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While some historians portray Bonneville as an arrogant, contemptuous, bumbling buffoon of the fur trade era, others also denounce the manner in which Irving attempts to place Bonneville on a pedestal. There are certainly subjects open to controversy, such as Irving's treatment (through Bonneville?) of Joseph Walker's "non-authorized" expedition to California, or the building of Fort Bonneville, known to the trappers as Fort Nonsense because of its location, etc. There are well documented accounts of Indian culture; how the trappers coexisted (and didn't) amongst the Native Americans; the never ending feuds between the American Fur Company, the Rocky Mountain Fur Company and the Hudson's Bay Fur Company; the annual mountain rendezvous; the shortages of food; elements of nature; descriptions of geography, geology, etc.; and simply put, survival in the wilderness in the 1830's. This is a classic of the fur trade period, and Irving's writing style is very realistic and expressive of the lifesyles back then.

"AFGHANISTAN a country study", Dept Army Pamphlet 550-65 5th edition, January 1986, 400+ pp. As I write this review, I see that an updated November 2001 edition of this book has only just now become available. The 5th edition was written during the Soviet occupation and war against the mujahidin resistance.

As usual with this excellent series, the author gives a concise summary of the nation's historical, geographical, cultural, political, economic, and military aspects for his readers. What I especially found most helpful, in light of more recent events, were both his detailed description and analysis of the previous 10 years of history and political developments through the end of 1985 as the Soviet Union came to dominate, invade, occupy, and devastate Afghanistan and the detailed explanation of the differences and relationships between the 15+ major Afghani ethnic groups separated by language, religion, geography and history. The author includes an extremely astute analysis of Soviet political, economic, and military strategy and tactics which led to their withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, defeat of the Najibullah regime in 1992, and the subsequent fundamentalist Islamic state ruled by the Taliban.

Having read several other DA pam 550 Area Handbooks, I was struck also by the author's appropriate use of humor in many places, which is not usually found in other area handbooks or in federally funded documents in general. Unfortunately, this series is not updated as frequently as I would like it to be. Obviously, an annual edition is not necessary since other government agencies perform that function but I would like to see more frequent revisions of titles in the series which incorporate the most recent current events and available economic data on a 4 or 5 year cycle whenever possible.

I purchased Africa in Washington a couple of weeks ago, after hesitating a bit. After all, there are a lot of books that claim to give you "information other books don't", etc., etc., etc. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this book did live up to its promises: I was working on a major project and needed to know who my best contacts were, and this book handed them to me on a silver platter. Accordingly, I highly recommend it to people working on African-related projects.

The book is composed of 11 essays concerning what went wrong, what went right, and what is to be learned from the last decades of economic policy in Latin America. I myself am a new-comer to international economics and I found the essays to be rich sources of information and insight.

This book marks a partial shift in the debate on economic development from an emphasis on growth as an engine for the reduction of poverty, to an emphasis on stability and a more equitable distribution of wealth as an engine for growth. This introduces somewhat heterodoxical arguments for minimizing dollarization and in favor of capital controls. Clearly, the co-editor that had coined the term "The Washington Consensus" has seen the need to amend the 90's program.

For the layman this book may be a bit dense. For the student of international economics, a must read.

I don't always like to read classics, but when a friend of mine suggested that I read this book, I decided to try it, and I am very glad that I did. Irving's words, though written so many years before now, still paint eloquent pictures of the Spain of his time. I could almost see what he was seeing. The stories and legends are also wonderful and fascinating. An antique copy of this book is one of my most treasured gifts.

Being neither Catholic nor a fan of coffee table books I was surprised to find myself reading and enjoying Gregory Tucker's America's Church., a history of The Bascilia of the National Shrine in Washington.DC., and of the numerous personalities who persisted in creating it. This is no ordinary story: It took over 60 years to build the Shrine, which is dedicated to the glory of the Virgin Mary. It is a tale of charismatic churchmen and of ordinary men and women; of near defeat, years when Shrine stood neglected and unfinished; and, finally, of splendid triumph upon its completion. As Tucker makes clear, the Shrine really is "America's Church" -- it exists because of the ordinary Catholic men, women and children who contributed to it over the years. In telling their story, Tucker furnishes us with more than a story about a building but with a history of Roman Catholicism in America. . The book is beautifully designed, with photographs -- which made me realize that the shrine is as majestic as the most beautiful of Europe's cathedrals. You don't have to be a Catholic to enjoy America's Church.

It was refreshing to read an entertaining yet informative outline of our Nation's Capital. Goldstein has a timely outlook on today's political issues. A must read for all students of government and poltics and those interested in furthering change.