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This is the revised edition of the original Three Battlegrounds book. Along with some slight text changes, it has an additional chapter.
This book explores the three arenas of spiritual warfare that the maturing Christian will face: the mind, the church and the heavenly places. It provides a foundation of insight, wisdom and discernment on the nature of the battle and the keys to victory.
Customer Reviews:
great book.......2007-10-02
Not only is the author a great writer, but he possesses an insight that is rare in our day and age. I also liken this book to "A Step into Deliverance," by Toni Pugh. He deals skillfully and autobiographically about his struggle and victory over the spirit of Jezebel. I highly recommend it.
material for mature christian.......2007-09-10
This is an excellent book on spiritual warfare as a mature christian desiring to go to next level in Christ.
It will give you insight into spiritual realm and also allow you to see where you are needing deliverance,what deception you are living in.
Lies are exposed in this book and awesome truth is revealed for the believer.
Knowledge applied = Wisdom You will get this in this book!
Change of Pace from Traditional Christian Reading.......2007-08-25
I really liked the stark, in-your-face style. Too many Christian books seem vague, ambiguous, and isolated from the "real world". This was a great wake up call to the "real" spiritual war we're waging.
Excellent Teaching.......2007-07-13
Clear, precise and indepth teaching on spiritual warfare. I have bought several copies for others and continue to reread this profound book to keep these truths in the forefront of my mind and daily Christian living.
The Three Battlegrounds.......2007-07-08
This book is an EYE OPENER on spiritual warfare. I purchased three copies and am sharing it some of the members of my church. They all say they will be purchasing a copy of this amazing book for their own library. In Sister Jeannette's words, "This is a must have in my bookcase".
The author uses scripture to support each claim made in the book. A MUST HAVE for sure.
God Bless,
Vivian
Brookly, NY
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In this electrifying novel of the U.S. Marine Corps, the master of authentic military action and drama reveals the story of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Pacific: the epic struggle for Guadalcanal.
Customer Reviews:
A Grand Story!.......2006-08-25
This fourth book in Griffin's Corps series is a stunner. The actual time of the book is actually quite short. The book runs from June 4 - August 24, 1942. It was during this time that the Americans invaded Guadalcanal, and Griffin's version of this bloody battle in the Solomon Islands is a page turner. We also get to know Griffin's main characters really well. People like Fleming Pickering, Charley Galloway and many others. This book has lots of characters and I think it would be hard to keep them all straight if a person read this book out of context. I recommend that the best way to read this Corps series is in order. It also makes it easier to follow the progress of WWII. I love Griffin's characters, but the history that I get from these books is wonderful too. I cannot wait to read the rest.
The Corps.......2005-10-27
This is not a good portrayal of the Corps. It glamorizes China Marines from the 3os, ultra-wealthy officers flaunting Marine discipline, excessive romatic encounters and little of the hard slogging by WWII Marines. The entire book is about Marine intelligence which is of some interest but not really the "Battleground" of the title.
False Advertising.......2005-03-15
Great book but what Amazon is advertising as the unabridged audio cassette edition is really the heavily abridged edition. Two 1-hour cassettes vs 18 hours for the unabrdged edition... Go figure! I feel just a tad raped...
A Waste of Time.......2003-01-14
I picked up these books hoping to gain some insight into the actions of the Marine Corps in the Pacific during World War II. What I found instead was a sort of soap opera that rambles on for hundreds of pages without getting around to much actual fighting. For example, The Marines don't even get to Guadalcanal (their first major offensive) until the end of book III, some 1200 pages into the story. Those 1200 intervening pages are mostly conversations (ad nauseam) between stateside Marine Corps officers as they sit around headquarters, or go out on the town chasing skirts.
The small portion of the books that is devoted to actual battles is done in such a cursory fashion that you're left with the impression that the author either finds this aspect of the Marines' mission distasteful, or doesn't understand it well enough to write about it. Mr. Griffin could have deleted about 80% of his material, and would have ended up with better books, albeit still not good ones.
If you're the sort of person who likes to watch daytime soap operas, then you may enjoy these books. If, on the other hand, you're interested in military history, the banality of these books will leave you screaming in frustration.
Vintage WEB Griffin!.......2002-08-13
In this volume of the Corps saga , we see several of the characters introduced in "Counterattack" elevated to new prominence. Newly promoted Captain Charley Galloway becomes the commanding officer of VMF 229 , and along with Bily Dunn sets about preparing the young squadron to be thrown into the cauldron of Guadalcanal. Flem Pickering continues to grow in importance to the ongoing tale of incredible heroisim exhibited by the young Marines thrown into bloody conflict.
"Battleground" details some of the terrible privations experienced by the First Marine division on the 'Canal and the coastwatchers on Buka island. Steve Koffler and Joe Howard on Buka illustrate the importance of the little known coastwatcher organisation to the success of the Marine aviation assets in the Solomons. Koffler continues to grow in importance to the task of Captain/General Pickering in the Southwest Pacific Ocean Area (SWPOA). Even though Koffler and Howard are ill with parasites and other tropical diseases they continue to function "as Marines".Koffler continues to emerge as one of the more "colorful" characters in the story--look for him in future episodes!
Of the many volumes in "The Corps" saga , "Battleground" stands out as one of the more lively and entertaining volumes. A great read--I could hardly put it down. Have now read it 4 times!
A true 5 star effort.
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Key problems, conflicts, and decisions in Israel's past and present are analyzed in this fully documented, dramatic history of the turbulent events that have shaped the crisis in the Middle East. From the questionable policies of the British, both in the Mandate era and in 1948, to the debate over the return of territories won in the Six-Day War and the war of attrition that spills over into the rest of the world, this book carefully examines Israel and its relationship to the rest of the Middle East as well as the rest of the world.
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Battleground: Basically an essay in propaganda!.......2007-10-03
Just wanted to add the opinion of James R. Adams, contemporary member of the Wall Street Journal staff, who wrote in 'Commentary' (June 1974, p. 91):
`He deals with this battle [over the founding of the Jewish state in Palestine], not as a scholar, but as a vigorous, if unofficial, participant. He writes from the perspective of an old Irgun hand (...), who has latterly been a leader of the expansionist Land of Israel Movement. Mr. Katz has a crisp, lucid style, erupting occasionally into tirades of panegyrics, and he covers a lot of ground. But his book, basically, is an essay in propaganda.'
Katz Exposes the Myths.......2007-03-21
The origins of the Middle-East conflict between the Arabs and Jews can be traced back to the late 19th century, not too long after the formation of Zionism - an international Jewish movement determined to regain independence of their ancient homeland in Palestine, by creating a Jewish state. At that time, Palestine was controlled by the Turkish Ottoman Empire. And although the Palestinian Arabs outnumbered the Jews, they never sought to create an independent state in the region.
After the First World War, the Turkish Ottoman Empire collapsed and Palestine was handed over to the British forces. In 1917, the British government issued the Balfour declaration, stating: "His Majesty's Government view with favor the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, and will use their best endeavors to facilitate the achievement of this object." This, in effect, promised the Jews an independent state.
However, in 1922 the British government gave more than three quarters of Palestine to the Hashemite Kingdom, to create an exclusive Arab state, known today as Jordan. During that same decade, many Arabs became fearful and resentful of Jewish immigration and purchases of land in Palestine, leading to violent clashes between Arabs and Jews. This conflict was further intensified during the 1930s and 1940s. In 1948, under the 1947 UN Partition Plan, the remainder of Palestine was divided to create two states: one for the Arabs and one for the Jews. The Jews accepted this proposal and the Arabs rejected it. Shortly after Israel was declared an independent state, Egypt, Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Lebanon joined forces together and waged war on Israel. From that point on, the conflict continued to rage: many battles were fought and atrocities were committed by both sides.
Because this conflict is so exhaustive and so much has been written, historians today have an almost infinite sea of information. At the same time, however, there is also a lot of misinformation; "facts" entirely fabricated or purposely taken out of context and distorted by biased reporters. Hence, any given historian has the free will to selectively fish out specific information and misinformation to state his or her personal view. Take Norman G. Finkelstein for instance - a man with a clear anti-Israel agenda. Mr. Finkelstein is well known for citing specific sources - regardless how correct or incorrect they may be - simply to vilify Israel, while presenting the Arabs as innocent victims. Likewise, a defender of Israel, like, Alan Dershowitz, will do the same - selectively fish out specific information that vilifies the Arabs and exonerates the Israelis.
In other words, because there is so much information and misinformation out there, anyone can make a convincing argument either way, which brings us to Samuel Katz, author of Battleground: Fact & Fantasy. Mr. Katz is an historian who is fully aware of the misinformation that's out there - more specifically, the false charges against Israel (and there are plenty of them thanks largely in part to Arab propaganda). The author's main objective is to set the record straight by separating fact from fiction. Not only does Katz separate fact from fiction, but he exposes the myths and demonstrates how they came to life in the first place. The main subjects of discussion include: the background of the Jewish people in Palestine, the British government's polices, the Palestinian refugee problem, the Arab claim to the region, Arab propaganda, and Islamic terrorism.
Although I find most of Katz's arguments worthy of accepting based on the evidence he supplies, there's one argument in particular that didn't quite convince me - that is, the Palestinian refugees' right to return. In a nutshell, Katz's argument is that if the Palestinians would return, they would seek to annihilate the Jews, hence posing a serious security threat to the State of Israel - a sentiment that was shared by some Arab leaders decades ago and even still today (i.e. Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al-Aqsa Martyrs, etc.) Although he has some good points to make about this hotly debated topic, overall I felt that it lacked substance and can't say that I particularly agree with him on that one.
But aside from this, Katz's book is well worth reading. He does a very reasonable job of exposing myths and clarifies some very important issues. Some will call this book biased, and there's no question about that. After all, it is a book written in defense of Israel. However, it is an important book, considering the fact that the world media vilifies Israel so much without putting things in context. Books such as this one are needed to balance things out and to give people a better understanding of the conflict.
Thoroughly absorbing and revelatory work.......2005-10-24
This excellent and highly readable narrative traces the origins and course of the Arab-Israeli conflict from the history of the Ottoman period, through the birth of Israel, the 1967 and Yom Kippur Wars. It places many problems in perspective, like the refugees on both sides, the origins of the dispute and the restoration of the land.
The most shocking revelation is the part played by the British Foreign Office throughout the 1920s up until the establishment of Israel in 1948. The role of the UK was highly ambiguous to say the least. Further disillusionment came in the revelations of the role of the US State Department, particularly the delay in sending assistance to Israel during the 1973 war.
It seems that Israel cannot really trust any other government to safeguard its people, not even allies. As played out in the 20th century the game of realpolitik shows that any state puts it own interests first.
The book demolishes many romantic myths, such as the so-called war of Arab liberation against the Ottoman Empire. In truth, no such thing ever occurred in any real sense and the myth of Lawrence of Arabia is thoroughly exposed for the fraud that it is.
Katz also documents the real cause of the conflict, which should be clear by now to the objective observer. It is not about land or about a Palestinian state, but about the destruction of Israel. He details the propaganda war against Israel in its various manifestations.
There was the one conducted by the Soviet Union until its collapse in the early 1990s, there is the one conducted by Liberal/Left media like the BBC and the New York Times from the beginning, and there is the relentless campaign of hatred in the Arab media.
Western politicians and media have ignored this last one, so crass, so blatant and so downright evil, for many decades. In our Internet age, however it cannot be concealed anymore. The continuing bias against Israel is explored by Stephanie Gutmann in her book The Other War.
Battleground does a tremendous job of providing the verifiable facts in a highly readable text. In reading this book, I once again realized that Israel is a miracle, established by the hand of Providence. Despite all the betrayals and broken promises, the olive tree was planted and is thriving.
And Zionism is the only one of the great ideological "isms" that was successful and bore good fruit. If it had not been for the many obstacles and betrayals, many of those who perished in the Holocaust would have found refuge in Israel. The book Auschwitz And The Allies by Martin Gilbert documents this shameful history in great detail. The enormity of the betrayal fills one with revulsion and despair.
But Israel has already become a blessing to the world, as shown in the book Israel In The World: Changing Lives Through Innovation, by Douglas and Helen Davis. For further understanding of the background to the conflict, I recommend Dream Palace Of The Arabs by Fouad Ajami.
And for further disturbing revelations, this time relating to European policy towards Israel, the book Eurabia by Bat Ye'or is essential reading. But there is no better book than Battleground to expose the lies, the distortions and the root causes of the conflict. The book concludes with indices of relevant documents, a bibliography and an index.
More Arab Bashing from a Begin Advisor.......2005-07-21
Will the last right wing Israeli to write another one-sided Arab bashing book please turn off the computers? After exporting weapons, Israel's propaganda book writing corps must be its country's second leading industry backed by fellow traveler self appointed "critics" who have never met an Arab blaming book that they've never liked. The fantasy in this book, like so many others, is the one created by these conservative Jews/Israelis worldwide. There is plenty of blame for all sides but the only blame ascribed by the Likud Literary Legions is to Israel's left wing activists and critics. Stick to reputable university press volumes if you want at least a slim chance at a "fair and balanced" viewpoint.
Dispels a number of myths about the Arab-Israeli conflict.......2004-12-05
I think it's interesting to read history books by supporters and opponents of Israel. The ones by Israel's foes generally contain a surprising amount of misinformation. And that may be why books such as this one do not. Katz finds it easiest to support Israel by refuting antizionist lies, and he does so by telling the truth.
Katz traces the origins of the Arab war against Israel. That means supplying background material on the Jews of the Levant prior to modern Zionism. That helps us all realize that Jews had an important connection to and presence in the Levant during the many centuries between the defeats by the Romans and World War One. And it makes it clear that Jerusalem was not an Arab city in the latter quarter of the nineteenth century but virtually the only Asian city with a Jewish majority.
The book exposes many antizionist fabrications about the history of the region. Sometimes, antizionists tell us that Jerusalem is a holy city for the Arabs. But the author shows us that Jerusalem has been important to the Arabs only recently, when the Jews have ruled it. It is important now, because it is the Jewish capital, and because it would give the Arabs more esteem were they to deny the Jews their own capital city.
The author also goes into some detail about the role of Great Britain in the history of the region from the end of World War One until Israeli independence. He mentions the revelations of Richard Crossman about the intentions of Britain's foreign minister, Ernest Bevin, to destroy the Jews of the region rather than act as an honest broker between the Jews and Arabs. And Katz shows how Britain acted as an active participant in the confrontation, with the explicit purpose of preventing the establishment of a Jewish state by force. That includes the infamous White Paper of 1939, which drastically limited Jewish immigration to the region just when it was most needed for those attempting to avoid death at the hands of the Germans.
I think Katz is at his best in discussing a very prevalent lie we all see today, namely that Arabs have at least as much of a right to steal Israeli land as the Israelis do to keep it. And that the reason is that there is an Arabic-speaking subpeople that can live only on Israeli land.
We've seen this argument before. When Germans wanted to occupy Czechoslovakia in the 1930s, they pretended to do so on behalf of the German-speaking "Sudeten" people. These were Germans who happened to live in Czechoslovakia. But there was no symmetry between the desire of Czechs to enjoy human rights, protected by their government, and the desire of many Germans to deny human rights to the Czechs. And once the Germans obtained Czechoslovakia, the pretense of a Sudeten people was abandoned.
The author makes us aware of a similar problem today. While antizionists may imply that there is a huge Arab population that can live only on Jewish land, that's simply not the case. Katz explains that when Arabs controlled the entire West Bank from 1948 through 1967, not even allowing Jews to live there at all, there were no demands for a separate Arab state there. And he makes us realize that even an Arab victory against the Jews of the region would not produce peace: the Arabs would continue to fight against each other for the spoils. In addition, I think that since the Jews have not been the source of the problem, removing them will not solve it.
The author quotes a few Arabs who feel there will not and should not be peace in the region as long as Israel continues to exist as a Jewish state. And this is a major point. Many people have the misimpression that since there are more Arabs than Jews, the Arabs have a right to oppress or destroy the Jews. Or at least that history is on the side of the Arabs, who will get what they want whether they have a right to do so or not.
But I think readers of this book will come away from it aware that Israel is a nation like any other. And that it is land-poor, not land-rich. In peacetime, Israel, like the Netherlands or the Czech Republic, simply will not be defeated. To get rid of such nations, small as they are, would require a major crime. Obliterating the human rights of the Czechs, Dutch, or Hebrews would be a crime as well. Tacit approval of these crimes would set a very poor precedent for everyone, and thus such crimes are by no means inevitable.
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Breathtaking images from the popular Flying Legends calendars.
John Dibbs is the world's leading air-to-air photographer. No one gets closer. This oversized full-color pictorial showcases breathtaking airborne shots of 56 of the most perfectly restored World War II aircraft from the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, Germany, Japan and Sweden.
Each spread features a historic black-and-white photograph and an exciting profile of a combat veteran who experienced the "high battleground" first-hand.
Some of the featured aircraft:
- Supermarine Spitfire LF IXe
- Yak 3
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Joltin' Jose
- Mitsubishi A6M5 Type 0 Zero
- Messerschmitt Bf 109 Black Six
- Bell P39-Q6 Airacobra
- Hawker Sea Hurricane lB
- Grumman TBM-3 Avenger
- Polikarpov I-16
- Curtiss Hawk 75
- Bristol Blenheim Mk IV
- Saab B17
A group of hand-picked specialist formation pilots worked with the photographer to produce "perfect shots." There are no more perfect photographs of warplanes in flight than the images that appear in this thrilling collection.
Customer Reviews:
Visually Stunning.......2007-04-26
This is a huge, gorgeous book, and a must-have for anyone interested in WWII aircraft. Although the featured pictures were all taken air-to-air, the images of the aircraft are so perfect and so detailed that there is a feeling of unreality about them... I found that I kept looking for the wires that were holding the airplanes up, just because the images are so perfect that it is almost inconceivable that they were taken while the planes were actually flying. Simply stunning... every page takes your breath away.
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Manfred von Richthofen became a fighter pilot on the Western Front in August 1916. By January 1917, Richthofen had shot down fifteen aircraft had been appointed commander of his own unit. He painted the fuselage of his Albatros D-III a bright red and was nicknamed the Red Baron. In June 1917, Richthofen was appointed commander of the German Flying Circus. Made up of Germany's top fighter pilots, this new unit was highly mobile and could be quickly sent to any part of the Western Front where it was most needed. Richthofen and his pilots achieved immediate success during the air war over Ypres during August and September.
Manfred von Richthofen was killed on 21st April 1918. Richthofen had destroyed 80 allied aircraft, the highest score of any fighter pilot during the First World War.
This book is divided into three sectors of the WWI front line in which von Richthofen operated. Each area is conveniently reached within hours. Airfield sites, memorials and the graves of Manfred's famous victims are described and directions for the battlefield walker are included with information on related museums and historic sites with special association with this most famous of fighter pilots.
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Involving mathematics, philosophy, aesthetics, religion, politics, and physics, Stuart Isacoff 's Temperament invokes the tone of a James Burke documentary. However, the focus is not on a modern invention, but rather a modern convention: that of tuning keyboards so that every key is equally in tune--and equally out of tune.
With the existing literature tending to bog down in mathematical theory or historical tuning methods, Isacoff bravely attempts to make this seemingly arcane topic interesting to the general reader. He distills the mathematics and music theory into their simplest essences, and draws apt analogies from the everyday. He also generously peppers the text with the quirks and escapades of its more flamboyant central characters; the relevance of the information is often tenuous at best, but Isacoff has obviously done his homework, and he can be forgiven some frivolity.
Less forgivable is his neglect of "well-temperament." Namesake of Bach's masterful collection of 24 pieces (one each in all the major and minor keys), the well-tempered keyboard liberated composers from the howl of badly tuned keys in the way equal temperament did, while preserving the distinct quality of each key. It was a pragmatic and aesthetically rich solution that captivated composers and theorists for decades. Yet Isacoff reserves less than two pages for its description. (Perhaps he deliberately overlooked the topic since it doesn't fit well with his casting of equal temperament's opponents as rigid, dogmatic, and impractical.)
Despite its flaws, Temperament is an accessible guide to a fascinating topic seldom discussed outside musical circles. Though the book may not invigorate hard-core theorists, the amateur musician, armchair scientist, history buff, or plain old curious can glean plenty from it. The advent of digital keyboards--some of which can be tuned to historical temperaments at the flip of a switch--makes this an ideal time for the topic to be rejuvenated. --Todd Gehman
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Few music lovers realize that the arrangement of notes on today’s pianos was once regarded as a crime against God and nature, or that such legendary thinkers as Pythagoras, Plato, da Vinci, Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton and Rousseau played a role in the controversy. Indeed, from the time of the Ancient Greeks through the eras of Renaissance scientists and Enlightenment philosophers, the relationship between the notes of the musical scale was seen as a key to the very nature of the universe.
In this engaging and accessible account, Stuart Isacoff leads us through the battles over that scale, placing them in the context of quarrels in the worlds of art, philosophy, religion, politics and science. The contentious adoption of the modern tuning system known as equal temperament called into question beliefs that had lasted nearly two millenia–and also made possible the music of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Debussy, and all who followed. Filled with original insights, fascinating anecdotes, and portraits of some of the greatest geniuses of all time,
Temperament is that rare book that will delight the novice and expert alike.
Customer Reviews:
Listen to tempered instruments instead of reading about it.......2007-03-12
I was quite impressed the first time I read Temperament. How Music became a Battleground for the Great Minds of Western Civilization by Stuart Isacoff, which is the same book as Temperament: The Idea That Solved Music's Greatest Riddle. I had a the time some theoretical knowledge about temperaments and effects on music playing but I didn't had any chance to experience it until recently.
A friend of mine showed me few months ago a recording called Six Degrees of Tonality. A Well Tempered Piano issued on Gasparo (GSCD-344). I liked so much what I heard that I ordered a second recording available on the same label and called Beethoven In The Temperaments. Historical Tunings on the Modern Concert Grand (GSCD-332). These recordings made by Ed. Foote (see review Not so fast, please., January 2, 2002)are a unique chance to experience other tunings than the widely spread equal temperament.
Returning recently to Isacoff's Temperament after reading L'Histoire de l'Acoustique Musicale by Serge Donval, I realised that the author just wanted to justify historically how and why ET is "THE" temperament that the world has been seeking for over thousand of years.
I invite readers of Temperament to listen to the four Piano Sonatas played on a Steinway D on Beethoven In The Temperaments (two tuned after Prinz and two after Young temperaments) and to compare with any other recordings performed on ET piano.
They will hear how Key Colors used to sound and how triads and chords sound so differently. Listening to the same works on a ET piano make it an uncomfortable experience even if the performer's name is Arrau, Serkin or Pollini.
My wish would be that Mr. Foote and Gasparo come up with more recordings of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Chopin, Schumann, Brahms, Liszt on a period tempered piano.
Fascinating, Yet Flawed.......2006-04-18
Temperament, by Stuart Isacoff, is almost a great book. It covers a little-known aspect of music history in great depth and with delightful insights and cute 'asides.' In short, it takes a technical subject that is over the heads of most readers and makes it accessible and interesting-- and in the process of course brings it down to a level that the average person can almost understand.
And there's where it fails.
Without audio examples to illustrate the points being made, most of the niceties of the different kinds of scale tuning throughout history are just so much description. Unless you've *heard* the type of tuning known as 'just tuning,' you really can have no idea how strange and sometimes beautiful and sometimes alarming the sounds can be, particularly the effects that familiar harmonies can have when tweaked away from our usual experience in this way. There is a website referred to in the book where you can go and listen to some of these things, but that's just not good enough. The book cries out for an audio CD to be included, with examples tied to specific points in the text, and vice versa. I'm sure the author would have been glad to do it. The publisher goofed.
The other problem in the book is that the author occasionally comes up with a 'fact' which is simply not the case. This is rare, but the fact that it happens at all is cause to wonder about the truth of some of the allegations that he makes. The book isn't scholarly [thank God] and there are no footnotes to use in checking the author's data, but I have a funny feeling that he has played a bit fast and loose with us on some points. No evidence-- just a feeling.
Still-- the book is well worth reading, particularly if you have enough musical background to be able to appreciate some of the author's stories and examples. The tales about politics, philosophy, and personalities gone awry would be fascinating even if the information about music weren't compelling-- which it is.
An entertaining read.......2005-12-15
A good superficial read on the historical development of 12 tone equal temperament. For a more in-depth and analytical look at temperament I would recommend Harry Partch's Genesis of a Music.
A word of warning, this book is available under 2 titles. Temperament - the idea that solved music's greatest riddle, and Temperament - how music became a battleground for the great minds of western civilization. I purchased both assuming that they were companion works, but they are identical.
AN Essential Book for Pianists.......2005-09-06
Stuart Isacoff is a serious pianist and scholar, and his book, Temperament, answers the mysterious questions that those of us who are also serious pianists wish to know and probe. His book is dense with information, but at the same time accessible and clear, so that the pianist who is curious about her instrument and its place in cultural history is enriched with new understanding for the metamorphoses that have produced our modern piano. I am grateful for his impressive research and the deep insights between its covers. Carol Montparker, pianist and author
Not quite what I was looking for........2005-08-27
This book contains some very good and entertaining history, but it doesn't have much physics and/or mathematics of the 12 tone scale and/or its precedents. If you are interested in the history of the development of the various scales however, I think you will find it very interesting. I was looking for something a little more technical in nature. for technical discussions of the subject, I recommend, "On the Sensation of Tone" by Hermann Helmholtz.
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Labor in the New Urban Battlegrounds examines a diverse array of innovative strategies for revitalizing the labor movement by forming alliances outside the workplace with a variety of community groups, social movements, and faith-based organizations, particularly those that address civil rights, immigrant rights, and consumer concerns. This book presents case studies of issues--such as living wages, community development corporations, and local politics--around which urban coalitions are built in "union towns" (New York City, Boston, Buffalo, and Seattle), "frontier cities" (Los Angeles, Miami, San Jose, and Nashville), and European cities (London, Frankfurt, and Hamburg).
Introducing the role of urban social context in the field of labor revitalization, the editors have chosen cases with different outcomes--cities in which strong coalitions have enabled new union influence are contrasted with those in which such coalition building has been thwarted. As they survey the successes and failures of the new urban labor movement, the editors and contributors conclude that actor choice, strategic innovation, coalition building, and the urban context of labor organizing are key elements in the revitalization of the labor movement and the renewal of democracy. This book will allow the labor leaders of the future to learn from the recent experiences of their peers throughout the United States and Europe.
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Ordered to proceed to Normandy to contain the Allied landings, the 2nd SS "Das Reich" Panzer Division's journey turned into a nightmare of ambushes and reprisals. SS reprisals culminated in the massacre at Oradour, probably the largest killing of civilians on the Western Front. Heavily illustrated in the Battleground Europe style.
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A comprehensive guide to the landmarks, relics, museums, and other points of interest related to the Civil War. Designed for the tourist, student, and history buff, it is an ideal sightseeing companion. Illustrated.
Customer Reviews:
A Good Guide to Civil War Sites.......2007-02-14
This is a good book to find Civil War sites through the US. Alice Cromie shows us where to find major sites as well as some of the little known sites. We not only read of the war itself, but the location of events leading up to the war, and locations of museums dedicated to the Civil War. If you use this book
as a tour guide, be sure to call places ahead of time, as some of these no longer exist. Over all it is a good book to have.
Excellent Companion for Touring Civil War Sites.......2004-12-04
Cromie has written an excellent guide for locating Civil War-related sites in the United States.
The book is organized by state and usually contains the following information:
1. City/town of the event or relation to the Civil War.
2. Location and address of the site.
3. Significance of the site or event.
4. Date of the event.
This book is a gem because it mentions several locations that may not be known to both the Civil War novice and long-time student.
Highly recommended as an invaluable guide for your next Civil War trip, particularly to those less well-known places!
Read and enjoy!
Excellent guide for all civil war enthusiasts........1999-05-28
This book is an easy to follow guide to many civil war sites. Some of the places are the well known sites and some are not so well known. But, you will enjoy tracking these sites state by state. I've used the book sysytematically and when I've visited a site, I highlight in the book the place I've been on the state maps provided. Buy it! Try it! Take lots of pictures, too! Start a scrapbook of civil war sites you've visited. It makes for a great conversation piece.
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