want to prepare to hunt Mule Deer. The book provides a good overview of deer hunting strategy and tactics, and excellent information about Mule Deer behavior and habitat. Prothero's discussion of hunting tactics, particularly tracking, are also right on the mark, but the reading gets a bit tiresome as the author provides many examples that always seem to end with a huge running buck being brought down by a heroic shot. If you can handle the chest thumping, it's a good read.

This was a very informative book. The hunting stories were enterntaining but did not get in the way of the lessons being taught. As the author admits, there are some redundant stories due to how the book was written. However, I thought they were useful in driving certain points home.

Overall, a good book on hunting mule deer.