The author's conclusion that the Korean War and subsequent security alliance was purely economic from the U.S. standpoint. This ought to be easy to prove using pure numbers. In his 288 pages of diatribes, the author never once shows us 1. How much money is spent on the defense of Korea every year 2. How much economic benefit the U.S. gains from Korea in foreign mililitary sales and trade. Even if he could not prove that in 1953 there were leaders in the U.S. government who could predict the conditions that would exist in the future, it would lend some credibility to his weak theory. In a book such as this, the numbers need to support the conclusion.

I suppose anyone can spend a few weeks visiting Korea and suddenly decide that he or she is the next authority on Korea. The book attempts to explain the Korea situation entirely in terms of U.S. foreign policy. Unfortunately, something very important is missing from the analysis, namely Korea. Oh yes, the author glosses over the last 50 years of history on the peninsula but fails to address the underlying issues. For example, he mentions the two military coups that occurred in the previous century but never mentions what about the structure of the military and the government has made the country so vulnerable to coups. Worst of all, the books prejudicial views on Korea reflect nothing of the opinion of mainstream Korean society. Korea has a beautiful if not tragic history and culture. Speaking as someone who has lived in Korea for nearly four years (living, going to school, conducting research, and reading and listening to the news in Korean not English) I must honestly aver that this book is way off the mark of the opinion of the average Korean. Koreans today pride themselves in their country's ability to act as an equal partner with the U.S. (even if that was not the case 50 years ago). This book's disdainful portrayal of Korea is insulting to those of us who truly understand the country. I recommend this book to anyone who thinks they can spend a couple of weeks in another country (while not speaking the language) and become an instant expert on the subject. Good luck to you.

Perhaps more credit should be given to people who approach American foriegn policy with more objectivity than the average American. There are many Americans who are identified with their country on a psychological level and cannot allow any contradiction to what they were taught in school, or in the case of these reviewers, what military propaganda taught them. Marty Hart-Landsberg breaks the reader free from this psychological mold and pulls you into a more open-minded world. Granted, he is a socialist, and his views are represented disporportionally at times, the book still rings true. Why does America have any foriegn policy? Altruism is never the reason.

Do Not BUY! As the 4.x successor to the very populate R/3 3.x Transactions Handbook, sometimes known as the "Black Book" in the R/3 consulting industry, this version was more than a little disappointing.

This book offers the user nothing more than a very simple list of every SAP R/3 4.x transactions with nothing more than SAP's single line, short description, to support a transaction's use and syntax, Basically this book reads like an index listing, not a reference manual

I am an independent SAP BASIS Trainer and Consultant with 5 plus years experience with SAP R/3. After reviewing my copy, I returned the book in 24 hours.

It is nearly impossible to write a Tcode referrence book, but you want to re-write or edit all of the SAP online help files.

It is impossible to write a detailed handbook for all transaction code of R/3, but you want to re-write or edit all of the online help of R/3 ---- about more than 20000 pages.

This book may be well received by young readers; however, the author uses some words that may be unclear to them. For example, "waistcoat" is used to describe his dress for school and some musical terms may need explaining. Also, there seemed to be no flow in telling the story. It was as if each two page spread was a mini-story in itself. Even so I think young readers might find it intersting.

This book, originally published in 1976 is just to dated I.M.O. for anybody looking to cruise the caribbean. I must admit I don't know of any other book that covers all of the carribean the way this one does, but I would rather spend my money on more up to date guides. Would I buy again? NO.

seems untrue, false kind of security within a self-deceived heart ,,, maybe hoping against hope for real love once had and lost

I guess i had higher expectations for this book from reading the back. But i found another unoriginal, not to thrilling murder mystery instead. Not awful, just nothing special. Read at your own risk.

Zzzzzzzzzzz ::blink blink:: Wha..? Huh? Where am I? Oh! Oh, sorry about that, I was taking a little snooze. Reading "His Hometown Girl" made me nod off more than once.

I don't want to seem too unkind -- this was a "nice" book with a "nice" plot and "nice" people. Your 12 year old kid or your sheltered grandma could read it and never blush. That's got to be worth something, right?

And it had the seeds of a good story. The characters were likeable. The hero was a nice guy, how could you not like him? The heroine -- well, maybe she was a little dull, but still, she was a nice person, as was her grandma, and her sisters, and her horsey...

The problems with this book were:

Too long. I was ready to scream from boredom at 180 pages. Since it went on for about 240 pages this was a problem. It really should have been about 150 pages, tops. I am assuming the publisher requires all books from this line to be a certain length, so the author just padded the story until it was long enough.

Not enough drama or conflict. The dramatic elements were all there, too. The girl feels that she will never get more than a "lukewarm" love. She's got a depressed mom. There are close-minded townsfolk. There's a frowning and disapproving woman who was supposed to be the girl's future mother-in-law. The hero had plenty of his own drama as well -- his "from the wrong side of the tracks" background, his drunken mom, the judgment he perceives from the town because of his humble and sometimes embarassing roots. It's all there -- all the conflict and drama. But so much of it is barely allowed to be explored. Sure, there is some conflict in the last 30 pages or so, but that wasn't nearly enough drama to compensate for the tedium and boredom that came before.

Too much filler dialog. We read pages and pages of "sweet" and "cute" dialog between the hero and heroine. Sure, a certain amount of this dialog was fine, and it was (to a certain extent) written with finesse. But enough! Give us some drama! Some conflict! Some in-depth exploration of the characters! Come on!

I know this is from Harlequin's "Inspirational" line of romances. But such books with a more "old fashioned" and "traditonal values" feel to them don't have to be so unexciting, you know.

Ok, but not a lot of bang for the buck.... 2 copies of Firsthand might be as good. I found the 'stories' to short and there seemed to be alot of white space for the cover price....I felt there could have been an awful lot more than there was...

As the ultimate dog lover of 3 dogs ( one being a foxhound) and avid reader, I can honestly say that this book lacked information specific to the American Fox Hound. Although the authors / breeders are to be commended for their well researched chapter on " Hunting and history of the fox hound", the entire rest of the book appears to be pure pledgerism on basic dog / puppy facts gathered from another book . Embedded in the narrative discourse of the entire book are wonderful pictures of fox hounds, but the content is plain and repetitive information that can be found in any puppy or dog basic training book . I was disappointed because this is the only book listed by Amazon on Fox Hounds . Too bad there was no content information on temperment or obedience, or statistics rating aspects of this breed. My opinion is to save your money and search online for information on the American Foxhound by surfing the net.

Absolutely no sense of completion. My only guess is that everything will be resolved in a future book (though I wouldn't read it).

The book was written well but that only leads to the expectation that there will be some substance to the plot. The reader never finds out: 1. Who the double man is (if there is one). 2. What really happens to Elaine. 3. Who her father really is, etc. The protagonist (investigator) never finds out anything himself but is told everything by secret "deep-throat" types.

The ending is wrapped up in a few pages by someone who seems to be in a hurry to get back to the Senate floor for roll-call.

In exchange for learning about some inside workings of the senate, we are forced to except a far fetched plot that magically ties up the JFK asassination, drug smuggling, the Mafia, and secret KGB plots.

I got this paperback at a book sale and I don't think it was worth the 50 cents that it cost.