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A moving and inspirational account of the author's life, from the jungles of Cambodia to the streets of California. A moving account of survival in the face of genocide and personal hardships. It is the story of a child hidden in the jungle by her father and who escapes to become a young orphan and refugee on the streets of America.
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Amazing!.......2007-07-05
This book is an amazing account of the Khmer Rouge, detailed and specific, and yet heart felt and dramatic. A must read for everyone.
Amazing!.......2007-03-29
I've met Oni and after reading this book, I have this whole different view of her. Not only was her story tragic, but motivating and heroic! I applied her story to some aspects in my life and it has helped. This book is a must read. Not only do you experience one person's struggle in the Khmer Rouge genocide, but you gain knowledge of an event that we should all be aware of, and Oni tells of this event in great and vivid detail that will leave one asking themselves what they can do to help change the world.
A book well worth reading, (Composer/Songwriter/Entertainer.......2007-03-27
Oni is an amazing surviver.....The struggles she encountered along the way are almost incomprensible. The only explanation I can see for her defying all odds of 6 near death experiences is divine intervention. Her book reveals her courage,faith,and wisdom. Onnce you open up this book, you will want to read it cover to cover.
Great Job Oni!
It's not enough........2007-01-26
Not only do I love Oni but I love her story and what she has to say. The only problem is this is not all that she has to say. She is an amazing and vibrant spirit and this book definitely does not summarize that. How can you compact someone's life story of survival in so many different ways into less than 200 pages? I enjoy reading autobiographies and I believe that if she was given more of a chance to speak out her true words and not the words of the editor then this could definitely be another Falling Leaves, if not even better. Oni if you are reading this I suggest that you tell the world your whole story and not just bits and segments. You have had so much more going on and this book only seems like an outline to the truth. Do not let readers take your words for granted! This is not a fairytale, it is real. Not enough is being said, so please republish the book because a beautiful soul like you has not only much more to offer in person but on paper as well.
Authentic in thoughts, words, and deeds. .......2006-09-04
Oni's story does not merely focus on the tragedies and sorrows of conflict and genocide, but of constant strength to the soul to surpass such atrocities. Indeed, the story does seem unreal when one cannot empathize, yet it is true because those events occurred personally in her life and her writing is candid. Moreover, she looks beyond her personal struggles and reaches out to the Khmer community. She is an excellent representative of her people. This is evident in her Organization and ideals in increasing the well being of her people. Her endurance transcends normal understanding because her story is a miracle.
One of my favorite lines is "the most important lesson I learned throughout the hardships I faced in this: You always have a choice in how you deal with the aftermath of an experience..." (169). Oni has chosen a path that will continue benefiting and increasing awareness of the Khmer people's plight for peace, prosperity and liberty.
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Only useful if you don't want to watch an episode.......2006-01-04
I don't understand the previous two reviewers. Most of the text consists of a precis of what happens in each episode. If you've just watched the episode you get either nothing from the text or if you're lucky a single extra piece of information.
These additional bits of information are not worth buying the book for.
Interesting read for a fan of the show.......2005-08-03
If your a fan of The Westwing and don't have all the time in the world to cruise the web for every minor detail about the show or individual episodes, then this would be a good book for you. It has alot of minor trivia that you would not neccesarily know as a casual fan.
Covers first three seasons and a portion of the fourth.......2004-08-24
Topping wrote excellent episode guides to "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," a series which I like for the same reason I like "West Wing": I am willing to overlook unrealistic, inconsistent plots to enjoy the witty dialogue.
I zeroed in on Topping's treatment of "Dead Irish Writers," the worst episode of the series. Topping accurately points out that the whole Donna-is-suddenly-Canadian plotline is ridiculous on many levels, and how unbelievable it is that the "English" (British?) ambassador would make rude comments to the President about the First Lady's body. However, the low point of the book is Topping's asinine rant about how the Northern Ireland conflict is solely about national loyalties and has nothing to do with religion. Nothing to do with religion?!
Topping, a Brit, gives four to six pages for each episode, focussing on logical flaws, memorable lines, actors' prior roles, and oddball categories such as "Oh, Donna!" Overall, the author's insights compared unfavorably to those in his "Buffy" books, but it is still the best hard-copy episode guide on the market. The "revised and updated" 2004 edition covers the first three seasons plus the first seven episodes of the fourth season.
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"Evelyn Schlatter takes the reader on a dark journey through one of the most disturbing features of the nation's historical and contemporary cultural landscape."
—David Wrobel, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, author of
Promised Lands and
The End of American Exceptionalism
During the last third of the twentieth century, white supremacists moved, both literally and in the collective imagination, from midnight rides through Mississippi to broadband-wired cabins in Montana. But while rural Montana may be on the geographical fringe of the country, white supremacist groups were not pushed there, and they are far from "fringe elements" of society, as many Americans would like to believe. Evelyn Schlatter's startling analysis describes how many of the new white supremacist groups in the West have co-opted the region's mythology and environment based on longstanding beliefs about American character and Manifest Destiny to shape an organic, home-grown movement.
Dissatisfied with the urbanized, culturally progressive coasts, disenfranchised by affirmative action and immigration, white supremacists have found new hope in the old ideal of the West as a land of opportunity waiting to be settled by self-reliant traditional families. Some even envision the region as a potential white homeland. Groups such as Aryan Nations, The Order, and Posse Comitatus use controversial issues such as affirmative action, anti-Semitism, immigration, and religion to create sympathy for their extremist views among mainstream whites—while offering a "solution" in the popular conception of the West as a place of freedom, opportunity, and escape from modern society.
Aryan Cowboys exposes the exclusionist message of this "American" ideal, while documenting its dangerous appeal.
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The Executive Branch has undergone vast and dramatic changes over the past fifty years. The development, coordination, and articulation of policy is no longer in the Cabinet, but has now become centered in the White House and in its large and energetic staff.
How large is that staff? Much larger than the seventy-five people who work in the West Wing, or the ninety-six who staff the Executive Residence. In fact, there are one hundred twenty-five separately identifiable offices in the total White House staff community (above and beyond the Executive Office)-employing nearly 5,700 men and women. Shrouded in anonymity, protected by executive privilege, and lacking legal or constitutional authority of their own, White House staff members shape, focus, and amplify the presidential power. Yet the public has almost no perception of the staff's complexity or size. Why has the staff become so central-and so large? How is it organized and what do those one hundred twenty-five offices actually do? In this sequel to his critically praised 1988 book, Ring of Power, veteran White House staff member Bradley Patterson takes us inside the closely guarded turf of the White House to reveal the pressures, the frustrations, and the exultation of White House service. In a straightforward narrative free of both partisan and personal agendas, Patterson provides an encyclopedic description of the contemporary White House staff and its operations: Fully describes the twenty-two principal White House staff offices, including those of the First Lady, the Vice President, and (for the first time) the Vice President's spouse Portrays the dozens of hidden, but essential, White House support units-such as the Military Office, the Executive Clerk, the Presidential Diarist-about which the public is completely unaware For the first time in presidential literature, lays out an accounting of the total budget of the modern White House Patterson' s new book will be an indispensable blueprint for the next Chief Executive and incoming staff, and it will be eye-opening reading for students of the presidency and for anyone who has ever wondered: what really goes on behind those gates? Praise for Ring of Power: "Should be required reading for anyone serving in the next administration.... Patterson's book offers a catalogue of updated institutional memory to the bright-eyed aides who will be rushing into the West Wing of the White House in January." -The New York Times
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Great View from Inside!.......2006-07-26
Excellent view of the complete White House staff from people who have roamed the halls of perhaps the most famous building in Washington.
Great White House reference.......2003-01-08
"The White House Staff: Inside the West Wing and Beyond" serves as a wonderful organizational guide of the White House, principally describing the responsibilities of the major policy offices and how the senior personnel discharges these responsibilities. In doing this, author Bradley Patterson makes his major argument that policy implementation and coordination is being drawn away from line departments and centralized in the White House.
From national security advisor to press secretary, Patterson does a great job describing in detail what each position does. Patterson divides the book into four parts. The first part, a short two chapters, tries to position the reader atop the "White House gates" by showing the overall organization and how post-war presidents have all strengthened power in the White House. The second part takes up the bulk of the book, as Patterson goes into detail about the "not-so-bashful bureaucracy" and explores each position and office. Part three is one short chapter about the professional staff of the White House, including information on Air Force One, Camp David, the Secret Service, and more. This chapter is quite interesting. The final part of the book is spent looking to the future of White House service.
In the end, this book is a thorough description of what goes on in the White House. It is a long read, and I do not recommend reading it in one sitting (unless you are about to work in the White House!). Instead, this book is a great way to read about the broad organization of the White House (part 1). The reader can then explore the offices or position that he is interested in. This is perhaps the most beneficial quality of the book - it is organized in such a way to allow the reader to jump around from topic to topic. "The White House Staff" in effect is the "Dummies guide" to the White House and serves as awesome reference material.
An Insider's View of the White House Office.......2002-12-26
This book was informative, engaging and very revealing. Patterson systematically unveils the various departments and duties of the little recognized White House Office. Although it is a long read, the knowledge gleaned from this book is practical and valuable.
You Will Get A Lot of Use Out of This Book.......2002-04-19
The reference book that makes it all comes together. Ok so the book does not really bill its self as a dull reference book but it has all the info needed to understand who does what in the White House. The book is anything but dull, the author has broken down the different departments within the White House and explains each of them in just a wonderful, easy to understand manner. In order to stay away from just a dull listing of the tasks the author drops in interesting facts and stories from the last few administrations that bring extra meaning and understanding to the explanations.
A good, well-written book that will help the reader understand who does what in the White House.
A great book for the politically minded.......2001-09-19
I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants to find out what its really like to serve as a member of the White House staff as opposed to what may be portrayed on television. This book reveals that most staffers are hardly the fast-quipping, terminally righteous characters from The West Wing but are instead human beings attempting, like all of us, to do the best job possible and all the more admirable for it.
Anyway, this is one of the most detailed examinations of the Presidential staff that I've ever read. Each chapter is dedicated to a different part of the White House staff and basically gives a detailed job description which makes clear their sometimes murky duties. Even such often-ignored folks like the White House kitchen staff get notice of their own. Overall, one comes away with a real appreciation for the hundreds of individuals who contribute to keeping this country moving forward. Also filled with anecdotes (many of which I hadn't come across before), this book should definitely be of interest to anyone who follows politics.
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A chilling journey into the networks of right-wing radicals at home and abroad, Into a World of Hate unravels the shocking story behind the growth of white nationalist extremism through the lives of its true believers.
Award-winning investigative reporter Nick Ryan spent six frightening years talking to neo-nazis, skinheads, and white supremacists from the U.S. to London to terrorist cells in Scandinavia and Europe, gaining unparalleled insight into what drives these groups.
In bars and backstreets, Ryan got to know the pale faces of the boy-next-door killers, barely men, burning with frustration, needing belief, prepared to act--loners and zealots like Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh. Ryan spoke to people who loved their children, worked nine to five and thought of themselves as respectable citizens, yet subscribed to organizations bent on creating a self-contained nationalist homeland where only white Christians are welcome. Sometimes in fear for his life, he interviewed some of the topmen running the biggest hate organizations in the world.
A disturbing work of investigative journalism at its best, Into a World of Hate gives us a fearless and troubling look into a tribal world of maleness, hate and violence.
Visit Nick Ryan's website at: http://www.nickryan.net
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racists are sooo scary.......2006-10-13
I found this book interesting but quite distasteful. The "journalist" is so biased its laughable. As western communities crumle and become more disfunctional white people will have to wake up and face some unpleasant truths. We owe this to ourselves and our children! The multi culti morass we find ourselves in is a terrible failure and we need to wake up and fix this problem. Weak men like Ryan are a product of 30 odd years of marxist, feel good, sappy politics.
It's personal.......2006-02-27
This book is a great read. OK, fair enough, this isn't the one you want if you're looking for a book with academic analysis of the far-right; it's too anecdotal, too personal. But it's pretty clear from the get-go that a stuffy but fair academic treatise is not what the author intends. He intends to provide a personal account of his journey through the far right, which of course is going to be pretty anecdotal. And in this he succeeds. There's lots to shake your head at, both in the sense of dismay and also disbelief; plenty to get riled up about and also the occasional chortle (choking in your throat a bit). Whatever you get out of this, you won't regret having spent the time reading it.
A really interesting read.......2005-11-15
An interesting and well written book. Many thanks to the author Nick Ryan - this vivid account of his experience with the far right took me right out of my comfort zone. Thank you!
a justified comparison to Orwell.......2005-04-14
Nick Ryan HOMELAND tells the story of an epic journey across Europe and the United States, in the underground world of right wing extremism. This was a concealed world until September 11 and its tidal wave of nationalism gave it the impetus to emerge with a new strength.
Ryan's journey starts in London where he meets members of secretive right wing extremist groups such as Combat 18 (18 because of the position of Adolph Hitler's initials in the alphabet). These small size groups are nonetheless powerful and thrive on fear and violence. They are often associated with football and a music scene that conveys their ideology and which provide them with an important source of income.
In this universe, the British National Party is the clean and presentable face of a movement whose roots dive deeper into the Nation and the Western World. At the heart of these movements, Ryan meets up with your "white next-door neighbour", usually a single young man who is looking for simple answers to the questions of life and identity.
Lost in a world whose values and customs are increasingly varied and entangled, our white supremacist is looking for moral guidance and a sense to give to his life. He is in need of beliefs, craving to belong to a community.
Ryan's first chapters are not an easy read mainly because he decided to blend narratives and dialogues. However, this helps us remembering that we are here facing real individuals and not imaginary monsters. Pass the first sixty pages and the journey kicks off. Ryan meets more and more people involved in the dark side of the western civilisation and starts to earn their trust. This long and painful process (both professionally and personally) will open many doors that would have remained closed to many lounge-investigators.
Nick Ryan will ultimately be introduced to some of the white supremacists "thinkers". They are recluse or outsiders but can also be very public figures such as Pat Buchanan who entered the US presidential election. Ryan describes how they feel ignored by the politics, their voice unheard and their feeling of being powerless. Therefore, it becomes a sense of duty to protect the white race, to act even if this means violence because the political system and the society do not offer any other choice. Ryan's interlocutors define their way as being outside conventional politics and the old concept of Right and Left. This is a way which concern is to save the White race endangered by other "lower cultures".
During this journey Ryan is crossing from one world to another and is undergoing a maturation process. He will sometimes become friend with the people he meets and interviews and realise that it is not all black and white even in a White world.
By the end of his odyssey, Ryan is back to where the right wing movements are the most developed, East Germany. Shouldn't that be extremely worrying that these extremists' movements are booming and thriving in the country that invented and put into action the principle of National Socialism?
Ryan's writing is both informative and emotionally powerful. This is not an essay on nationalism or white supremacist movement but a personal journey, a document, a piece that can be used to expose the real driving force behind racism and nationalism.
One of the many merits of Ryan's book is that it provides a useful resource to understand these extremist's beliefs and respond to them. It is an edifying piece of work about a rising phenomenon becoming more and more acceptable and a different approach prompting a justified comparison to Orwell's journey to Wigan.
An important and prescient book.......2004-12-20
Nick Ryan has written an excellent book that will one day be recognised for its prescience. Courting a web of extremists, he travels in search of explanations for the often sordid and pathetic reality of race haters. There are some truly frightening revelations here: about the 'comradeship' networks of modern Germany, the tortured Christian fundamentalist in Arkansas, the links to the suave Pat Buchanan, the brutality of Combat 18 leader Charlie Sargent. Homeland is an important book, ahead of its time, worthy of comparison with the reportage of Orwell and Paul Theroux at their best.
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A Perfect Snow
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"Chuck and Travis painted Nazi swastikas and 'Kill Kikes' in large dripping orange letters across the front of the house. Then they turned to me. 'Let her rip, Campbell,' Chuck said.... I opened fire and felt the exploding power of each bullet as it left the gun. No one could be stronger than I was at that moment."
Ben Campbell, 17, is angry. Angry at having to live in a broken-down trailer park. Angry that his unemployed dad isn't a respected ranch boss any more. Angry at having to defend his exasperating younger brother, David. Most of all, angry at the rich kids at school who seem to get away with everything. Only when he's out with Chuck and Travis, burning a Jew lawyer's car or shooting up a synagogue, does he feel powerful and in control again.
It was his dad who got them all going to the meetings of the Guardians of the Identity, where Lonn explained how all their troubles were because of the Jews and the blacks and the homosexuals, and how they had to keep those people from moving into their little Montana town. Ben knows that isn't right, but still, he needs to feel that power. But when he falls in love with Eden Taylor he knows he wants to move beyond Lonn's ideas, and when David gets involved in his place, Ben realizes he must take a stand. This taut, intense, first YA novel by newcomer Nora Martin is as bracing as the Montana snow that blankets the story. (Ages 12 and older) --Patty Campbell
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A Junior Library Guild Selection
A Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award
A CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Book
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A Close to Perfect Story.......2003-03-07
Powerful and fast-paced, Nora Martin's "A Perfect Snow" documents a season in the life of 17-year old Benjamin Campbell. After Ben's dad loses his ranching job, the family is forced to move into a dilapidated trailer where they are trying to adjust to their new lives. For Ben, who has always been a popular football player and clearly the favorite son, this adjustment is an uneasy one that results in a gripping coming of age story. Meanwhile, his brother, David, who has always been on the sidelines, eventually finds life in rural Montana the easiest it's ever been for him. Just a few months into the school year, and already fed up with being treated like second-class citizens, the boys discover Lodgette's dark side. Ben quickly becomes immersed in the hate-filled subculture and encourages his brother to do the same; when he sees his brother participating in the shootings and vandalism, he realizes just how wrong these activities are. As a result, he spends the rest of the winter trying to get David back on the right path without revealing his participation in the town's sordid events to his parents and two unlikely allies.
From the in media res beginning, the story grabs the reader and doesn't let go until the very end. In addition to the main storyline, there are a couple of other side stories going on between Ben and his new friends, but the occasional jarring language of the primary story always reminds the reader what the story is really about: the destructive nature of hate and that acceptance of one's self leads to acceptance of others. Despite Martin's tremendous use of metaphor and poetic language, the story does contain a few flaws, some of which may be related to its length. First, character development is weak even with the protagonist - this could perhaps be solved in a few extra pages. Just as quickly as Ben falls for the white supremacist rhetoric of Guardians of the Identity, he wants out and believes their activities are immoral and unethical. This leads the reader to wonder if perhaps he had gone to a meeting on another day, whether or not their venomous beliefs would have had the same impact on him. On a similar note, while the father is aghast at what his sons have been up to, he is the one that encouraged them to go the meetings and never chastised David for his racial slurs. David is the only one that is believable as a hate-monger because of all the characters, he is clearly the one with the most self-esteem issues and has the most to gain by behaving in such a manner. It is all a bit too neatly packaged, but again, with only 144 pages, there is not much room for any lengthy plot or character development. Also, Martin fails to give a conclusion to David's story/problem, leaving the reader wondering what became of him. While one of the points of the book is to show young readers there are consequences for their actions, this lack of a conclusion fails to show there is a penalty for violence.
"A Perfect Snow" is ideally suited to the post-Columbine/9-11 classroom. It is important that issues such as teen violence and racial hate crimes be dealt with in these unsettling times in an effort to prevent such things from happening. Like S.E. Hinton's "The Outsiders", "A Perfect Snow" deals with the problems that occur in socioeconomically diverse high schools, but Martin also addresses the larger matters of racism and homophobia. Though not as well-written as Hinton's book or Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", this text would be a suitable alternative or complement to them. In addition to introducing diversity and ethics into the classroom, Ben's actions in the book can help students learn of the personal worth one can find in helping others and community service. The length of the book and Martin's easy, engaging style make it appropriate for a variety of grade levels between middle and high school. Finally, it can even be of value to parents because it allows them the opportunity to see that even if they don't encourage racism in the home, by not discouraging such bigotry and intolerance, kids are susceptible to groups like Guardians of the Identity.
While not a must-read, "A Perfect Snow" is certainly a good read. It packs a powerful punch in its small size and librarian/writer Nora Martin should be pleased with her work.
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Excellent romantic suspense.......2006-10-10
This was my first Love Inspired suspense and from the opening scene it hooked me. I immediately cared about Owen and Benny's story. The suspense hit the ground running and carried through to a satisfying end.
Beth White is a writer with depth and compassion that translates well into the intense story about a missionary with a past. I loved the sibling relationship between Owen and Eli as well as how Benny's journey touched many lives in redemptive ways.
Great characters, suspense, and humor.......2006-06-22
A delightful find, White's romantic suspense novel hits the ground running and never slows up. Border patrol pilot Owen Carmichael is on the beach in Mexico, preparing his plane for return to the United States, when his missionary friend Benny (Bernadette) Malone suddenly appears, running for the plane and screaming that they have to take off immediately. Bewildered, Owen protests until he sees who is behind her; a man who is firing at them with a semi-automatic weapon. Now convinced, Owen jumps in and they take off, but not without the plane's being damaged. They end up crashing not long afterward on a farm.
Owen and Benny are uninjured but now face the prospect of getting back to the United States without the gunman finding them and finishing the job. Even worse for Owen, he has no idea who he's running from or why. Benny knows but doesn't seem willing to share much information. She will only tell Owen that her present predicament is related to something that happened in her past. She is intent not just on escaping from the hit man, but on getting to Memphis to put things right.
Owen is a confident young man, sometimes bordering on cocky, and he's sure he can get them back to the States safely. At times he even seems happy of the opportunity to prove himself to Benny by protecting her, since he has secretly been in love with her for some time. My one qualm with the book comes when Owen makes a call back to the States to his brother, who offers to fly down and pick them up. Owen turns down the offer and says he can handle the situation. I found it hard to believe anyone would drag himself and his beloved through a foreign country with a hit man hot on their heels when they could have been safely home in a few hours. But perhaps the author intended us to shake our heads at this point and realize that Owen, though loveable and strong, is in many ways young and innocent. Benny, on the other hand, lost her innocence at an early age and has been through things that Owen cannot imagine.
This tension between Owen's love of Benny as the beautiful, pure missionary woman that he idolizes and Benny's desire to suppress the truth about her shameful past is the heart of the story. The two characters are both believable and sympathetic in their struggles to come to terms with Benny's past, defeat the evil man who once ruled her life, and find love. Even with such a serious theme, the book is full of humor and witty dialogue, sometimes laugh-out-loud funny. I highly recommend On Wings of Deliverance. Moreover, the book (though perfectly enjoyable on its own) is part of a Love Inspired Suspense series called The Texas Gatekeepers. This is the first of that line I have read, but I intend to read more of White's novels in this series.
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Among the most beautiful of the world's art forms are Chinese snuff bottles, miniature bottle-shaped flasks, often of astounding intricacy and tactile appeal, which were made for court and subsequently popular use during the Qing Dynasty. Within the last 20 years or so, snuff bottles have been collected by an increasingly wide circle of enthusiasts. While recent research has led to a number of discussions of the topic, the collecting of snuff bottles remains an area within which the unwary may be trapped, particulary as the spectacular rise in value of these small items has proved a spur to the skilled faker. Illustrated with 24 full-colour and 16 black-and-white plates, this book serves as a useful and entertaining introduction to the collecting of snuff bottles. After tracing the history of snuff in Chinese culture, the author surveys the many styles of snuff bottles, dividing them by materials and methods of decoration used.
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- The title is no misnomer!
- The Man Who Would Not Give Up !
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Bravest of the Brave: The True Story of Wing-Commander "Tommy" Yeo-Thomas Soe Secret Agent Codename "the White Rabbit"
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The title is no misnomer!.......2000-05-06
This book deserves to be on the curriculum of every school in the Western World for it delineates in merciless detail just what was the price of the freedoms we take so much for granted today and what the much-devalued word "hero" actually means. One hopes that similar sacrifices will never be required again by the ordinary citizens of free nations, but if they are, the courage, self-sacrifice and indomitability of Yeo-Thomas and so many others whose lives, and often also deaths, are touched on here will serve as an example and as an inspiration. Mr.Seaman tells the story of a man, ordinary in many ways, who, when confronted with absolute evil, and at an age when serving in a less active role would have evoked no disgrace, never hesitated to accept missions of the utmost danger. He proved the ideal combination of organiser, diplomat and man of action before capture and in detention proved an inspiring leader for his companions in misery. He was under no illusions as to the consequences of arrest by a barbarous enemy and when the worst happened he endured unspeakable suffering under interrogation, torture and slave-labour in concentration camps. Throughout all this his dedication to victory never failed and even in the squalid hell of Buchenwald he continued to resist. The most moving moment detailed in the book is when Yeo-Thomas, a filthy scarecrow in striped concentration-camp uniform, is recognised in a regular POW camp to which he has been sent on menial errands, and a group of British NCOs and men stand to attention before him, honouring him for a few moments before he returns to the abyss. Though Yeo-Thomas was assiduous in supporting prosecution of his tormentors after the war, his fairmindedness was such that he was willing to rise to the defence of Otto Skorzeny, whom he considered an honourable foe. This book is not only inspiring in itself, but it provides much more detail than the earlier "The White Rabbit" on Yeo Thomas's earlier life, and on the organisation of the French Resistance. Those who enjoy it will be equally impressed, and touched, by Rita Kramer's "Flames in the Field", which tells the stories of four women agents who did not survive wartime missions in France. My own daughters have been inspired by both books and they would make ideal and inspirational birthday gifts for young persons.
The Man Who Would Not Give Up !.......2000-03-12
I have read this book, and its predecessor The White Rabbit. Tommy Yeo-Thomas BUILT the French Resistance, the Maquis. It was he who persuaded Churchill to arm them; it was he who went into Occupied Paris in support of his Free French friends under de Gaulle. It was he who was captured, tortured, and sent to Buchenwald KZ where fellow officers such as Desmond Hubble from Block 17 were hanged/strangulated and immediately cremated. He, with few others, swapped places in a typhus experiment in the camp; and as a 'corpse' escaped emaciated from Buchenwald. He testified at Nuemberg, and had been on his own mission to hunt down and execute KZ guards from Buchenwald in 1945.
Returning postwar to hunt down camp guards for liquidation. A true War Hero, but his suffering and the loss of those around him - Captain Desmond Hubble, Pierre Brosselette, Violette Szabo - make one realise the price. As a teenager fighting the Russians with Pilsudski in Poland he was sentenced to death; escaped from Zhitomir. as a man he ran Molyneux couturier of Paris; in 1939 he joined #.308 Krakowski Squadron of the Polish Air Force in England; then to SOE and life as an agent in Occupied Paris - sitting on a train with Klaus Barbie, Butcher of Lyon.
A remarkable man, an amazing story, he escaped the Concentration Camp but died in 1964 of its after-effects. A book to be read as much as a testament to human endurance, as to think of a truly remarkable man enduring great travails for his friends and comrades.
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