After reading this book, it is clear that the author Nicolas Redfern has spent a lot of time doing research for it by taking eyewitness accounts, riffling through documents recently declassified as part of various countries' Freedom of Information laws and subsequently writing this book. That is as far as this publication can be commended.

The problem with this book is that it neither satisfies the skeptic or the believer.

The book makes claims of mainly UK military and government involvement in the recovery of crashed or landed UFOs - however, nothing is substantiated here. The author uncovers vague government documents that don't prove anything. The first hand witnesses don't have any evidence to speak of besides their accounts. The strongest "evidence" is usually pure speculation of why the military apparently lied about events. Often the best or most interesting sources of information are hearsay (second-hand interviews from someone else). If you look at the photos in the middle of the book, you don't see anything of importance or proof. There are no photos of scorched landing marks, no pictures of unknown metallic objects and not even a blurry photo of something in the sky.

As far as caterring for the believer, the accounts are very superficial - for whatever reason - and only go so far as accusations about where the crashed UFOs and alien bodies are kept. We don't learn anything new about these aliens or their reason for being here. Subsequently, the accounts are boring, unexciting and unenlightening.

The first chapter are allegations that one of the reasons Marilyn Monroe and JFK were murdered was their desire to spill the beans on the UFO phenomenon. The substantial lack of proof in this chapter sets the tone for the rest of the book.

Overall, I was bored by the lack of depth to the extent of the alleged events disclosed by the author and disgusted by what the author considers quality journalism.

I had purchased this version of Marlowe's work because it was convenient at the time. While I thought it was a good story, it was also heavily edited. It did spur my desier to find the original A and B texts of the play, and now that I have read the more complete version I feel that this particular revision actually cheats the reader of the true depth of the play and the fall of Faustus. Many scenes from the original, such as the knight's plot of revenge, were removed. The author claimed such cuts were made for the sake of a more 'performable' play, which may be true, but in this, and other instances, I felt the material cut was crucial to filling out the plot and improving character develop throughout the story. I read both versions with a directors eye, and I would urge anyone considering this purchase to look for 'The Complete Plays' instead.

This book doesn't rate one star, but that is as low as the rating system goes. The author doesn't have a clue about how the FBI operates and obviously did little if any research to learn. There are no FBI secrets exposed in this book. In addition the author does nothing more than duplicate memos and letters to and from the FBI and arrives at erroneous conclusions based on his own perception, beliefs and inuendos. Just some basic research on the FBI would have indicated that Mr. Hoover probably never saw any of the documents he displays in the book. All comunications to FBI Headquarters from the field offices are addressed to Director, FBI. All communications to the public from headquarters are from the Director, On no document that he displays do Hoover's initials appear, which means he did not personally see or create the document. On none of the documents is there an indication of any active investigation. A little research would have indicated that the FBI has no investigative jurisdiction over UFO's. All investigative jurisdiction is specifically allocated by Congress, which limits the authority of the FBI. On page 2 he calls Mr. Hoover and Mr. Kelley liars when they both stated "The investigation of Unidentified Flying Objects is not and never has been a matter that is within the investigative jurisdiction of the FBI." The FBI has no investigative jurisdiction in UFO's. Further a little research would have indicated to the author the file numbering system that the FBI uses. The "62" classification that appears on most of the documents revealed in the book is an administrative classification, not a substantive case classification, meaning no active investigation. These are just afew of the obvious shortcomings of the author's lack of understanding of the FBI and it's operation. The book is a strong indicator of what is wrong with the UFO community--Lack of objective research, unqualified authors, and trying to put the square peg in the round hole. As one famous author once put it, "The eyes see and the ears hear what is already in the mind." This author had his ideas in mind and wasn't going to let the facts get in the way!

Perhaps one of the worst books I have ever read. The charachters in this boring story are completely forgettable, so much so that you find that you have to page back in the story to remember who is who. It is an old and tired plot with the bizarre Dr. Kavorkian antics as a main story line.

This is the worst text I have used in any class in all of my years of learning. When reading through pages and pages of endless propaganda, blatant racism, and American-centralized pseudo-IR, one finds oneself screaming at both the authors and the teacher who chose to use this text. With sentences such as, "Hmm, this looks like a job for Accounting man!" and "...three decades in power is bound to make any rule a little funny" combined with the generally bad practice of using "us" and "we" when referring to the United States, this text makes the read wonder if the authors are writing a text for 4th grade or 12th grade. One plus is the use of concrete examples throughout to support the major points; however, when incident after incident of terrorism is strung together in a single paragraph, the reader starts to loose track of the point Mr.'s Roskin and Berry are trying to prove. A perfect example of the wandering minds of the authors is in the chapter entitled "Terrorism" where the authors proceed to group and blindly psychoanalyze all terrorists without consideration of the individual reasons for their resorting to terrorism. Pervading the middle pages of this text is an anti-Islam racism reminiscent of the initial accusations following the Oklahoma City bombing. I wonder what else the publishers at Prentice Hall were offered at the time they accepted to print The New World of International Relations. If you are forced to read this book, I pity you; if you are deciding whether to read this book or use it to teach, I discourage you; if you wrote this book, I curse you.

I was disapointed--the book contains suggestions such as "use the classifieds" and "try billboards". Most of the ideas were obvious and far from free. Anyone who has been in business for any time at all will find few new approaches. There is a list of web addresses for market research data that could save some search time on line. Overall you would be better off to spend the price of the book on the cost of some fliers to hand out.

I acquired with great hopes the book of Professor Emeritus Slaatte, because part of my own ongoing work covers Berdiaev, beside a few other important thinker figures. However, I must say that Prof. Slaatte's book turned out to be a disappointment. Despite the evidently good intentions of the author, he does not really get "there". This is to be regretted all the more, because the Index of the book is promising and consists of very relevant Berdiaevian entries, and because Prof. Slaatte's reading approach involves a multitude of detailed references to pages in Berdiaev's books.

For this or that reason, Prof. Slaatte's book does not really go into the thought of Berdiaev but somehow stays gliding in the surface. I see it as possible that Prof. Slaatte's own frame of reference is too different to allow ascent or descent into Berdiaev's sphere. The part of Berdiaev's ample production that Prof. Slaatte goes through is also limited. I find the best book on Berdiaev to be the one by Olivier Clement's, but it is only available in French, albeit in an edition that is not sold out by far.

this book is really confusing, boring, and a waste of time and money .. oh yeah and the author is a jerk!

until I read the part that said the Imperial Family spoke German quite often, that Alexandra was basically a whining female doh (ahem), and that Alexei was a little brat who one would want to smack across the face. These "American telegrams" that are "the dramatic new evidence" is all a bunch of crock--anyone who has studied the Imperial Family as people in-depth can figure that out easily.

A little boy disappears. Four years later, his mother gets a call she swears comes from her son, saying he's fine. Henri Castang, former French police officer, agrees to investigate. So far, so good. But then it turns out that the grandfather of the little boy was a former SS agent who had a illegitimate child with a Czechoslovakian woman, and of course, that explains the kidnapping.

This plot was really far-fetched. The characters were unbelievable and flat. But the really awful part was the writing. I can accept a thin plot if the characters are interesting and the writing is good. But it was very frustrating trying to read this. I gave up after 6 chapters and just skimmed through the rest. The writer puts in whole conversations without identifying the speakers. He treats thoughts and words the same way. The characters, especially Castang, will carry on two conversations, one real and one imagined, at the same time. I had no idea what was going on. I will not read another one of these books.