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No Time For Fear summons the voices of more than 100 women who served as nurses overseas during World War II, letting them tell their story as no one else can. Fessler has meticulously compiled and transcribed more than 200 interviews with American military nurses of the Army, Army Air Force, and Navy who were present in all theaters of WWII. Their stories bring to life horrific tales of illness and hardship, blinding blizzards, and near starvation-all faced with courage, tenacity, and even good humor. This unique oral-history collection makes available to readers an important counterpoint to the seemingly endless discussions of strategy, planning, and troop movement that often characterize discussions of the Second World War.
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An Excellent Resource.......2006-11-05
The voice of women veterans is one too seldom heard. Now, with WWII veterans dying at a rate of over 1,000 per day, those voices will all too soon become silent. WWII was the first time women joined the military, and they encountered prejudice and hardships every step of the way. The nurses who served in the military witnessed horrors that many of the men encountered, but with much less preparation and little resource for healing after the war. All but forgotten for the roles they performed, this book brings to light their stories as they can only be told- by the women veterans themselves. Much of the information is rarely found in available books, and "No Time for Fear" is an excellent resource for that information- particularly on the women who served aboard hospital ships and those who were taken as prisoners of war. The personal accounts tell stories of war as well as stories of the lighter side of day-to-day living that was the human side of life as a nurse in the military.
An excellent overall account of WWII military nursing, and one that will likely encourage the reader to delve deeper into our nation's history of female veterans.
No Time for Fear.......2006-03-26
This is a wonderful look at the dedication, work and hardships of the nurses of World War II. Some of their stories have never been told and it was hard for me to put the book down. Their work was demanding, difficult and exausting but the book also tells about the fun and even some romance. Many were killed and captured. Women in combat is not a 21st century idea!
Unsung Heros of WW II - Interesting Real Stories of Nurses.......1998-01-30
This book is excellent to get a real feel of what being a World War II Nurse was like. The book shares the best and worse times experienced by Nurses from around the world during very difficult days of War. I have attended signing parties and the experience and warmth is outstanding. A must read book for all World War II history readers who want to understand the real heros just doing their jobs of saving lives.
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Our thinking is inhabited by images-images of sometimes curious and overwhelming power. The mushroom cloud, weird rays that can transform the flesh, the twilight world following a nuclear war, the white city of the future, the brilliant but mad scientist who plots to destroy the world-all these images and more relate to nuclear energy, but that is not their only common bond. Decades before the first atom bomb exploded, a web of symbols with surprising linkages was fully formed in the public mind. The strange kinship of these symbols can be traced back, not only to medieval symbolism, but still deeper into experiences common to all of us.
This is a disturbing book: it shows that much of what we believe about nuclear energy is not based on facts, but on a complex tangle of imagery suffused with emotions and rooted in the distant past. Nuclear Fear is the first work to explore all the symbolism attached to nuclear bombs, and to civilian nuclear energy as well, employing the powerful tools of history as well as findings from psychology, sociology, and even anthropology. The story runs from the turn of the century to the present day, following the scientists and journalists, the filmmakers and novelists, the officials and politicians of many nations who shaped the way people think about nuclear devices. The author, a historian who also holds a Ph.D. in physics, has been able to separate genuine scientific knowledge about nuclear energy and radiation from the luxuriant mythology that obscures them. In revealing the history of nuclear imagery, Weart conveys the hopeful message that once we understand how this imagery has secretly influenced history and our own thinking, we can move on to a clearer view of the choices that confront our civilization.
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A fascinating, even-handed account.......2005-05-25
Weart's Nuclear Fear offers a history of nuclear energy viewed through the lens of popular mythology, discussing how images, fears, and fantasies as old as humanity have shaped both public and expert perceptions of the atomic age. The history of nuclear energy is charged with strongly-held convictions and value-laden analyses. Amid this conflagration, it's reassuring to find an account that not only approaches the issue from a unique and fascinating perspective, but does so in an even-handed way. Weart delivers on both these counts, staying the course of reasoned analyses, dispassionate as can be demanded of any account which must necessarily dive elbow deep into the discussion of subjective human values.
I have a specific fascination with representations of nuclear technology in popular culture. In that capacity this book is everything I could have hoped for in a secondary source. Nuclear history has precious few scholarly discussions of the avenues by which such a powerful psychological image is manifested in a wider cultural context, and as a definitive account, one could ask for no better than Weart's.
This book's only shortcoming is one for which the author can't be blamed: the publication date. The end of the Cold War and the fall of the Soviet Union add yet another dimension to the discussion. Nuclear fear is alive and well today; and it has no doubt taken some interesting twists and turns since the late 80s.
This is a must-read for any student of nuclear energy or weaponry, if only because if offers such a fresh perspective. The histories of the subject's political and scientific components are well-explored, but Weart makes a compelling case that these avenues are by no means exhaustive.
Pro-Fission Electricity Global Environmentalists Must Read!.......2000-06-04
The French say "electricite de la fission," fission electricity! Never say "nuclear power" again! Spencer explains how that political phrase commands a veritable anti-fission electric inquistion in the US. The Evil "Environmental" Inquistion in the US was opposed on this issue by all the countries at the 1997 U.N. global warming conference in Kyoto, Japan. Network with me, Joady Guthrie at jguthrie@lmi.net, San Francisoco, California, to overthrow the Environmental Establishment in the US today; you and I can win this war on warming together. - JG
Brilliant. Original. Very scarry. A must........1996-02-05
If you are like me, you have a pile of books that you keep
meaning to get around to, and, due to time constraints,
rarely do. This book is the exception-read it now. It is
quite possibly one of the most original books of this past
quarter century. Weart is the first historian I know of who
directs his attention to the pervasiveness of nuclear
imagery in our lives. If you ever did the 'under your desks
dears, an atom bomb might be coming' drill in grade school.
you need to read this. If you have kids, you must read
this. Not an easy book, but all the more rewarding.
Very powerful stuff, indeed.
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Freedom from Fear: A Complete Guide to Personal Safety for Women
Karen Armstrong
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Braving the Fear: The True Story of Rowdy US Marines in the Gulf War
Douglas Foster
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I didn't know war could be fun...let's ask the dead children........2006-08-12
This books proves that our children are brainwashed to fight in this losing war. A war I did not want. A war of lies, and about money for the oil boys in the white house. In the book, the Marines move along like they are having a good time preparing to kill people. I mean, is this how Marines really are? Do Marines really like having to fight? I didn't know Marines had thoughts...let alone, thinking and then going into the enemy barking and howling and waving at the enemy to bring it on. I am now afraid of the ROWDY men who defend my freedom. If the world is really like this, then it was a very good-very informative book, and I am living in the dark...happily.
I enjoyed it.......2006-08-01
Great book. I saw several typs in the book. I would say that was a publisher issue and not a reflection on the story. It was great. I loved the little guy they abused for fun while "training him to be a nobody." He was the real underdog amongst such well trained. I did not like the language being of common foul but, it fits the attitudes.
Overall, a good book to read. Just hide it from the teenagers. I did. It will make them want to join. My boy is about the right age to get ideas. Thanks.
Tanya
Wow.......2006-07-27
I'm not sure what else to say but WOW. I bought this book expecting it to be like most other "war stories" but this one was completely different, it didn't have the depressing side of war but the humorous side! I would recommend this book to others!
Bravo!.......2006-07-27
Wonderful writing! With all of the personal experience written into the book, I felt like I was a part of the action and their with the troops! It's nice to know that even in the face of danger, our troops continue to keep their sense of humor and show that humanity can still override the bad in this world! This book helps show the how in the time of crisis how our troops can still be themselves, it makes me proud of all of our troops!
A must have book!.......2006-07-27
This book had me laughing so hard I was crying! It's nice to have a new perspective on the "typical" war type of book, this isn't a book that talks about the worst side of war, but the funny side of how troops have dealt with the pressures of war. I would highly recommend this book to any avid war story book collector, it's a must have for any collection!
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Fear & Reality!: A Vietnam War Diary
Latrell Bellard
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FEAR & REALITY. . . A Vietnam War Diary
The first person account of a U.S. Army Combat Military Policeman's experiences in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam from 1966 until 1967. The account of a struggle to implement the combined U. S. Military/ South Vietnamese Pacification Program while enforcing the Military Code of Conduct. Serving with units of the 101st Airborne and the 1st Cavalry Division of the US Army, the author found himself, at times, deep in the enemy territory. It is a story about the daily exertion required to survive the hostile jungle environment, punctuated by short bursts of intense fear, exhilaration, and death. The author experiences first hand the up-close and personal combat of guerrilla war.
It is also a story of a real test of faith and the search for understanding. The author displays vivid raw emotions as they occurred and which will never be forgotten.
A walk in reality to be enjoyed by everyone who wants to know what kind of war it was, and a chance to relate for my fellow veterans.
From the Author
I dedicate this recounting to all my brothers who served in Vietnam and did a job that seemed as thankless as any in our history as a Nation. It is offered as a rebuttal to all the popular novels depicting the American solider as a dishonorable lot. The truth is almost 3,000,000 men and women served in the Vietnam War and the vast overwhelming majority served their country honorably.
Latrell Bellard
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Courage Without Fear
Lieutenant Colonel David G. Britten
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Courage without Fear: The Story of the Grand Rapids Guard recounts the long history and traditions of one of Michigan
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Fear and Defence (Ettore Majorana International Life Science Series)
P. F. Brain
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This book is ideal for anyone who would like to read about the lives of some of the most remarkable physicists born since the second half of the seventeenth century. Each of the fifty-five physicists profiled have made important contributions to physics, through their ideas and teaching, or in other ways. The biographies are arranged chronologically by the physicists' dates of birth, so that, when read in sequence, they convey how physics developed over time. However, the book emphasizes their varied life stories, not the details of their achievements. Ioan James is Professor at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. He is the author of Remarkable Mathematicians (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and Topological and Uniform Spaces (Springer-Verlag, 1999).
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Only on physicists' life and almost none on their achievement!!!.......2007-05-08
Of course I understand that Ioan James's intention of writing this book is to give us a more " human " aspect about the physicists and not a work on the theory of physics. I fully agree. However he should at least state
at least very briefly about the achievement of the great physicist!! Take for an example, in describing Ampere, he does not even mention about the Ampere's law!!! I think at least in describing various physicists, he should at least state briefly about what contribution of those hysicists. Just on sentence about the equation of the laws would make this book far more interesting! Otherwise, just mention the date of birth, when the phyicist went to univerisity, when he married, when he died etc. I would ask, then what make this physicists worthy of a brief biography and separae them from just an ordinary people?????????????????
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Bridging Southern Cultures: An Interdisciplinary Approach (Southern Literary Studies)
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These essays by some of the South's leading historians, anthropologists, literary critics, musicologists, and folklorists provide a multicultural, interdisciplinary panorama of past and contemporary southern society. Using the best of current scholarship, Bridging Southern Cultures demonstrates the new energies revitalizing southern studies. By spanning the chasms of race, gender, class, academic disciplines, art forms, and "high" and popular culture, this exciting collection reaches aspects of southern heritage that previous approaches have obscured for too long.
Virtually every dimension of southern identity receives attention here. William Andrews, Thadious Davis, and Ywone Edwards-Ingram explore, respectively, the interstices of life writing, race and region, and the growth of African American archaeology in the South. Sue Bridwell Beckham peruses the role of gender in the creation of Depression-era post office murals. Richard Mewgraw looks at the influence of region in defining innovative art forms, specifically Newcomb pottery developed at Tulane University. Joyce Marie Jackson sings the praises of black quartets as a high achievement in both black and southern popular cultures. Bertram Wyatt-Brown offers a startling reading of Faulkner in a meditation on art, alienation, and alcohol that speaks to the tangled history of southern modernism. Daniel C. Littlefield, Henry Shapiro, and Charles Reagan Wilson provide important assessments of Africanisms in southern culture, the trajectory of Appalachian studies, and the blessing and burden that southern culture bestows. John Shelton Reed probes the humorous and awkward aspects of the South's midlife crisis. John Lowe shows how the myth of the biracial southern family complicated the development of plantation school narratives for both white and black writers.
Showcasing the thought of preeminent southern intellectuals, Bridging Southern Cultures is a heady mix of observations that draw new lines of connection between eras, groups, races, and subregions. It is a timely assessment of the state of southern studies as it enters a new century.
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Author: Farrell O'Gorman
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Date: August 1, 2006
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