The DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM campaigns are widely touted as the defining moments of the development in air power; the results exemplified the lessons laid down by the prime architect of US air power, Gen. Henry H. 'Hap' Arnold. Every lesson ever learned was condensed and incorporated into these two tremendous efforts. "Revolution in Warfare?" details the incredible efforts planners made to send hundreds of aircraft into a combat zone to destroy the massive and highly complex Iraqi military - all from the air. Phased targeting strategies, sortie rates, target lists, kill rates, munitions expenditures, counter-SCUD ops, enemy chokepoints, and support efforts - all the chronological and statistical information needed to comprehend the complexity and sheer magnitude described as the largest aerial campaign ever assembled. A great read - especially for those of us who were there loading the weapons - and never realized the extent to which Gen. 'Chuck' Horner's planners went to conserve and protect the lives of all aviators.

I first ran across this anthology by accident in Evans Library on the Texas A&M University campus. Since then I have been reading the poets included in "Revolution". Rothenberg's anthology is a must read for anyone interested in avant garde poetry from 1914-1945 and beyond. Rothenberg's introduction to "Revolution" not only provides a lucid introduction to the anthology, but also provides a good place from which to begin to approach the rich poetry of the avant garde that he collects in his later 2 volume "Poems for the Millenium". I haven't found a better introduction to the avant garde tradition than "Revolution". I'm excited that I'll finally be able to add it to my personal library.

Selected by president Roosevelt to help document the war Mr. Morison found himself on a ship in the Pacific with the rank of LCDR (reserve). From this vantage point he delivers the most accurate and well researched accounts of the Japanese military build-up and their subsequent naval accomplisments. The socio-political aspects of Japan's conversion to an almost Asian Sparta are also covered. Excellent, descriptive accounts of all events both military and political including the discusions between Japan and America prior to Pearl Harbor. Also, the various attacks and invasions on Dec.7th thru the 26th 1941 by the Japanese are again well covered. As this book brings out the seldom known (yet important) events as well as an in depth perspective to the more often defined events the authors style and canter keep the reader always interested.

It is a great injustice that The Sacred Wood, which ranks amongthe greatest works of literary criticism, has fallen out ofprint...

These essays reveal Eliot's mastery of language. While writing on subjects as abstruse as the blank verse of Christopher Marlowe, Eliot maintains supreme eloquence, never stumbling or descending into awkwardness. Moreover, Eliot has managed to keep his subject matter--which at times is quite obscure--very accessible, comprehensible to anyone willing to make the effort to finish any given essay.

What sets apart Eliot's essays, however, is neither their eloquence nor their accessibility. Rather, it is that Eliot exemplifies the form that good literary criticism should take. Today's literary criticism is largely descriptive, doing little more than dissecting works and analyzing them. Eliot's criticism is critical--he takes a prominent, and extremely complex literary work or trend, and renders a cogent, logical verdict on it. Eliot is not afraid to lambast the staples of the Western literary pantheon. He almost convinces the reader that Hamlet is a bad play. This is criticism as it should be.

Do ye no' kin Hugh MacDiarmid? YOU SHOULD! MacDiarmid is perhaps the greatest 20th century Scottish poet and alas, one of its least known outside of Scotland. The majority of the Poems in this collection are written in the Scots dialect, used by Burns and Tannahill in th 18th century. However, the subject matter is undeniably 20th century. The themes are largely metaphysical and political, and the content is largely free from Romanticism and nostalgia. The poems are filled with the vitality, beauty, struggle and dissapointments of modern life, yet always framed within a larger historical framework. This is poetry to rival TS Elliot, Wordsworth or Seamus Heaney. Smart, exquisitely wraught literary gems fill this collection. MacDiarmid epic masterpiece "A Drunk Man Looks At Thistle" is included here unabridged. This IS an essential read for anyone interested in Scotland or Scottish Literature. Forget the wee kilted bagpiper doll and the stuffed nessie that you bought in a giftie shop on the Royal Mile. MacDiarmid's poetry resonates the beauty of the Scottish dialect, and addresses 20th century topics. These poems for me represent Scottish culture better than any touristic souvenir giftie. They are not easy poems and the Scots words send the reader's eye down to the footnotes repeatedly. So do Shakespeare and Chaucer. This is a wonderful collection which is well annotated. If you like Burns...buy this book and prepare to have your mind blown. The Scots dialect remains very much alive in literature (see James Kellman's novels) and it is largely thanks to the magnificent poetry of MacDiarmid. THIS IS WONDERFUL STUFF!

I loved this book because it showed how the love for a horse built a bridge between two people whose ages and attitudes kept them on seperate paths in life. Only love can bring estranged lives to compatibility and everlasting friendship.

I more I read of Naval history, the more I appreciate how enormously insightful Morison was. He spent the entire duration of the war aboard various ships, knew the participants personally in many cases, and captured the full scope and significance of events. A great writer besides. Marvelous stuff.

Paz ha creado una joya de incalculable valor. Con toda la plasticidad que un genio puede brindarle a un texto, San Octavio recorre en Piedra de Sol todos los grandes temas de la poesía y con ello, del hombre. Es tan natural el desempeño de sus letras que es necesario hacer un esfuerzo para asimilar que nos han llevado de un confín a otro, de la magia a la realidad, de la mujer a la soledad, del río al dolor. Gracias a la serenidad del texto la forma (son 584 endecasílabos) no se percibe en la lectura: así emergen los gigantes.

Northrop Frye's introduction to T.S. Eliot is a valuable book, both for those who are not familiar with Eliot and for those who are but just devour all the information about him that they can (like me). This is a very slim volume, about 100 pages, and divided into five sections. The first section gives the reader a brief biography of Eliot, just to lay out the landscape. The second section progresses into Eliot's beliefs both spiritual and literary, giving one an idea of the issues he was most concerned with and which therefore influenced his poetry. The last three sections deal with the poems themselves, first giving an overview of Eliot's style and common themes in his work &etc., then getting more in-depth with the individual poems. As always with Frye, there are many outstanding insights, some I've never heard or read anywhere previously, and others I have, but never quite understood till he explained it in that coherent way he explains everything- then it all finally makes sense! This book has added to my pleasure of reading Eliot moreso than any other introduction or collection of essays on Eliot has. Those psychoanalysts and post-structuralists have done Eliot a disservice by their attempts at criticism and biography- the way they write about him makes him sound so prosaic and unappealing! Frye obviously knows his subject well, and he writes about him in a lucid, engaging, unpretentious fashion, helping the reader grasp concepts in Eliot's works which would otherwise prove daunting. Everyone who loves Eliot needs to own this book. Also, if you're a student struggling to understand Eliot, do yourself a favour and find this volume! It is out of print, but you may be able to purchase a copy on the 'net. If not, your local library or used book store may have it.

One final note: this book is not necessarily helpful if you're looking to understand a specific poem of Eliot's and that's it. This is more of an overview of Eliot's poetry and a study of its evolution, or as one reviewer put it: "Frye's study takes a more holistic view of Eliot's career; and it's especially successful in relating Eliot's literary theory to his practice and various works (written in different periods) to each other."

Most of us are afraid of poems because as we read it, we can't seem to make head or tails as to what we have read. Therefore, for those of us who have "poem-phobia," I recommend this delightful little work.

In this work, Eliot ask the question of what is poetry and the use of criticism in poetry as well as the relationship between the former and the latter.

Eliot proposes to start the enquiry by reviewing the history of criticism starting from Elizabethan era untill that of his time. Through the course of the exploration, I was enthralled by Eliot's insightful opinion of critics and their opinion as to what is poetry and its uses.

I was particularly drawn to the final chapter of his work which does not offer any final word to the questions which he posed but rather giving us advice as to how to read poems (in particular the modern poets, i.e., 20th century). I was very glad to have read this work because it sure beats reading a heavy college text on how to read poetry.