I must say there are so many wonderful books published on Angkor and this is another one that I have read so far. Containg excellent photographs of Angkor as well as aspects of Khmer culture and the Khmer people of today. I really enjoyed this book because it contained iformation regarding the history, the layout of Angkor and it's temple that was constructed from 9th-13th century A.D.

Angkor was a wonderful civilization of Southeast Asian like that of Aztecs and Mayans in Mesoamerica before the any contains with the first European. The civilization of Angkor flowered and blossom for centuries until it reached it's peak during the 12 century with it's greatest achievement of building Angkor Wat. Then the Khmer civilization declined and slowly was reclaimed by the forest where it remained until the 19th century only to be discovered again like many other civilizations. Great book to have and so much work and effort has gone into making this book that I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to understand a little bit more about Angkor and it's temples.

Andrade has eloquently captured the details and meaning of the final campaign involving US Forces. In particular, he wonderfully details the herculaean effort of John Paul Vann and his outstanding Deputy, BG George Wear, USA. I served at Pleiku under these men, and sincerely appreciate Andrade's superb tribute to them--well done, Mr Andrade.

The American Express Travel Guide of Amsterdam (1992), written by Derek Blythe, has been re-written by Carol Winkelman and re-published as Travel&Leisure: Amsterdam (1997). Travel&Leisure magazine, in conjunction with Macmillan Travel, designed this new version of the book for a larger audience that includes young travelers, budget travelers, babyboomer travelers, discriminating travelers, and business travelers. The new book is a combination of traditional and offbeat travel guide, helping the reader find his/her way to hotels, restaurants, museums, and historical sites while also taking him/her "inside" Amsterdam to experience its cafe culture, lively arts scene, and famous nightlife. The new book, like The American Express Guide, includes an excursion to Rotterdam that leads the reader from the historic to the ultramodern.

This book taking the political psychology approach analyse the events that led President Johnson to escalate U.S. involvement during the Vietnam War. Using "cold cognition -analogical reasoning", Khong explains with precision the decision-making process, why President Johnson increased U.S. participation in the Vietnam War but also the form it took during the few months in 1965.

In terms of methodology, Khong make good use of interviews with participants of the decision-making process, in particular, George Ball and also memoirs of former statesmen for his analysis.

The strength of the book lies in explaining how the option to escalate the war in Vietnam was arrived; through analogical reasoning by various participants of the decision-making process. Secondly, the form it took: the "slow squeeze" or incrementalism based on the last "lesson of history" of U.S. involvement in Korea. In short, Khong utilising the process tracing method, clearly links the decision- making process to the implementation/outcome of U.S. foreign policy.

The weakness of the book is not that it does not consider other views why the U.S. was drawn into the Vietnam owing to "containment", "domino-theory" and U.S. credibility. Rather the author misses out on possible "reconciliation" between the analogical reasoning approach with that of the U.S. national interest approach.

Nevertheless, a must read for those interested in other approaches to explain why U.S. escalated it's involvement in Vietnam apart from the "realist" paradigm and those interested in decision-making processes!

From the author: The reading level for this book is erroneously given as "Children--Pre-School." The subject matter, the style and the fact that the book covers over 15 different languages suggests to me a more mature target audience.

'Ancient Captials of Thailand' describes the old important cities and captials of Southern Thailand. These include Sukothai, Ayuthaya, Kampeng and several other cities. The book is beautifully illustrated with more than 350 photographs. It also provides site maps and descriptions of the different places and the major temples and structures. Thus, it's not just a 'picture book", but I can recommend this book both for content and quality of the pictures. The book does not cover the cities of the Northern Kingdoms (e.g., Lanna), this is supposed to be the topic of another book.

Being a veteran of the Vietnam war I enjoyed reading the tales from the men who were true American Hero's. Their stories tugged at my heart at times, and some made me smile ear to ear. A short time after reading "And Brave Men,Too" my local newspaper announced that there would be a Vietnam Veteran reunion and have several guest speakers. One of the guest speakers was Sammy L. Davis. Having read Sammy's story in this book I knew that he was a person I wanted to meet. He was a Private in the Army when he was awarded the Medal of Honor. I shook his hand and I looked up and he was wearing A dress Army uniform, with the Medal Of Honor around his neck. It was Sammy Davis, I'd been searching for him, and he found me. He pulled up a chair and started talking to me. I sat there dumb founded, not knowing what to say to a real, honest to God, Hero... Sammy had never even seen book before, and told me how it all came to pass. The Author had apporched him at his home and ask for a few minutes of his time. Sammy told me that he pulled out a tape recorder and ask him to tell him about the day he'd turned into a hero. Sammy told him the story.... Mr. Lowry told Sammy that he was talking to other Medal Of Honor winners, and he hoped he would get a big enough response to make it into a book. He promised Sammy that if he got it published he, and the rest of the men he'd interviewed would receive 90% of the profits and he'd only take what was needed to get the job done. Sammy looked through my copy, and started to laugh. He told me that it was word for word from the day he talked into the tape recorder. All of the other guys that he knew had the same run in with Mr. Lowry"! "We never got a penny from him." Heck, if he hadn't I wouldn't have shaken the hand of an American Hero, and had this story to tell. If I had it to do again I wouldn't change a thing, and I got to read a great book of the accounts of so many men that I look up to. And Brave Men, Too is a book everyone should read, to learn the truth about what happen to a few brave men, in their own words.

The most beautiful collection of color photographs of the Angkor Wat complex that I have seen. The accompanying narrative is thorough and places the images in an understandable perspective. Anyone planning to visit Angkor will want to review "Angkor: The Hidden Glories" first. Those who see this book will be pleased to find that the trip is easily made in comfort these days, unlike the days of the PRK era when Warner made this great photo survey.

Dr. Hann continues to generate impressive works on colonial Florida. This account focuses on the native province of Apalachee (near modern day Tallahassee) and details their story from Prehistory to the present. In the book, Dr. Hann incorporates transcriptions and translations of original Spanish documents as well as modern archaeological research. This book is the standard for Apalachee history.

as someone who tends to be an "impatient" reader and usually takes weeks to finish a book, i couldn't put this down and finished it in a day! each story has its own unique personality... sweet, funny, despondent, empowered, etc. the author's description of her surroundings and travels blends beautifully with the honest and raw accounts of her thoughts and feelings. i definitely recommend this!