Tag Archives: United States
Pacific Air by David Sears
Popular history at its best … an excellent job of writing about the American effort to defeat Japan during World War II in an easy-to-read format. Continue reading
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Tagged David Sears, History, Japan, non-fiction, Pacific War, United States, World War II
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Quick Takes: American Grace
I found this to be a fascinating and informative look at religious life in America. Continue reading
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Tagged Christian right, David E. Campbell, non-fiction, Politics, polling, Religion, Robert D. Putnam, sociology, United States
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Al Qaeda and What It Means to Be Modern by John Gray
I am not sure you really read a book like this for policy prescriptions or fine tuned philosophical analysis. Instead, you want to have Gray get on his soap box and rant; which he does in interesting and entertaining fashion. Continue reading
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Tagged Al Qaeda, John Gray, non-fiction, Osama bin Laden, political philosophy, September 11 attacks, United States
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Martin Luther King Jr.: A Life by Marshall Frady
History is indeed messy, and prophets and heroes are rarely simple, but in the hands of skilled writers and thinkers this only makes the past more interesting. Or at least to me. Continue reading