The impossible triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s

Author: Spenser, Daniela

Title: The impossible triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s

Published: Durham: Duke University Press, 1999

Description: xiv, 254 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 231-250

Subject(s):

• Mexico -- Foreign relations -- Soviet Union
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- Mexico
• Mexico -- Foreign relations -- 1910-1946
• Soviet Union -- Foreign relations -- 1917-1945
• Mexico -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Mexico

Review(s):

• BANTJES, ADRIAN A. "The Impossible Triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s." Journal of Latin American Studies 33.3 (August 2001): 625
• MAGID, ALVIN. "The Impossible Triangle: Mexico, Soviet Russia, and the United States in the 1920s." Perspectives on Political Science 28.4 (Fall 1999): 238

Read: June 14, 2003

On the natural history of destruction

Author: Sebald, W.G. (Winfried Georg)

Title: On the natural history of destruction

Published: New York: Random House, 2003

Description: x, 202 p. :ill. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography: p. 193-202

Note(s): Includes essays on Alfred Andersch, Jean Améry, and Peter Weiss. Translated by Anthea Bell

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Literature and the war
• German literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
• Bombing, Aerial -- Germany
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Destruction and pillage -- Germany

Review(s):

• Linker, Damon. "The wrong target? ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DESTRUCTION. By W. G. SEBALD. Translated by Anthea Bell. Random House. 202 pp. $23.95." First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (May 2003): 55
• Gimson, Andrew. "Looking--and looking away." Spectator 291.9106 (Feb 15, 2003): 37

Read: June 3, 2003

The Pueblo incident: a spy ship and the failure of American foreign policy

Author: Lerner, Mitchell B.

Title: The Pueblo incident: a spy ship and the failure of American foreign policy

Published: Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002

Description: xii, 320 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 297-308

Subject(s):

• Pueblo Incident, 1968

Review(s):

• Muir, Malcolm, Jr. "The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy." The Historian 66.2 (Summer 2004): 356
• Borer, Douglas A. "The Pueblo Incident: a Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy." Presidential Studies Quarterly 32.4 (Dec 2002): 824
• Brennock, Daniel J. "The Pueblo Incident: A Spy Ship and the Failure of American Foreign Policy." Naval War College Review 55.4 (Autumn 2002): 121

Read: June 2, 2003

Afternoon of the Rising Sun: the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Author: Friedman, Kenneth I.

Title: Afternoon of the Rising Sun: the Battle of Leyte Gulf

Published: Novato: Presidio, 2001

Description: xx, 414 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 402-404

Subject(s):

• Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21)
  

Read: May 30, 2003

The Republic of East L.A.: stories

Author: Rodríguez, Luis J.

Title: The Republic of East L.A.: stories

Published: New York: Rayo, 2002

Description: 239 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Hispanic Americans -- Fiction
• East Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Pearl, Nancy. "California, here I come.(Down to a Soundless Sea)(The Book of Dead Birds)(Aquaboogie: A Novel in Stories)(Hank and Chloe)(The Republic of East L.A.: Stories)(White Oleander)(Bone)." Library Journal 129.6 (April 1, 2004): 144

Read: May 25, 2003

Fair weather

Author: Matt, Joe

Title: Fair weather

Published: Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2002

Description: 116 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note: "The story presented here was originally serialized in issues seven through ten of Joe Matt's comic book series, Peepshow"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Cartoonists -- United States -- Biography
• Matt, Joe
  

Review(s):

• Raiteri, Steve. "Matt, Joe. Fair Weather." Library Journal 128.4 (March 1, 2003): 74

Read: May 23, 2003

Sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: new poems

Author: Bukowski, Charles

Title: Sifting through the madness for the word, the line, the way: new poems

Published: New York: Ecco, 2003

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

Note: Edited by John Martin

Review(s):

• Economou, George. "Charles Bukowski. Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way: New Poems." World Literature Today 78.3-4 (Sept-Dec 2004): 97
• Ratner, Rochelle. "Bukowski, Charles. Sifting Through the Madness for the Word the Line the Way: New Poems." Library Journal 128.1 (Jan 2003): 114

Read: May 10, 2003

Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883

Author: Winchester, Simon

Title: Krakatoa: the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883

Published: New York: Harper-Collins, 2003

Description: xvi, 416 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 385-396

Note: "Originally published in Great Britain in 2003 by Viking"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Krakatoa (Indonesia) -- History
• Volcanoes -- Indonesia -- History

Review(s):

• Marozzi, Justin. "The biggest bang in the world.(Krakatoa: The Day The World Exploded, August 27, 1883)." Spectator 292.9122 (June 7, 2003): 44
• "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, 27 August 1883." Contemporary Review 283.1655 (Dec 2003): 382

Read: May 7, 2003

Persepolis

Author: Satrapi, Marjane

Title: Persepolis

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2003

Description: 153 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Satrapi, Marjane-- Comic books, strips, etc
  

Review(s):

• Raiteri, Steve. "* Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis: the Story of a Childhood." Library Journal 128.8 (May 1, 2003): 99

Read: April 30, 2003

Jarhead: a Marine's chronicle of the Gulf War and other battles

Author: Swofford, Anthony

Title: Jarhead: a Marine's chronicle of the Gulf War and other battles

Published: New York: Scribner, 2003

Description: 260 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Personal narratives, American
• United States. Marine Corps
• Swofford, Anthony

Review(s):

• Mirsky, Jonathan. "What it's really like.(Jarhead: A Marine Chronicle of the Gulf War." Spectator 291.9111 (March 22, 2003): 38
• Burgess, Edwin B. "Swofford, Anthony. Jarhead: a Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles." Library Journal 128.1 (Jan 2003): 126

Read: April 29, 2003

The devil in the white city: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America

Author: Larson, Erik

Title: The devil in the white city: murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America

Published: New York: Crown Publishers, 2003

Description: xi, 447 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Serial murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
• Serial murders -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Case studies
• Architects -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
• World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
• Chicago World's Fair (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)
• Chicago (Ill.) -- History -- 19th century
• Mudgett, Herman W.
• Burnham, Daniel Hudson

Review(s):

• Collins, Rachel. "Larson, Erik. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America." Library Journal 128.1 (Jan 2003): 133

Read: April 28, 2003

A time to die: the untold story of the Kursk tragedy

Author: Moore, Robert

Title: A time to die: the untold story of the Kursk tragedy

Published: New York: Crown Publishers, 2002

Description: 271 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Submarine disasters -- Russia (Federation)
• Submarine disasters -- Barents Sea
• Kursk (Submarine)
• Russia (Federation). Voenno-Morskoi Flot -- Submarine forces

Review(s):

• Chuen, Cristina. "Beneath the waves." Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists 59.3 (May-June 2003): 71

Read: April 10, 2003

A terrible thunder: the story of the New Orleans sniper

Author: Hernon, Peter

Title: A terrible thunder: the story of the New Orleans sniper

Published: New Orleans: Garrett County Press, 2001, 1978

Description: 284 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Note: Originally published: Garden City: Doubleday, 1978

Subject(s):

• Murder -- Louisiana -- New Orleans
• Police -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Violence against
• Essex, Mark

Review(s):

• Rogers, Michael. "Hernon, Peter. A Terrible Thunder: the Story of the New Orleans Sniper." Library Journal 127.9 (May 15, 2002): 131

Read: March 26, 2003

Flood!: a novel in pictures

Author: Drooker, Eric

Title: Flood!: a novel in pictures

Published: Milwaukie: Dark Horse Maverick, 2002

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject(s):

• Survival in art
• Graphic novels
• Drooker, Eric -- Psychology

Review(s):

• "Flood! A Novel in Pictures." Library Journal 118.n5 (March 15, 1993): 47

Read: March 23, 2003

Agent 146: the true story of a Nazi spy in America

Author: Gimpel, Erich

Title: Agent 146: the true story of a Nazi spy in America

Published: New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2003, 1957

Description: ix, 274 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- Germany
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States
• Espionage, German -- United States -- History -- 20th century
• Spies -- Germany -- Biography
• Gimpel, Erich

Review(s):

• Morris, Elizabeth. "Gimpel, Erich. Agent 146: the True Story of a Nazi Spy in America." Library Journal 127.20 (Dec 2002): 148

Read: March 23, 2003

The book of five rings

Author: Miyamoto, Musashi

Title: The book of five rings

Published: Boston: Shambhala, 1994

Description: xx, 161 p. ; 12 cm.

Note: Translated by Thomas F. Cleary

Subject(s):

• Military art and science -- Early works to 1800
• Swordplay -- Japan -- Early works to 1800

Review(s):

• Masuchika, Glenn. "The Book of Five Rings." Library Journal 118.n4 (March 1, 1993): 83

Read: March 8, 2003

When living was a labor camp

Author: García, Diana

Title: When living was a labor camp

Published: Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2000

Description: xiv, 102 p. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• Mexican Americans -- Poetry
• Mexican American women -- Poetry
• Children of migrant laborers -- Poetry

Review(s):

• "WHEN LIVING WAS A LABOR CAMP." Publishers Weekly 247.44 (Oct 30, 2000): 73

Read: March 5, 2003

In the wake of the butcher: Cleveland's torso murders

Author: Badal, James Jessen

Title: In the wake of the butcher: Cleveland's torso murders

Published: Kent: Kent State University Press, 2001

Description: xii, 255 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• Serial murders -- Ohio -- Cleveland
• Homicide investigation -- Ohio -- Cleveland
• Ness, Eliot

Review(s):

• Sawyer, Michael. "In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders." Library Journal 126.12 (July 2001): 109

Read: February 28, 2003

In the wake of the plague: the Black Death and the world it made

Author: Cantor, Norman F.

Title: In the wake of the plague: the Black Death and the world it made

Published: New York: Free Press, 2001

Description: 245 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 221-230

Subject(s):

• Black Death -- History

Review(s):

• Forgeng, Jeffrey L. "In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made." The Historian 65.2 (Winter 2002): 493
• Andrews, Robert J. "In the Wake of the Plague: The Black Death and the World It Made." Library Journal 126.7 (April 15, 2001): 114

Read: February 6, 2003

The ballad of sexual dependency

Author(s): Goldin, Nan...[et al.]

Title: The ballad of sexual dependency

Published: New York: Aperture, 1996, 1986

Description: 147 p. :ill. ; 24 x 26 cm.

Subject(s):

• Portrait photography
• Photography, Erotic

Review(s):

• Kozoloff, Max. "The ballad of sexual dependency." Art in America 75.n11 (Nov 1987): 38

Read: February 4, 2003

Mirror, window: an Artbabe collection

Author: Abel, Jessica

Title: Mirror, window: an Artbabe collection

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2000

Description: 117 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Note: "Mirror, window collects the for issues Artbabe series (volume 2) originally published by Fantagraphics Books, August 1998-April 1999"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Youth -- Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• "MIRROR, WINDOW: An Artbabe Collection." Publishers Weekly 249.2 (Jan 8, 2001): 49

Read: January 26, 2003

Fugues

Author: Alegría, Claribel

Title: Fugues

Published: Willimantic: Curbstone Press, 1993

Description: 143 p. ; 22 cm.

Note: Translated by D.J. Flakoll

Subject(s):

• Alegría, Claribel -- Translations into English

Review(s):

• "Fugues." Booklist 95.5 (Nov 1, 1998): 483

Read: January 24, 2003

Lone wolf and cub

Author(s): Koike, Kazuo and Goseki Kojima

Title: Lone wolf and cub

Published: Milwaukie: Dark Horse Comics, 2000-

Description: v. <1-28> :ill. ; 16 cm.

Contents:

• vol. 1 The assassin's road
• vol. 2 The gateless barrier
• vol. 3 The flute of the fallen tiger
• vol. 4 The bell warden
• vol. 5 Black wind
• vol. 6 Lanterns for the dead
• vol. 7 Cloud dragon, wind tiger
• vol. 8 Chains of death
• vol. 9 Echo of the assassin
• vol. 10 Hostage child
• vol. 11 Talisman of Hades
• vol. 12 Shattered stones
• vol. 13 The moon in the east, the sun in the west
• vol. 14 Day of the demons
• vol. 15 Brothers of the grass
• vol. 16 Gateway into winter
• vol. 17 The will of the fang
• vol. 18 Twilight of the Kurokuwa
• vol. 19 The moon in our hearts
• vol. 20 A taste of poison
• vol. 21 Fragrance of death
• vol. 22 Heaven and Earth
• vol. 23 Tears of ice
• vol. 24 In these small hands
• vol. 25 Perhaps in death
• vol. 26 Struggle in the dark
• vol. 27 Battle's eve
• vol. 28 The lotus throne

Subject(s):

• Samurai -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- Japan -- Translations into English

Review(s):

• Raiteri, Steve. "* Koike, Kazuo & Goseki Kojima. Lone Wolf and Cub. Vol. 22: Heaven and Earth.(and other volumes)." Library Journal 128.1 (Jan 2003): 84

Read:

• vol. 1 (January 17, 2003)
• vol. 2 (January 18, 2003)
• vol. 3 (June 18, 2003)
• vol. 4 (June 18, 2003)
• vol. 5 (September 15, 2003)
• vol. 6 (September 15, 2003)
• vol. 7 (September 15, 2003)
• vol. 8 (September 24, 2003)
• vol. 9 (October 3, 2003)
• vol. 10 (October 23, 2003)
• vol. 11 (October 31, 2003)
• vol. 12 (October 31, 2003)
• vol. 13 (October 31, 2003
• vol. 14 (October 31, 2003)
• vol. 15 (October 31, 2003)
• vol. 16 (January 25, 2004)
• vol. 17 (January 25, 2004)
• vol. 18 (January 25, 2004)
• vol. 19 (January 25, 2004)
• vol. 20 (January 27, 2004)
• vol. 21 (February 8, 2004)
• vol. 22 (February 8, 2004)
• vol. 23 (February 8, 2004)
• vol. 24 (February 10, 2004)
• vol. 25 (February 10, 2004)
• vol. 26 (March 14, 2004)
• vol. 27 (March 14, 2004)
• vol. 28 (March 14, 2004)

Summer blonde: four stories

Author: Tomine, Adrian

Title: Summer blonde: four stories

Published: Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2002

Description: 132 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Note: Stories originally published in issues 5-8, of Adrian Tomine’s comic book series, Optic nerve

Subject(s):

• Young adults -- Attitudes -- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Raiteri, Steve. "Tomine, Adrian. Summer Blonde." Library Journal 128.1 (Jan 2003): 85

Read: January 12, 2003

Sleepwalk and other stories

Author: Tomine, Adrian

Title: Sleepwalk and other stories

Published: Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2002, 1998

Description: 102 p. :ill. ; 27 cm.

Note: "The stories presented here were originally published in issues one through four of Adrian Tomine’s comic book series Optic Nerve"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• City and town life -- Fiction

Review(s):

• "Sleepwalk and Other Stories." Library Journal 127.2 (Feb 1, 2002): 58

Read: January 11, 2003

The butcher's tale: murder and anti-Semitism in a German town

Author: Smith, Helmut Walser

Title: The butcher's tale: murder and anti-Semitism in a German town

Published: New York: W.W. Norton, 2002

Description: 270 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 253-260

Subject(s):

• Antisemitism -- Germany -- Könitz
• Blood accusation -- Germany -- Könitz
• Trials (Murder) -- Germany -- Könitz
• Könitz (Germany) -- Ethnic relations

Review(s):

• Chickering, Roger. "The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town." Shofar 22.4 (Summer 2004): 136
• Russo, Michael F. "The Butcher's Tale: Murder and Anti-Semitism in a German Town." Library Journal 127.12 (July 2002): 99

Read: January 10, 2003

The tree house

Author(s): Liddell, John, Graham Moss, and Kathy Whalen

Title: The tree house

Published: Oldham, England: Incline Press, 2000

Description: 1 v. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Note(s): Limited edition of 200 copies ; numbered and signed by John Liddell, Graham Moss and Kathy Whalen./ "This book was conceived and cut in lino by John Liddell get the printing started on Zerkall paper using the Autovic press. Graham finished printing the book with help from Kathy Whalen ..."--Colophon./ "Thirty-two two-color cuts. Lino printed cover paper, another of the artist's designs, layered over boards ..."--Prospectus./ Issued in slipcase

Subject(s):

• Artists' books
• Linoleum block-printing

Read: January 9, 2003

Soundtrack: short stories 1989-1996

Author: Abel, Jessica

Title: Soundtrack: short stories 1989-1996

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2001

Description: 110 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject(s):

• Women -- Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Youth -- Conduct of life -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Flagg, Gordon. "Soundtrack: Short Stories 1990-1996." Booklist 98.1 (Sept 1, 2001): 30

Read: January 3, 2003

Fernando Pessoa & Co.: selected poems

Author:Pessoa, Fernando

Title: Fernando Pessoa & Co.: selected poems

Published: New York: Grove Press, 1998

Description: xiv, 290 p. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 289-290

Note: Edited and translated by Richard Zenith

Subject(s):

• Pessoa, Fernando, 1888-1935 -- Translations into English

Review(s):

• BERGMAN, DAVID. "Poets of Iberia.(review of 4 books)." The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide 8.5 (Sept 2001): 37

Read: December 2002

The art of war: the Denma translation

Author: Sunzi

Title: The art of war: the Denma translation

Published: Boston: Shambhala, 2002

Description: 292 p. ; 18 cm.

Note: Translated by the Denma Translation Group

Subject(s):

• Military art and science -- Early works to 1800
• Sunzi, 6th cent. B.C. Sunzi bing fa

Review(s):

• Woodhouse, Mark. "The Art of War: A New Translation." Library Journal 126.6 (April 1, 2001): 106

Read: December 2002

Berlin: city of stones: book one

Author: Lutes, Jason

Title: Berlin: city of stones: book one

Published: Montreal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2001

Description: 210 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Note: " ... originally serialized in the comic book Berlin, in issues 1 through 8"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Graphic novels
• Berlin (Germany) -- Social life and customs -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Nadel, Daniel. "CITY ON THE BRINK.(Jason Lutes: Berlin: City of Stones)." Print 55.3 (May 2001): 17
• "BERLIN: City of Stones." Publishers Weekly 248.43 (Oct 22, 2001): 56

Read: December 2002

Lucky

Author: Sebold, Alice

Title: Lucky

Published: New York: Scribner, 1999

Description: 254 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• Rape victims -- United States -- Case studies
• Trials (Rape) -- United States -- Case studies
• Sebold, Alice

Review(s):

• Dunham, Janice. "Lucky." Library Journal 124.11 (June 15, 1999): 92
• FitzHerbert, Claudia. "Two bites at the cherry.(Lucky)(The Lovely Bones)." Spectator 292.9124 (June 21, 2003): 65

Read: December 2002

The power and the glory

Author: Greene, Graham

Title: The power and the glory

Published: New York: Penguin Books, 1991, 1940

Description: xii, 221 p. ; 20 cm.

Note: Originally published: Great Britain: Heinemann, 1940

Subject(s):

• Anti-clericalism -- Fiction
• Catholics -- Fiction
• Clergy -- Fiction
• Mexico -- Fiction

Read: December 2002

Ghost world

Author: Clowes, Daniel

Title: Ghost world

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2002

Description: 80 p. :ill. ; 26 cm.

Subject(s):

• Teenage girls -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels

Read: November 2002

The seven sins of memory: how the mind forgets and remembers

Author: Schacter, Daniel L.

Title: The seven sins of memory: how the mind forgets and remembers

Published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001

Description: x, 272 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 230-257

Subject(s):

• Memory disorders
• Memory
• Recollection (Psychology)
• Memory -- physiology
• Memory Disorders

Review(s):

• HINES, TERENCE. "How Memory Doesn't Work Perfectly.(The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers)." Skeptical Inquirer 25.6 (Nov-Dec 2001): 60
• Bartolini, Laurie. "The Seven Sins of Memory: How the Mind Forgets and Remembers." Library Journal 126.6 (April 1, 2001): 130

Read: November 2002

Jimmy Corrigan: the smartest kid on earth

Author: Ware, Chris

Title: Jimmy Corrigan: the smartest kid on earth

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2000

Description: 380 p. :ill. ; 18 x 21 cm.

Note: Book jacket bound separately as supplement

Subject(s):

• Problem families -- Fiction

Review(s):

• Weiner, Stephen. "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth." Library Journal 125.19 (Nov 15, 2000): 64
• Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth." The Virginia Quarterly Review 77 (Winter 2001): 23

Read: November 2002

The savage wars of peace: small wars and the rise of American power

Author: Boot, Max

Title: The savage wars of peace: small wars and the rise of American power

Published: New York: Basic Books, 2002

Description: xx, 428 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject(s):

• Low-intensity conflicts (Military science) -- United States
• Intervention (International law)
• United States -- History, Military
• United States -- Armed Forces -- Foreign countries
• United States -- Foreign relations -- Public opinion

Review(s):

• Bacevich, Andrew J. "Small wars, big plans." First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life (August-Sept 2002): 74
• Bickel, Keith B. "The Savage Wars of Peace: Small Wars and the Rise of American Power." The Journal of Military History 66.4 (Oct 2002): 1260-1261
• Kagan, Frederick W. "No more Vietnams." Commentary 113.5 (May 2002): 82

Read: October 2002

Caricature

Author: Clowes, Daniel

Title: Caricature

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics, 2002, 1999

Description: 101 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject(s):

• Comic books, strips, etc. -- United states
• Caricatures and cartoons
• Graphic novels

Review(s):

• Weiner, Stephen. "Caricature: Nine Stories." Library Journal 124.5 (March 15, 1999): 74

Read: October 2002

Palestine

Author: Sacco, Joe

Title: Palestine

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphic Books, 2002

Description: vi, 285 p. :ill. ; 28 cm.

Note: " ... a major success in its original two-volume collection. Palestine has now finally been released in a new one-volume format, with a new foreword by Edward W. Said"

Subject(s):

• Gaza Strip -- Race relations -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Jewish-Arab relations -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Arab-Israeli conflict -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Middle East -- Politics and government -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Palestinian Arabs -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Israel -- Politics and government -- Comic books, strips, etc

Review(s):

• Doughty, Dick. "Palestine: A Nation Occupied." Journal of Palestine Studies 27.n2 (Wntr 1998): 99

Read: October 2002

A rumor of war

Author: Caputo, Philip

Title: A rumor of war

Published: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977

Description: xix, 346 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Marine Corps -- Biography
• Caputo, Philip

Read: October 2002

Passionate journey: a novel told in 165 woodcuts

Author: Masereel, Frans

Title: Passionate journey: a novel told in 165 woodcuts

Published: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1988, 1957

Description: 194 p. :ill. ; 16 cm.

Note: Originally published: München: List, 1957 ; London: Redstone, 1987

Subject(s):

• Masereel, Frans

Review(s):

• Kaganoff, Penny. "Passionate Journey: A Novel Told in 165 Woodcuts." Publishers Weekly 235.n5 (Feb 3, 1989): 105

Read: September 2002

Into the green: a reconnaissance by fire

Author: McDonald, Cherokee Paul

Title: Into the green: a reconnaissance by fire

Published: New York: Plume, 2001

Description: xii, 255 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject(s):

• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Reconnaissance operations, American
• McDonald, Cherokee Paul

Review(s):

• Vallely, John R. "Into the Green: A Reconnaissance by Fire." Library Journal 126.11 (June 15, 2001): 86

Read: September 2002

Chesty: the story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC

Author: Hoffman, Jon T.

Title: Chesty: the story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC

Published: New York: Random House, 2002, 2001

Description: xxii, 629 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 607-612

Subject(s):

• Generals -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Marine Corps -- Officers -- Biography
• Puller, Chesty

Review(s):

• Kingseed, Cole C. "Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC." Naval War College Review 55.1 (Wntr 2002): 158
• Urwin, Gregory J.W. "Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC." The Journal of Military History 66.4 (Oct 2002): 1181-1182
• Edwards, John C. "Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMCR." Library Journal 126.10 (June 1, 2001): 174

Read: August 2002

Another river, another town: a teenage tank gunner comes of age in combat, 1945

Author: Irwin, John P.

Title: Another river, another town: a teenage tank gunner comes of age in combat, 1945

Published: New York: Random House, 2002

Description: viii, 176 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Germany
• Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Tank warfare
• Irwin, John P.

Review(s):

• "Memoirs, biographies." Library Journal 127.4 (March 1, 2002): S18

Read: August 2002

An intimate history of killing: face-to-face killing in twentieth-century warfare

Author: Bourke, Joanna

Title: An intimate history of killing: face-to-face killing in twentieth-century warfare

Published: New York: Basic Books, 1999

Description: xxiii, 509 p., :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 365-499

Subject(s):

• Psychology, Military
• Combat -- Psychological aspects
• Homicide -- Psychological aspects
• War -- History -- 20th century
• World War, 1914-1918
• World War, 1939-1945
• Vietnam War, 1961-1975
• Psychology, Military
• Violence -- psychology
• War -- history

Review(s):

• Reid, Brian Holden. "An Intimate History of Killing." History Today 49.6 (June 1999): 53
• Weldon Whalen, Robert. "An Intimate History of Killing: Face-to-Face Killing in Twentieth-Century Warfare." American Historical Review 105.4 (Oct 2000): 1271

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David Boring

Author: Clowes, Daniel

Title: David Boring

Published: New York: Pantheon Books, 2000

Description: 116 p. :ill. ; 27 cm.

Subject(s):

• Caricatures and cartoons

Review(s):

• Sullivan, James. "David Boring." Book (Jan 2001): 66
• "DAVID BORING." Publishers Weekly 247.36 (Sept 4, 2000): 86
• Flagg, Gordon. "David Boring." Booklist 97.6 (Nov 15, 2000): 598

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Jar of fools

Author: Lutes, Jason

Title: Jar of fools

Published: Montreal: Drawn and Quarterly, 2001

Description: 142 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Note(s): "First published in 1994 by Penny Dreadful Press; First complete edition published in 1997 by Black Eye Books"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Magicians -- Fiction
• Alcoholics -- Fiction
• Graphic novels

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Understanding comics: the invisible art

Author: McCloud, Scott

Title: Understanding comics: the invisible art

Published: New York: HarperPerennial, 1994, 1993

Description: 215, :ill. ; 26 cm.

Bibliography: p. 216

Subject(s):

• Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism
• Cartooning -- Technique
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- Illustrations

Review(s):

• Donnelly, James. "Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art." Whole Earth Review n81 (Winter 1993 n81): 112
• Manning, Alan D. "Scott McCloud: Understanding comics: The invisible art." IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication 41.n1 (March 1998): 66

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Downfall: the end of the Imperial Japanese Empire

Author: Frank, Richard B.

Title: Downfall: the end of the Imperial Japanese Empire

Published: New York: Penguin, 2001, 1999

Description: 484 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 445-459

Note: Winner of Harry S. Truman Book Award, 2000

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• B-29 bomber
• Japan -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
• Japan -- History -- 1926-1945

Review(s):

• Falk, Stanley L. "DOWNFALL: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire." The Journal of Military History 64.2 (April 2000): 592
• Levine, Steven I. "Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empire." Library Journal 124.15 (Sept 15, 1999): 95

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