American samurai: myth, imagination, and the conduct of battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951

Author: Cameron, Craig M.

Title: American samurai: myth, imagination, and the conduct of battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951

Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994

Description: xiii, 297 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 273-284

Note: Based on the author’s thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1990

Subject(s):

• War -- Psychological aspects
• War -- Mythology
• United States. Marine Corps

Review(s):

• Marling, Karal Ann. "American Samurai: Myth, Imagination, and the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951." Reviews in American History 22.n3 (Sept 1994): 502
• Gudmundsson, Bruce I. "American Samurai: Myth, Imagination, and the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951." The Journal of Military History 59.n1 (Jan 1995): 171
• Bailey, Beth. "American Samurai: Myth, Imagination, and the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951." American Historical Review 100.n2 (April 1995): 607

Read: September 1998

A maverick war: Chennault and the Flying Tigers

Author: Schultz, Duane P.

Title: A maverick war: Chennault and the Flying Tigers

Published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1987

Description: 335 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 324-327

Subject(s):

• United States. Army Air Forces Air Force, 14th -- History
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• Chennault, Claire Lee

Review(s):

• Lane, Mel D. "The maverick war: Chennault and the Flying Tigers." Library Journal 112 (June 1, 1987): 112

Read: August 1998

The battle of Leyte Gulf: the greatest naval battle in history, the dramatic full history, 23-26 October, 1944

Author: Cutler, Thomas J.

Title: The battle of Leyte Gulf: the greatest naval battle in history, the dramatic full history, 23-26 October, 1944

Published: New York: Pocket Books, 1994, 1996

Description: xix, 395 p. :ill. ; 18 cm.

Bibliography: p. 361-376

Note: Previously published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1994

Subject(s):

• Leyte Gulf, Battle of, Philippines, 1944
• Philippine Sea, Battle of the, 1944 (June 19-21)
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations
  

Review(s):

• Adams, Phoebe-Lou. "The Battle of Leyte Gulf." The Atlantic Monthly 274.n3 (Sept 1994): 113

Read: August 1998

Mayhem was our business = Memorias de un veterano

Author: Ulibarrí, Sabine R.

Title: Mayhem was our business = Memorias de un veterano

Published: Tempe: Bilingual Press, 1997

Description: 115 p. ; 22 cm.

Note: English and Spanish in parallel translation

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• Air pilots, Military -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Army Air Forces -- Biography
• Ulibarrí, Sabine R.

Read: July 1998

Endangered Mexico: an environment on the edge

Author: Simon, Joel

Title: Endangered Mexico: an environnment on the edge

Published: San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1997

Description: x, 275 p. :ill ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 263-265

Subject(s):

• Environmental degradation -- Mexico
• Environmental policy -- Mexico

Review(s):

• Camp, Roderic A. "Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge." Library Journal 122.n4 (March 1, 1997): 99
• Gerrard, John. "Endangered Mexico: An Environment on the Edge." Geography 84.4 (Oct 1999): 371

Read: February 1998

Desperados: Latin drug lords, U.S. lawmen, and the war America can’t win

Author: Shannon, Elaine

Title: Desperados: Latin drug lords, U.S. lawmen, and the war America can’t win

Published: New York: Viking, 1988

Description: xx, 499 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 455-483

Subject(s):

• Drug control -- United States -- Case studies
• Drug enforcement agents -- United States -- Case studies
• Drug abuse and crime -- Case studies
• Drug control -- Mexico -- Case studies

Review(s):

• Berkowitz, Bruce D. "Desperados: Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can't Win." ORBIS 33.n4 (Fall 1989): 608
• Waters, Sally G. "Desperados: Latin Drug Lords, U.S. Lawmen, and the War America Can't Win." Library Journal 113.n19 (Nov 15, 1988): 80

Read: February 1998

Dead men do tell tales: the strange and fascinating cases of a forensic anthropologist

Author: Maples, William R. and Michael Browning

Title: Dead men do tell tales: the strange and fascinating cases of a forensic anthropologist

Published: New York: Doubleday, 1995, 1994

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

Subject(s):

• Anthropologists -- United States -- Biography
• Forensic anthropology -- United States -- Case studies
• Forensic Anthropology -- United States -- Case Reports
• Maples, William R.

Review(s):

• Dead Men Do Tell Tales: The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist, William R. Maples and Michael Browning. Review Author[s]: Phillip L. Walker, The Lancet, Vol. 345, No. 8960. (May 20, 1995), pp. 1292

Read: November 1997

The scars of war

Author: McManners, Hugh

Title: The scars of war

Published: London: HarperCollins, 1994, 1993

Description: 430 p. :ill. ; 20 cm.

Bibliography: p. 417-422

Subject(s):

• War -- Psychological aspects
• War neuroses
• War wounds

Review(s):

• The Scars of War, Hugh McManners. New Statesman & Society Vol. 6. (Apr., 23, 1993), pp. 40

Read: October 1997

Touched with fire: the land war in the South Pacific

Author: Bergerud, Eric M.

Title: Touched with fire: the land war in the South Pacific

Published: New York: Viking, 1996

Description: xxii, 566 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 533-542

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Oceania
• Oceania -- History, Military

Review(s):

• Touched with Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific, Eric M. Bergerud. Review Author[s]: William L. O'Neill, The New Leader, Vol. 79, No. 5. (Aug., 12, 1996), pp. 16

Read: October 1997

Fire this time: the Watts Uprising and the 1960s

Author: Horne, Gerald

Title: Fire this time: the Watts Uprising and the 1960s

Published: Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995

Description: 443 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: p. 367-421

Subject(s):

• Watts Riot, Los Angeles, Calif., 1965
• African Americans -- Civil rights -- California -- Los Angeles
• Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Race relations

Review(s):

• The American Academy of Political and Social Science The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science, January, 1997, 549 Annals 202, 581 words, BOOK DEPARTMENT: SOCIOLOGY: HORNE, GERALD. The Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s., HERMAN GRAY, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s, Gerald Horne. Review Author[s]: Fred R. Harris, The Journal of American History, Vol. 83, No. 3. (Dec., 1996), pp. 1092

Read: September 1997

Motel of the mysteries

Author: Macaulay, David

Title: Motel of the mysteries

Published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1979

Description: 95 p. :ill. ; 29 cm.

Subject(s):

• Civilization, Modern -- 1950- -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc
• North America -- Antiquities -- Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc

Read: September 1997

Searching for memory: the brain, the mind, and the past

Author: Schacter, Daniel L.

Title: Searching for memory: the brain, the mind, and the past

Published: New York: BasicBooks, 1996

Description: xiii, 398 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 350-385

Subject(s):

• Memory
• Recollection (Psychology)
• Memory disorders

Review(s):

• Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind, and the Past, Daniel L. Schacter. Review Author[s]: Alan A. Stone, American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 154, No.6. (Jun., 1997), pp. 875
• Searching for Memory: The Brain, the Mind, and the Past, Daniel L. Schacter. Review Author[s]: Larry R. Squire, Nature Vol. 382, No. 6591. (Aug., 8, 1996), pp. 503

Read: August 1997

A sniper in the Tower: the Charles Whitman murders

Author: Lavergne, Gary M.

Title: A sniper in the Tower: the Charles Whitman murders

Published: Denton: University of North Texas Press, 1997

Description: xiii, 324 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• Mass murderers -- Texas -- Austin -- Biography
• Mass murder -- Texas -- Austin
• Whitman, Charles Joseph

Review(s):

• A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders, Gary M. Lavergne. Review Author[s]: John H. Slate. Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Vol. 101, No. 3. (Jan., 1998), pp. 396
• A Sniper in the Tower: The Charles Whitman Murders, Gary M. Lavergne. Review Author[s]: Lewis L. Gould. The Journal of American History, Vol. 84, No. 3. (Dec., 1997), p. 1150

Read: July 1997

The killing season: a summer inside an LAPD homicide division

Author: Corwin, Miles

Title: The killing season: a summer inside an LAPD homicide division

Published: New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997

Description: 336 p. :ill. ; 25 cm.

Bibliography: p. 333-336

Subject(s):

• Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept -- Case studies
• Homicide investigation -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies
• Detectives -- California -- Los Angeles -- Case studies

Review(s):

• The Killing Season: A Summer Inside an LAPD Homicide Division, Miles Corwin. Review Author[s]: Gregor A. Preston, Library Journal, Vol. 122, No. 7. (Apr., 15, 1997), pp. 98

Read: June 1997

The Bermuda Triangle mystery--solved

Author: Kusche, Larry

Title: The Bermuda Triangle mystery--solved

Published: Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1986

Description: xvi, 302 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Bibliography: p. 279-294

Subject(s):

• Bermuda Triangle

Review(s):

• The Bermuda Triangle Mystery Solved, Larry Kusche. Review Author[s]: C. Dana Densmore, American Scientist, Vol. 84, No. 2. (Mar-Apr 1996), pp. 189

Read: May 1997

Whoever fights monsters

Author(s): Ressler, Robert K. and Tom Shachtman

Title: Whoever fights monsters

Published: New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993, 1992

Description: ix, 289 p. :ill. ; 17 cm.

Subject(s):

• Homicide -- United States
• Serial murders -- United States

Review(s):

• "WHOEVER FIGHTS MONSTERS. . . ": A Brilliant FBI Detective's Career-long War Against Serial Killers, Kirkus Reviews, NON-FICTION, 321 words, 0-312-07883-8, Ressler, Robert K. & Tom Shachtman
• EX-FBI AGENT SURVEYS DEADLY LANDSCAPE OF THE SERIAL-KILLER MIND, Information Bank Abstracts, PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, July 19, 1992, Sunday, Section F; Page 4, Column 1, 17 words, BY JEFF GAMMAGE

Read: April 1997

My life of absurdity: the later years: the autobiography of Chester Himes

Author: Himes, Chester B.

Title: My life of absurdity: the later years: the autobiography of Chester Himes

Published: New York: Paragon House, 1990

Description: 391 p. :ill. ; 23 cm.

Note: Originally published: The autobiography of Chester Himes. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972-1976. v. 2

Subject(s):

• Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
• African Americans -- Social life and customs
• Himes, Chester B.

Review(s):

• The Chester Himes Mystique, Review Author[s]: Gwendoline L. Roget, African American Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, Fiction Issue. (Autumn, 1992), pp. 521-523

Read: April 1997

The quality of hurt: the early years: the autobiography of Chester Himes

Author: Himes, Chester B.

Title: The quality of hurt: the early years: the autobiography of Chester Himes

Published: New York: Paragon House, 1990

Description: 351 p. ; 23 cm.

Note: Originally published: The autobiography of Chester Himes. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972-1976. vol.1

Subject(s):

• African American novelists -- 20th century -- Biography
• African Americans -- Social life and customs
• Himes, Chester B.

Review(s):

• The Chester Himes Mystique, Review Author[s]: Gwendoline L. Roget, African American Review, Vol. 26, No. 3, Fiction Issue. (Autumn, 1992), pp. 521-523

Read: March 1997

Ordinary men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland

Author: Browning, Christopher R.

Title: Ordinary men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the final solution in Poland

Published: New York: HarperCollins, 1992

Description: xxii, 231 p. :ill. ; 22 cm.

Bibliography: p. 193-218

Subject(s):

• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, German
• War criminals -- Germany
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities
• Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Reservepolizeibataillon 101

Review(s):

• ORDINARY MEN: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, Kirkus Reviews, NON-FICTION, 343 words, 0-06-019013-2, Browning, Christopher R.
• Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland, Christopher R. Browning. Review Author[s]: H. A. Turner, The Journal of Modern History, Vol. 67, No. 1. (Mar., 1995), pp. 238-240

Read: February 1997

Crossing the line: a bluejacket’s World War II odyssey

Author: Kernan, Alvin B.

Title: Crossing the line: a bluejacket’s World War II odyssey

Published: Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1994

Description: xiv, 173 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject(s):

• World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American
• Sailors -- United States -- Biography
• United States. Navy -- Biography
• Kernan, Alvin B.

Review(s):

• Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's World War II Odyssey, Alvin B. Kernan. Review Author[s]: Roland Green, Booklist, Vol. 91, No. 3. (Oct., 1, 1994), pp. 234
• Crossing the Line: A Bluejacket's World War II Odyssey, Alvin B. Kernan. Publishers Weekly, Vol. 241, No. 40. (Oct., 3, 1994), pp. 60

Read: January 1997