Subjects:  1. History    2. History - Military / War    3. International Relations - Arms Control    4. International Relations - General    5. Military    6. Military - General    7. Military - Other    8. Military - Strategy    9. Military Science    10. Revolutionary    11. World - General    12. International relations    13. Irregular or guerrilla forces & warfare   

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Hezbollah The Lebanese Goodwill organization
This bookd paints hezbollah in a very benign manner.The author goes to great detail to explain how hezbollah helps the lebanese people.I did not know much about hezbollah before i read this book.I was interested in learning why they were among the world's most feared terrorist groups.This book did not do that for me.From the little I do know about this book it turns the tiger into a mouse.If you're interested in reading about how hezbollah really isnt that bad and Israel is the devil, Buy this book.If you're not keep searching for a good book on hezbollah, I've yet to find one.

it a good book with lots of facts
i liked the book..it showed lots of facts..and as a person from south lebanon...i could tell whats right and whats wronge..especially reading a book about south lebanon and the war which went down there The moving inside story of Hezbullah
I read Ms Jaber's book, and was so inspired by it I visited South Lebanon. Ms Jaber is obviously not an Islamist, but her unbiased and contextual approach presents a picture, which many of Hezbullah admirers would recognise. She shows the Quranic roots of the movement by quoting the Holy Scripture at each chapter head. Most importantly she describes the comprehensive nature of the Party's work, and not just it's military aspects. She allows the Hezbullahi and other players in the drama to speak for themselves, yet is not afraid to form an opinion about some of the controversial aspects of recent Lebanese history.Read more

Subjects:  1. Contemporary Politics - Middle East    2. Criminology    3. Fundamentalism    4. History    5. History & Theory - Radical Thought    6. History: World    7. Hizballah (Lebanon)    8. Islam and politics    9. Israel-Arab Border Conflicts,    10. Israel-Arab Border Conflicts, 1949-    11. Israel-Arab conflicts    12. Lebanon    13. Middle East - General    14. Political Terrorism    15. Politics / Current Events    16. Politics and government    17. Judaism    18. Middle East    19. Revolutions & coups    20. Social Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Asia - China    2. China    3. Cultural Revolution, 1966-1976    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Social History    8. Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -    9. Revolutions & coups    10. c 1960 to c 1970   

Subjects:  1. Europe - Great Britain - General    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. Revolutionary    6. Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh    7. Literary studies: 19th century    8. Literary studies: from c 1900 -    9. Literature/English | British Literature | 20th C   

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - Military / War    3. History: American    4. Mexico    5. Mexico - History    6. Military - General    7. Revolution, 1910-1920    8. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    9. American history: from c 1900 -    10. Revolutions & coups   

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Outstanding information, sometimes a tough read
The guy who wrote this seems to like using big words just for the sake of using them.I have never seen the information in this book anywhere else.It is a great history of timekeeping.If you're fascinated with clocks or watches and would like to get some true education, pick up a copy of this book.Just be warned that it is not a book that most people can just breeze through.

Wonderful history of technology and competitive change
I read this book in it's first incarnation, when I first became interested in horological collecting.Mr. Landes writes an informative and educational treatise on horological development and history, and in theprocess creates an illuminating case study of the impact of competitivepressures on established industry.It is fascinating to take one oforiginal "high tech" industries and see how technological changeand marketplace behavior affect entire companies and national industries. The long-term history described in this book perfectly illustratesSantayana's "remember the past" concept.There are amazingparallels to technological and marketing revolutions we still seedeveloping today.A good read, which I would recomend heartily forhorological afficianados and students of business and technology. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Civilization    2. Clock And Watch Making    3. Clocks and watches    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Horology    8. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    9. World - General    10. History / General    11. Revolutions & coups   

Subjects:  1. Causes    2. Europe - France    3. France    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Revolution, 1789-1799    8. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    9. Revolutions & coups    10. c 1700 to c 1800   

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Chapeau!
Stanley Payne is one of the hispanists who knows what he speaks about. Many others, even Spaniards, select the facts conveying to a previous conclusion. Payne is not like that.
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Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Ancient - General    3. Europe - Spain & Portugal    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Representative government and representation    8. Republic, 1931-1939    9. Revolutionary    10. Spain    11. Western Europe - General    12. Civil war    13. European history: from c 1900 -    14. History / Europe / Western   

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Pair of reviews for Puerto Rico's Revolt
"The text is permeated by a feeling of immediacy that allows one to appreciate the deeds of the flesh and blood individuals involved."
Luis Negr�n Hern�ndez, editor de PReb.com comenta:
Es sin duda "El Grito de Lares" uno de los acontecimientos que m�s inter�s despierta entre los puertorrique�os. Y es �sta la obra a adquirir si usted es uno de ellos. La profesora Olga Jim�nez de Wagenheim,bas�ndose mayormente en los expedientes judiciales de los arrestados en lainsurrecci�n armada, nos presenta las "caras" de los queconspiraron y se levantaron contra el r�gimen espa�ol (el cura, elzapatero, el esclavo, el hacendado, el jornalero...) en busca de una patrialibre para todos los boricuas, sin importar su raza o condici�n social. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Caribbean & West Indies - General    2. Caribbean Area - History    3. Economic conditions    4. General    5. History    6. History: World    7. Insurrection, 1868    8. Politics / Current Events    9. Puerto Rico    10. Social conditions    11. American history: c 1800 to c 1900    12. Colonization & independence    13. Revolutions & coups    14. c 1800 to c 1900   

Subjects:  1. Christianity - Catholicism    2. Europe - Great Britain - General    3. Great Britain - History - Tudor And Stuart (1485-1714)    4. History    5. History - General History    6. History: World    7. Rebellion And Insurgency    8. Revolutionary    9. History / Great Britain   

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Women in Racism and Gender in the 1920s by Kathleen M. Blee
The white-hooded knights of the fiery cross have been the subject of a lot of research, some focusing on the influence of religion, socialism, and Christian Socialism in the group and in government. Much of the work expresses worries of a future filled with religious persecution and totalitarianism. Those worries have relevance to the enormous size and scope of government in the USA and its growing police state.
Great short history of both Klu Klux Klans!
This is one of the few histories of the Klan that clearly documents the fact that there have been not one, but two Klu Klux Klans. It also examines just how deeply women were involved in the movement, a little-noticed phenomenon in the past. Who Are These Babes?
Alright, it's about time some righteous European American babes were recognized for their achievement in the cause of fighting race mixing.Rock on! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Discrimination & Racism    2. Gender Studies    3. History    4. Indiana    5. Ku Klux Klan (1915- )    6. Social Science    7. Sociology    8. Women of the Ku Klux Klan    9. Women's Studies - General    10. Women's Studies - History    11. Freemasonry & secret societies    12. History / General    13. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    14. Racism & racial discrimination    15. Revolutions & coups    16. USA    17. Women's studies   

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The French Revolution in a readable form
Being overly interested in history I must admit to a hole in my understanding of the when, the where, and the who, of the French Revolution.Tackett has painted an immensely readable picture of "when the king took flight" and how that pivotal event shaped events to come.It's not quite Tom Clancy (Whew!) but then again it's not the dry recounting of history that the casual reader fears. I enjoyed it greatly.

The King's Treason
Timothy Tackett is one of the more curious members of the current generation of French historians.He actually goes into archives and tries to figure out what people thought and did.Ordinarily this is what historians do as a matter of course, but under the reign of the Pope of Revisionism, Francois Furet, extensive archival research is replaced with, in the works of Furet, Mona Ozouf or Keith Baker, long analysis of a select and limited number of documents.Tackett by contrast, after starting with a monograph on Catholicism in particular region, has provided two invaluable monographs based on the fullest research yet to date.The first was the on the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, while the second was a thorough study of the National Assembly.In contrast to the Furet school's subtle insinuation that the Revolution was doomed at the outset because the Revolutionaries were dangerously utopians, Stalinist "avant la lettre," Tackett shows that the Revolutionaries were reasonable people in difficult circumstances.For the past few years he has been working on the origins of the Terror.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1754-1793    2. Europe - France    3. Europe - General    4. Flight to Varennes, 1791    5. France    6. History    7. History - General History    8. History: World    9. King of France,    10. Louis    11. Revolution, 1789-1799    12. Varennes-en-Argonne (France)    13. XVI,    14. Europe    15. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    16. History / France    17. Revolutions & coups    18. c 1700 to c 1800   

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Inside the Klavern: The Secret History of a racist group in the 1920s by David A. Horowitz
The white-hooded knights of the fiery cross have been the subject of a lot of research, some focusing on the influence of religion, socialism, and Christian Socialism in the group and in government. Much of the work expresses worries of a future filled with religious persecution and totalitarianism. Those worries have relevance to the enormous size and scope of government in the USA and its growing police state.
minutes don't make good reading
i really like the Fords book cowritten by horowitz, so surfed his other books. this one may be great for the kkk scholar, but for the casual history buff who wants to learn something about the life inside the kkk in the 20's........it's about as interesting as a phone book.

A staple for Klan scholars anywhere
David Horowitz has provided the scholarly community focusing ofthe Ku Klux Klan with an incredbily useful tool; the actual minutes from a Klan in La Grande, Oregon.With his brilliantly edited volume, Horowitz provides interesting insights into Klan functions, dress, politics, commerce and attitudes as told by Kligrapp Harold Fosner.What is more amazing though is that these records have survived, and through Horowitz's dilligence, they have been recovered from the Oregon Historical Society and made available by Southern Illinois Univeristy press.The historigraphy of Klan study has been altered greatly thanks to Horowiz's work, as speculation in past work can be either confirmed or refuted by examining Inside the Klavern, if in fact the La Grande Klan is a true representation of small town Klans nationally.A terrific read for all. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Discrimination & Racism    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History - U.S.    5. Ku Klux Klan (1915- )    6. Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).    7. La Grande    8. La Grande (Or.)    9. La Grande Klan No. 14 (La Gran    10. La Grande Klan No. 14 (La Grande, Or.)    11. Oregon    12. Race And Ethnic Relations    13. Race relations    14. Social Movements    15. Social Science    16. Sociology    17. Sources    18. United States - 20th Century    19. United States - 20th Century/20s    20. White supremacy movements    21. Inter-war period, 1918-1939    22. Racism & racial discrimination    23. Revolutions & coups    24. Social history    25. USA   

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A good start ...
I found this book engaging for the most part. I especially appreciated some of the snippets of speeches and the description of the interplay between Madison and Patrick Henry and James Monroe and others.
Excellent!
Loved this book!I read it in one day...couldn't put it down.Learn how our precious Bill of Rights almost didn't come into being, and learn about the men who made sure it did. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Abridged Audio - Misc. Nonfiction    2. Constitutions    3. Political History    4. Revolutionary    5. Unabridged Audio - History    6. United States - 18th Century   

Subjects:  1. Europe - France    2. History    3. History - General History    4. History: World    5. History / France   

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Comprehensive, with a heck of a bibliography
In no way is this an attempt to augment Geoffrey's excellent review of this text, for I believe that he hit upon the major strenghts of Frey's book.However, it is worth mentioning, for the sake of those scholars that take particular notice of the bibliograhys, that Frey's research seems particularly solid, having used sources that generally are not considered on this side of the Atlantic when considering the American Revolutionary War.Most notable of these are public war records from Great Britain, which help give a more full understanding of the role of African "Americans" within the Revolutionary War. The black liberation movement during and after the Amer Rev.
Frey argues that the black liberation movement had a major impact on how the Revolution played out in the South and that although the movement failed during the Revolution it successfully continued in the postwar period as a struggle for cultural power.Read more

Subjects:  1. History    2. History - General History    3. History - U.S.    4. History: American    5. United States - Revolutionary War    6. American History    7. American history: c 1500 to c 1800    8. Black studies    9. History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)    10. Religion    11. Revolutions & coups    12. Terrorism, freedom fighters, armed struggle    13. USA    14. c 1700 to c 1800   

Subjects:  1. Congo    2. Mercenaries    3. Revolutions & coups    4. c 1960 to c 1970   

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Any Connection with Tupac?????
I have heard that Assata is the aunt of famous rapper, Tupac Shakur.Is this true?Is their any mention of Tupac in her books???

I own the book
This book gives a insight of the most famous victim of The F.B.I's cointelpro next to Geronimo Pratt. This book shows that 19 years of Prison has not dulled Dhoruba's committment to Revolutionary Struggle. The excerpts by Mumia abu Jamal and Assata Shakur are very helpful.

I own the book
This book gives a insight of the most famous victim of The F.B.I's cointelpro next to Geronimo Pratt. This book shows that 19 years of Prison has not dulled Dhoruba's committment to Revolutionary Struggle. The excerpts by Mumia abu Jamal and Assata Shakur are very helpful. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. African American prisoners    2. Americas (North Central South West Indies)    3. Ancient - General    4. Bin Wahad, Dhoruba    5. Biography    6. Black Panther Party    7. Black nationalism    8. Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General    9. General    10. History    11. History - General History    12. History - U.S.    13. Multicultural Nonfiction    14. Political Freedom & Security - Civil Rights    15. Political prisoners    16. United States    17. United States - General    18. Abu-Jamal, Mumia    19. History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)    20. Revolutions & coups    21. Shakur, Assata   

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a hers and his story of revolutionary spirit
When I first picked up this book, I was very skeptical.I was afraid that it would be another informative yet jargon filled account of AsianAmericans in the political sphere.I was pleasantly surprised to discoverthat the contributors in this anthology are activists.They passionatelydiscussed issues ranging from U.S. political prisoners to campus activismand revolutionary acts through the arts.They also revealed theircommitment to a life of activism and improving the world we livein.Read more

Subjects:  1. Anthropology - General    2. Ethnic Studies - General    3. History & Theory - Radical Thought    4. Politics / Current Events    5. Social Science    6. Sociology    7. ASIA    8. History / Asia    9. Revolutions & coups    10. USA    11. Asian American Studies    12. Politics   

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The Revised Oxford Edition It Ain't
Don't buy this book!The Revised Oxford Edition of this classic book has it all:Insightful introduction, properly translated quotations, fine notes.
Text is Great, Intro by L.G.Mitchell is better
Can't improve on the text of REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE.He was the dominant political thinker of the last quarter of the 18th century in ENgland.His reputation depends less on his role as a practising politician than on his ability to set contemporary problems within a wider context of political theory.The introduction by L.G. Mitchell argues this point congently. Mitchell's intro appears in the Oxford University Press edition. It's cheaper, too.

Reflections on the Revolution in France: (Penguin Classics)
Reflections on the Revolution in France written by Edmund Burke and Edited with an introduction by Conor Cruise O'Brien the Penguin Classics version is the best version of this unparalleled powerful work.The reason for this is that included in this version you have an introduction that gets the reader upto speed.For Burke is without doubt the foremost conservative British political thinkers of his time, (1729-1797).Read more

Subjects:  1. 1729-1797    2. 18th century    3. Burke, Edmund,    4. Correspondence    5. Europe - France    6. Foreign public opinion, British    7. France    8. Great Britain    9. History    10. History & Theory - General    11. History - General History    12. History: World    13. Modern - 18th Century    14. Public opinion    15. Revolution, 1789-1799    16. Revolutionary    17. European history: c 1750 to c 1900    18. Political science & theory    19. c 1700 to c 1800