Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Publish and perish: three tales of tenure and terror

Author: Hynes, James

Title: Publish and perish: three tales of tenure and terror

Published: New York: Picador, 1997

Description: 338 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

  • College teachers -- United States -- Fiction
  • College stories, American
  • Horror tales, American
  • Satire, American

Review(s):

  • Schine, Cathleen. "Publish and Perish: Three Tales of Tenure and Terror." The New York Times Book Review 102 (August 3, 1997): 5

Read: July 2001

Duty: a father, his son, and the man who won the war

Author: Greene, Bob

Title: Duty: a father, his son, and the man who won the war

Published: New York: Perennial, 2001

Description: 295 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Soldiers -- Ohio -- Columbus -- Biography
  • Fathers and sons -- Biography
  • Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
  • Greene, Bob -- Family
  • Greene, Robert B.
  • Tibbets, Paul W.

Review(s):

  • Bushnell, William D. "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War." Library Journal 125.7 (April 15, 2000): 106
  • Record, Jeffrey. "Duty: A Father, His Son, and the Man Who Won the War." Parameters 30.4 (Winter 2000): 150

Read: June 2001

Shadow flights: America's secret air war against the Soviet Union

Author: Peebles, Curtis

Title: Shadow flights: America's secret air war against the Soviet Union

Published: Novato: Presidio Press, 2000

Description: vi, 322 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 290-303

Subject(s):
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1989
  • United States -- Military relations -- Soviet Union
  • Soviet Union -- Military relations -- United States
  • Air warfare -- History
  • Espionage, American -- Soviet Union -- History
  • Cold War

Review(s):

  • Blewett, Daniel K. "Shadow Flights: America's Secret Air War Against the Soviet Union." Library Journal 125.20 (Dec 2000): 159

Read: June 2001

Monday, October 30, 2006

The heart of a man: a naval pilot’s Vietnam diary

Author: Elkins, Frank Callihan

Title: The heart of a man: a naval pilot's Vietnam diary

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1991

Description: xvi, 132 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Aerial operations, American
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
  • Elkins, Frank Callihan

Review(s):

  • Rogers, Michael. "The Heart of a Man." Library Journal 116.n7 (April 15, 1991): 130
Read: June 2001

Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan revolution

Author: Zimmermann, Matilde

Title: Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan revolution

Published: Durham: Duke University Press, 2000

Description: x, 277 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 259-269

Subject(s):
  • Revolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- Biography
  • Nicaragua -- History -- 1937-1979
  • Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional -- History
  • Fonseca Amador, Carlos
Review(s):
  • Gould, J.L. "Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution." Hispanic American Historical Review 82.2 (May 1, 2002): 383
  • Gambone, Michael D. "Sandinista: Carlos Fonseca and the Nicaraguan Revolution." American Historical Review 107.4 (Oct 2002): 1262
  • Carey, David, Jr. "Shades of peace and democracy: social discontent and reconciliation in Central America*." Latin American Research Review 40.1 (Wntr 2005): 251
Read: June 2001

The real Contra War: highlander peasant resistance in Nicaragua

Author: Brown, Timothy C.

Title: The real Contra War: highlander peasant resistance in Nicaragua

Published: Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2001

Description: xxvii, 321 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 275-299

Subject(s):
  • Counterrevolutions -- Nicaragua
  • Counterrevolutionaries -- Nicaragua
  • Peasant uprisings -- Nicaragua
  • Insurgency -- Nicaragua
  • Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990
  • Milicias Populares Anti-Sandinistas
  • Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense
Review(s):
  • Stoll, David. "The Nicaraguan Contras: were they indios?(When the AK-47s Fall Silent: Revolutionaries, Guerrillas, and the Dangers of Peace)(The Real Contra War: Highlander Peasant Resistance in Nicaragua)(Peasants in Arms: War and Peace in the Mountains of Nicaragua, 1979-1994)." Latin American Politics and Society 47.3 (Fall 2005): 145
  • Carey, David, Jr. "Shades of peace and democracy: social discontent and reconciliation in Central America*." Latin American Research Review 40.1 (Wntr 2005): 251
  • Gambone, Michael D. "The Real Contra War: Highlander Peasant Resistance in Nicaragua." Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History 61.1 (July 2004): 145
Read: June 2001

Sunday, October 29, 2006

Fire in the sky: the air war in the South Pacific

Author: Bergerud, Eric M.

Title: Fire in the sky: the air war in the South Pacific

Published: Boulder: Westview Press, 2000

Description: xxviii, 723 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 695-702

Subject(s):
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania
  • Oceania -- History, Military
Review(s):
  • Lane, Mel D. "Fire in the Sky: The Air War in the South Pacific." Library Journal 125.1 (Jan 2000): 131
Read: June 2001

Double fold: libraries and the assault on paper

Author: Baker, Nicholson

Title: Double fold: libraries and the assault on paper

Published: New York: Random House, 2001

Description: xii, 370 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 335-353

Subject(s):
  • Libraries -- United States -- Special collections -- Newspapers
  • Newspaper and periodical libraries -- United States
  • Newspapers -- Conservation and restoration
  • Paper -- Preservation -- United States
Review(s):
  • Chad, Barry. "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper." Library Journal 126.6 (April 1, 2001): 119
  • BOYLAN, JAMES. "DOUBLE FOLD: LIBRARIES AND THE ASSAULT ON PAPER." Columbia Journalism Review 40.2 (July 2001): 67
  • "Double Fold: Libraries and the Assault on Paper." Contemporary Review 281.1639 (August 2002): 125
Read: May 2001

The peculiar institution: slavery in the ante-bellum South

Author: Stampp, Kenneth M.

Title: The peculiar institution: slavery in the ante-bellum South

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 1989

Description: xi, 435, xiii p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Slavery -- Economic aspects -- Southern States
Read: April 2001

Black Hawk down: a story of modern war

Author: Bowden, Mark

Title: Black Hawk down: a story of modern war

Published: New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1999

Description: 386 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: Portions of this book were originally published as a series in The Philadelphia inquirer

Subject(s):
  • United States. Army. Task Force Ranger -- History
  • Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993
  • Somalia -- History -- 1991-
  • Aidid, Mohammed Farah
Review(s):
  • Hildebrandt, Gregory G. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War." Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 27.1 (Fall 2000): 160
  • Campbell, Jon. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War." Air & Space Power Journal 16.3 (Fall 2002): 118
  • Hadsel, Fred. "Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War." The Journal of Military History 64.2 (April 2000): 610
Read: March 2001

Silent warrior: the Marine sniper's Vietnam story continues

Author: Henderson, Charles

Title: Silent warrior: the Marine sniper's Vietnam story continues

Published: New York: Berkley Books, 2000

Description: xvi, 286 p. ; 24 cm.

Note: Companion book to: Marine sniper

Subject(s):
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Commando operations
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Biography
  • United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
  • Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
  • Hathcock, Carlos
Review(s):
  • "SILENT WARRIOR: The Marine Sniper's Story Continues." Publishers Weekly 247.38 (Sept 18, 2000): 102
Read: February 2001

Friday, October 27, 2006

Spreading the American dream: American economic and cultural expansion, 1890-1945

Author: Rosenberg, Emily S.

Title: Spreading the American dream: American economic and cultural expansion, 1890-1945

Published: New York: Hill and Wang, 1982

Description: xi, 258 p. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 235-250

Subject(s):
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- 1865-1921
  • United States -- Foreign economic relations

Review(s):

  • "Spreading the American dream." Library Journal 107 (May 1, 1982): 888
  • "Spreading The American Dream." Business History Review 56 (Autumn 1982): 444

Read: December 2000

The CIA in Guatemala: the foreign policy of intervention

Author: Immerman, Richard H.

Title: The CIA in Guatemala: the foreign policy of intervention

Published: Austin: University of Texas Press, 1982

Description: x, 291 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 259-277

Subject(s):
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Guatemala
  • Guatemala -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
Review(s):
  • Magil, A.B. "The CIA in Guatemala: the foreign policy of intervention." Science & Society 51.n2 (Summer 1987): 216
Read: November 2000

A rebel in Cuba: an American's memoir

Author: Macaulay, Neill

Title: A rebel in Cuba: an American's memoir

Published: Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1970

Description: 199 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Cuba -- History -- 1933-1959
  • Cuba -- History, Military
  • Macaulay, Neill
Read: November 2000

The sparrow and the hawk: Costa Rica and the United States during the rise of José Figueres

Author: Longley, Kyle

Title: The sparrow and the hawk: Costa Rica and the United States during the rise of José Figueres

Published: Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1997

Description: xiv, 239 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 211-231

Subject(s):
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Costa Rica
  • Costa Rica -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • Figueres Ferrer, José
Review(s):
  • Ameringer, Charles D. "The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States During the Rise of Jose Figueres." Hispanic American Historical Review 78.1 (Feb 1998): 147
  • Leonard, Thomas M. "The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States During the Rise of Jose Figueres." Journal of Latin American Studies 31.1 (Feb 1999): 221
  • Pach, Chester. "The Sparrow and the Hawk: Costa Rica and the United States During the Rise of Jose Figueres." Journal of American History 85.n1 (June 1998): 301
Read: November 2000

Thursday, October 26, 2006

The night watch

Author: Phillips, David Atlee

Title: The night watch

Published: New York: Atheneum, 1977

Description: 309 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Spies -- Biography
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Latin America
  • Latin America -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
  • Phillips, David Atlee

Read: October 2000

Bitter fruit: the story of the American coup in Guatemala

Author: Schlesinger, Stephen C.

Title: Bitter fruit: the story of the American coup in Guatemala

Published: Boston: Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, 1999

Description: xxviii, 331 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 304-316

Subject(s):
  • Guatemala -- History -- Revolution, 1954
  • Guatemala -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Guatemala
  • United Fruit Company
Review(s):
  • Dosal, P.J. "Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala, and: Secret History: The CIAs Classified Account of its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954." Hispanic American Historical Review 80.3 (August 1, 2000): 633
Read: October 2000

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Managing democracy in Central America: a case study: United States election supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933


Author: Dodd, Thomas J.

Title: Managing democracy in Central America: a case study: United States election supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933

Published: New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 1992

Description: v, 161 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Elections -- Nicaragua -- History -- 20th century
  • Election monitoring -- Nicaragua -- History -- 20th century
  • Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua -- History -- 20th century
  • Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1909-1937
Review(s):
  • Macaulay, Neill. "Managing Democracy in Central America: A Case Study of United States Election Supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933." Hispanic American Historical Review 73.n4 (Nov 1993): 730
  • Leonard, Thomas M. "Managing Democracy in Central America. A Case Study: United States Election Supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933." Americas: A Quarterly Review of Inter-American Cultural History 50.n4 (April 1994): 580
  • Adams, Jan S. "Managing Democracy in Central America: A Case Study: United States Election Supervision in Nicaragua, 1927-1933." Social Science Quarterly 75.n3 (Sept 1994): 700
Read: July 2000

In the shadow of the giant: the making of Mexico's Central America policy, 1876-1930

Author: Buchenau, Jürgen

Title: In the shadow of the giant: the making of Mexico’s Central America policy, 1876-1930

Published: Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1996

Description: xviii, 287 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 261-274

Subject(s):
  • Central America -- Foreign relations -- Mexico
  • Mexico -- Foreign relations -- Central America
  • Mexico -- Foreign relations -- 1867-1910
  • Mexico -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1946
  • Central America -- Foreign relations
  • United States -- Relations
Review(s):
  • Grieb, Kenneth J. "In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy, 1876/1930." The Historian 61.2 (Wntr 1999): 410
  • Spenser, Daniela. "In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central American Policy, 1876-1930." Hispanic American Historical Review 78.n2 (May 1998): 368
  • Langley, Lester D. "In the Shadow of the Giant: The Making of Mexico's Central America Policy, 1876-1930." American Historical Review 103.n2 (April 1998): 628
Read: July 2000

The things they carried: a work of fiction


Author: O'Brien, Tim

Title: The things they carried: a work of fiction

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 1991, 1990

Description: 273 p. ; 20 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Vietnamese War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction
Review(s):
  • Fox, Wade. "The Things They Carried." Whole Earth Review n86 (Fall 1995 n86): 58
  • Wesley, Marilyn. "Truth and fiction in Tim O'Brien's If I Die in a Combat Zone and The Things They Carried." College Literature 29.2 (Spring 2002): 1
Read: July 2000

Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam

Author: Donovan, David

Title: Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam

Published: New York: Ballantine Books, 1986, 1985

Description: viii, 339 p. ; 18 cm.

Subject(s):

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
  • Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
  • United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography
  • Donovan, David

Review(s):

  • Herring, George C. "Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam." Journal of American History 73 (June 1986): 152
  • "Once a warrior king: memories of an officer in Vietnam." Library Journal 110 (June 1, 1985): 121

Read: July 2000

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Fire from the mountain: the making of a Sandinista

Author: Cabezas, Omar

Title: Fire from the mountain: the making of a Sandinista

Published: New York: Crown, 1985

Description: xiii, 233 p. ; 22 cm.

Note: Translated by Kathleen Weaver

Subject(s):
  • Guerrillas -- Nicaragua -- Biography
  • Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional -- Biography
  • Cabezas, Omar
Review(s):
  • Legeay, Stephen P. "Fire from the mountain: the making of a Sandinista." Contemporary Sociology 16.n3 (May 1987): 352
Read: June 2000

Everybody had his own gringo: the CIA & the Contras

Author: Garvin, Glenn

Title: Everybody had his own gringo: the CIA & the Contras

Published: Washington, DC: Brassey's, 1992

Description: xvi, 288 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):
  • United States. Central Intelligence Agency
  • Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
  • Fuerza Democrática Nicaragüense
  • Counterrevolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- History
  • Counterrevolutions -- Nicaragua -- History
  • Military assistance, American -- Nicaragua
  • Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1979-1990
Review(s):
  • Rhodes, James A. "Everybody Had His Own Gringo: The CIA and the Contras." Library Journal 117.n5 (March 15, 1992): 106
Read: May 2000

Monday, October 23, 2006

The war of the end of the world

Author: Vargas Llosa, Mario

Title: The war of the end of the world

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 1997

Description: 568 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Translated by Helen R. Lane

Subject(s):

  • Brazil -- History -- Canudos Campaign, 1893-1897 -- Fiction

Review(s):

  • Hooper, Brad. "The War of the End of the World." Booklist 96.15 (April 1, 2000): 1443

Read: January 2000

Once a legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders

Author: Hoffman, Jon T.

Title: Once a legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders

Published: Novato: Presidio, 1994

Description: xvi, 434 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 417-427

Subject(s):
  • United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
  • Generals -- United States -- Biography
  • Edson, Merritt

Review(s):

  • "Once a legend: "Red Mike" Edson of the Marine Raiders." Publishers Weekly 241.n23 (June 6, 1994): 52

Read: December 1999

Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the contradictions of American military history

Author: Schmidt, Hans

Title: Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the contradictions of American military history

Published: Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1987

Description: x, 292 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 281-284

Subject(s):
  • Generals -- United States -- Biography
  • United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
  • Butler, Smedley D. (Smedley Darlington)
Review(s):
  • Millett, Allan R. "Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History." Journal of American History 75.n2 (Sept 1988): 661
  • Healy, David. "Maverick Marine: General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History." American Historical Review 94.n1 (Feb 1989): 228
Read: November 1999

Friday, October 20, 2006

Close encounters of empire: writing the cultural history of U.S.-Latin American relations

Title: Close encounters of empire: writing the cultural history of U.S.-Latin American relations

Published: Durham: Duke University Press, 1998

Description: xv, 575 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: Edited by Gilbert M. Joseph, Catherine C. LeGrand, and Ricardo D. Salvatore; with a foreword by Fernando Coronil

Subject(s):
  • Latin America -- Relations -- United States
  • United States -- Relations -- Latin America
  • Latin America -- Civilization -- American influences

Review(s):

  • Dwyer, John J. "Close Encounters of Empire: Writing the Cultural History of U.S.-Latin American Relations." The Historian 63.1 (Fall 2000): 152
  • Delpar, Helen. "INTER-AMERICAN RELATIONS AND ENCOUNTERS: Recent Directions in the Literature." Latin American Research Review 35.3 (Summer 2000): 155
  • Spenser, D. "Rural Revolt in Mexico: U.S. Intervention and the Domain of Subaltern Politics, and: Close Encounters of Empire: Writing the Cultural History of U.S.-Latin American Relations, and: The Dictator Next Door: The Good Neighbor Policy and the Trujillo Regime in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1945." Hispanic American Historical Review 80.1 (Feb 1, 2000): 146

Read: November 1999

The banana wars: an inner history of American empire, 1900-1934


Author: Langley, Lester D.

Title: The banana wars: an inner history of American empire, 1900-1934

Published: Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1983

Description: viii, 255 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 245-249

Subject(s):
  • Caribbean Area -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Caribbean Area
  • Caribbean Area -- Military relations -- United States
  • United States -- Military relations -- Caribbean Area
  • Caribbean Area -- History
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century
Review(s):
  • Glasgow, Roy Arthur. "The banana wars: an inner history of American empire, 1900-1934." Latin American Research Review 22.n1 (Jan 1987): 241
Read: October 1999

Inevitable revolutions: the United States in Central America

Author: LaFeber, Walter

Title: Inevitable revolutions: the United States in Central America

Published: New York: Norton, 1993

Description: xi, 452 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 413-419

Subject(s):
  • Revolutions -- Central America
  • Central America -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Central America

Review(s):

  • Langley, Lester D. "Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America." Political Science Quarterly 108.n4 (Winter 1993): 731

Read: October 1999

Thursday, October 19, 2006

Sandino: the testimony of a Nicaraguan patriot: 1921-1934

Title: Sandino: the testimony of a Nicaraguan patriot: 1921-1934

Published: Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1990

Description: xxii, 516 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): "Based on the expanded 1984 edition of Sandino’s writings assembled and edited by Sergio Ramírez and published in Managua in two volumes under the title El pensamiento vivo." Edited and translated, with an introduction and additional selections by Robert Edgar Conrad

Subject(s):
  • Revolutionaries -- Nicaragua -- Biography
  • Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1909-1937
  • Nicaragua -- History -- Revolution, 1926-1929
  • Sandino, Augusto César
Review(s):
  • Macaulay, Neill. "Sandino: The Testimony of a Nicaraguan Patriot, 1921-1934." Hispanic American Historical Review 71.n2 (May 1991): 397
  • Braun, Herbert. "Sandino: The Testimony of a Nicaraguan Patriot, 1921-1934." The Journal of Military History 56.n3 (July 1992): 514
Read: September 1999

Old man in a baseball cap: a memoir of World War II

Author: Rochlin, Fred

Title: Old man in a baseball cap: a memoir of World War II

Published: New York: HarperCollins, 1999

Description: xiii, 146 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):
  • United States. Air Force -- Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
  • Flight crews -- United States -- Biography
  • Rochlin, Fred
Review(s):
  • Bushnell, William D. "Old Man in a Baseball Cap." Library Journal 124.12 (July 1999): 106
Read: September 1999

A glimpse of hell: the explosion on the USS Iowa and its cover-up

Author: Thompson, Charles C.

Title: A glimpse of hell: the explosion on the USS Iowa and its cover-up

Published: New York: Norton, 1999

Description: 430 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 409-411

Subject(s):
  • Iowa (Ship)
  • United States. Navy
  • Marine accidents -- Investigation -- United States
Review(s):
  • Taylor, Gilbert. "A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up." Booklist 95.13 (March 1, 1999): 1136
  • "A Glimpse of Hell: The Explosion on the USS Iowa and Its Cover-Up." Publishers Weekly 246.9 (March 1, 1999): 53
Read: September 1999

The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

Author: Winchester, Simon

Title: The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary

Published: New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1998

Description: xi, 242 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 239-242

Subject(s):
  • Oxford English dictionary
  • United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans -- Biography
  • Psychiatric hospital patients -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • Encyclopedias and dictionaries -- History and criticism
  • New English dictionary on historical principles
  • Lexicographers -- Great Britain -- Biography
  • English language -- Lexicography
  • English language -- Etymology
  • Murray, James Augustus Henry, Sir, 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates
  • Minor, William Chester
Review(s):
  • Sawyer, Michael. "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary." Library Journal 123.n13 (August 1998): 114
  • Saxton, Matthew L. "The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary." Library Quarterly 70.2 (April 2000): 280
Read: August 1999

The Sandino affair

Author: Macaulay, Neill

Title: The Sandino affair

Published: Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1967

Description: 319 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 307-310

Subject(s):
  • United States. Marine Corps -- History
  • Nicaragua -- History -- 1909-1937
  • Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua
  • Sandino, Augusto César
Review(s):
  • "The Sandino Affair." Reference Services Review 16.4 (Annual 1988): 89
Read: August 1999

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Banana gold

Author: Beals, Carleton

Title: Banana gold

Published: Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott company, 1932

Description: 367 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Central America -- Description and travel
Read: July 1999

Dragonfly: NASA and the crisis aboard the MIR

Author: Burrough, Bryan

Title: Dragonfly: NASA and the crisis aboard MIR

Published: New York: HarperCollins, 1998

Description: 528 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Mir (Space station) -- Accidents
  • United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • Space vehicle accidents
  • Astronautics -- Government policy -- United States
Review(s):
  • Blackwell, Gordon. "Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir." Library Journal 124.15 (Sept 15, 1999): 131
  • "Dragonfly: NASA and the Crisis Aboard Mir." New Scientist 164 (Nov 20, 1999): 55
Read: July 1999

Dead center: a marine sniper's two-year odyssey in the Vietnam war

Author: Kugler, Ed

Title: Dead center: a marine sniper's two-year odyssey in the Vietnam war

Published: New York: Ivy Books, 1999

Description: 370 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.

Subject(s):

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Scouts and scouting
  • Snipers -- Vietnam
  • United States. Marine Corps. Marines, 4th
  • Kugler, Ed

Read: June 1999

Somoza and the legacy of U.S. involvement in Central America.

Author: Diederich, Bernard

Title: Somoza, and the legacy of U.S. involvement in Central America

Published: New York: Dutton, 1981

Description: ix, 352 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Presidents -- Nicaragua -- Biography
  • Nicaragua -- Politics and government -- 1937-1979
  • Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional
  • Somoza, Anastasio
Read: June 1999

Quijote on a burro; Sandino and the Marines, a study in the formulation of foreign policy

Author: Cummins, Lejeune

Title: Quijote on a burro; Sandino and the Marines, a study in the formulation of foreign policy

Published: México, 1958

Description: 206 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

  • United States -- Foreign relations -- Nicaragua
  • Nicaragua -- Foreign relations -- United States
  • United States. Marine Corps -- History
  • Sandino, Augusto César
Read: May 1999

Red thunder, tropic lightning: the world of a combat division in Vietnam

Author: Bergerud, Eric M.

Title: Red thunder, tropic lightning: the world of a combat division in Vietnam

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 1994

Description: xix, 328 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States
  • United States. Army

Review(s):

  • Root, John D. "Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning: The World of a Combat Division in Vietnam." Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 22.n3 (Spring 1996): 494
  • Appy, Christian. "Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning: The World of a Combat Division in Vietnam." Journal of American History 81.n2 (Sept 1994): 816

Read: May 1999

Blind man's bluff: the untold story of American submarine espionage

Author(s): Sontag, Sherry, Christopher Drew, and Annette Lawrence Drew

Title: Blind man’s bluff: the untold story of American submarine espionage

Published: New York: Public Affairs, 1998

Description: xvii, 352 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 293-329

Subject(s):
  • Military intelligence -- United States
  • Espionage, American
  • United States. Navy -- Submarine forces
Review(s):
  • Lynch III, Thomas F. "Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage." Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 26.1 (Fall 1999): 151
  • Polmar, Norman. "Blind Man's Bluff: The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 57.5 (Sept 2001): 66
Read: May 1999

Tuesday, October 17, 2006

The sack of Panamá: Sir Henry Morgan's adventures on the Spanish Main

Author: Earle, Peter

Title: The sack of Panamá: Sir Henry Morgan's adventures on the Spanish Main

Published: New York: Viking Press, 1982, 1981

Description: 304 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 267-274

Subject(s):
  • Privateering -- Caribbean Area
  • Panama (Panama) -- Destruction, 1671
  • Morgan, Henry, Sir
Review(s):
  • "The Sack of Panama." Spectator (Nov 21, 1981): 19
  • "The Sack of Panama." Library Journal 107 (March 1, 1982): 548
Read: March 1999

Judas at the Jockey Club and other episodes of Porfirian Mexico

Author: Beezley, William H.

Title: Judas at the Jockey Club and other episodes of Porfirian Mexico

Published: Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987

Description: x, 181 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 159-171

Subject(s):
  • Social classes -- Mexico
  • Mexico -- Social life and customs
  • Mexico -- History -- 1867-1910
  • Mexico -- Social conditions
  • Jockey Club (Mexico City, Mexico)
Review(s):
  • Hart, John Mason. "Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico." Journal of American Folklore 104.n412 (Spring 1991): 217
  • Mallon, Florencia E. "Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico." Latin American Research Review 26.n3 (Summer 1991): 247
  • Benjamin, Thomas. "Judas at the Jockey Club and Other Episodes of Porfirian Mexico." American Historical Review 93.n3 (June 1988): 807
Read: February 1999

Platoon leader

Author: McDonough, James R.

Title: Platoon leader

Published: Novato: Presidio, 1985

Description: vii, 195 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
  • Command of troops
  • Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
  • United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography
  • McDonough, James R.
Review(s):
  • Herring, George C. "Platoon leader." Journal of American History 73 (June 1986): 152
Read: January 1999

Target Ploesti: view from a bombsight

Author: Newby, Leroy W.

Title: Target Ploesti: view from a bombsight

Published: Novato: Presidio, 1983

Description: xv, 253 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 214

Note: Maps on lining papers

Subject(s):
  • United States. Air Force. Air Force, 15th -- Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
  • Ploesti, Battles of, Ploesti, Romania, 1943-1944
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Romania -- Ploesti
  • Bombardiers -- United States -- Biography
  • Newby, Leroy W.
Review(s):
  • "Target Ploesti." Library Journal (August 1983): 1476
Read: January 1999

Monday, October 16, 2006

Eaters of the dead: the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922

Author: Crichton, Michael

Title: Eaters of the dead: the manuscript of Ibn Fadlan relating his experiences with the Northmen in A.D. 922

Published: New York: Ballantine Books, 1988, 1976

Description: 193 p. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 191-193

Subject(s):
  • Northmen -- Fiction
  • Vikings -- Fiction
  • Beowulf -- Adaptations
  • Ibn Fadlan, Ahmad, fl. 922 -- Fiction
Read: December 1998

Hitler’s secret war in South America, 1939-1945: German military espionage and allied counterespionage in Brazil

Author: Hilton, Stanley E.

Title: Hitler’s secret war in South America, 1939-1945: German military espionage and allied counterespionage in Brazil

Published: Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1981

Description: 353 p. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 339-345

Subject(s):
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Brazil
  • Brazil -- History -- 1930-1945
  • Hitler, Adolf
Review(s):
  • Siehl, George H. "Hitler's secret war in South America, 1939-1945." Library Journal 106 (March 1, 1981): 556
  • Rodgers, Michael. "Hitler's Secret War in South America, 1939-1945." Library Journal 125.3 (Feb 15, 2000): 203
Read: December 1998

The reluctant metropolis: the politics of urban growth in Los Angeles

Author: Fulton, William B.

Title: The reluctant metropolis: the politics of urban growth in Los Angeles

Published: Point Arena: Solano Press Books, 1997

Description: viii, 395 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 377-380

Subject(s):
  • Urbanization -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- Case studies
  • Community development, Urban -- California -- Los Angeles Metropolitan Area -- Case studies
Review(s):
  • Langdon, Philip. "The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles." The American Enterprise 8.n6 (Nov-Dec 1997): 81
  • Peiser, Richard. "The Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles." Journal of the American Planning Association 64.n4 (Autumn 1998): 494
Read: December 1998

Varieties of fear: growing up Jewish under Nazism and communism

Author: Kenez, Peter

Title: Varieties of fear: growing up Jewish under Nazism and communism

Published: Washington, D.C.: American University Press, 1995

Description: xii, 214 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):
  • Jews -- Hungary -- Biography
  • Jews, Hungarian -- United States -- Biography
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Hungary -- Personal narratives
  • Hungary -- History -- Revolution, 1956 -- Personal narratives
  • Hungary -- Biography
  • United States -- Biography
  • Kenez, Peter -- Childhood and youth
Review(s):
  • Mesher, D. "Varieties of Fear: Growing Up Jewish Under Nazism and Communism." Judaism: A Quarterly Journal of Jewish Life and Thought 45.n2 (Spring 1996): 237
  • Woll, Josephine. "Varieties of Fear: Growing Up Jewish Under Nazism and Communism." The New Leader 78.n6 (July 17, 1995): 17
Read: October 1998

Courage and air warfare: the Allied aircrew experience in the Second World War

Author: Wells, Mark K.

Title: Courage and air warfare: the Allied aircrew experience in the Second World War

Published: Portland: F. Cass, 1995

Description: xiv, 240 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 214-233

Subject(s):

  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, British
  • World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
  • Flight crews -- Great Britain -- History
  • Flight crews -- United States -- History
  • Great Britain. Royal Air Force. -- History
  • United States. Air Force. -- History

Review(s):

  • Holley, I.B., Jr. "Courage and Air Warfare: The Allied Aircrew Experience in the Second World War." The Journal of Military History 60.n4 (Oct 1996): 793
  • Ferris, John R. "Courage and Air Warfare: The Allied Aircrew Experience in the Second World War." The International History Review 19.n1 (March 1998): 118

Read: September 1998