Referring to my previous review. I have never read this book. I was referring to a book called "The Love Bomb"

I have not seen the movie DR. STRANGELOVE yet, because I wanted to read the book first. Unfortunately, the book turned out to be nothing more than an extended treatment of the screenplay. The characters themselves were unremarkable and undistinguishable. Most of the comedy seemed flat, largely because it was based on sight gags rather than situational humor.

Even though this book was based on the movie, the movie's screenplay was originally inspired by another Peter George novel, RED ALERT. Peter George worked with Stanley Kubrick and Terry Southern to write the screenplay.

I read this book back in the 70's and it was the best interpretation of an extraterestial's viewpoint that I have ever seen. I've only read around six books or at least finished six. This book should have been made into a movie. Renald L. P. Neault

What a sorry mess of a book. This a shallowly researched retelling of the lives of these fighters, based on outdated secondary sources. In fact, it reads like apologia for Crook. It is well known today that only 500-750 Lakota and Cheyenne warriors faced Crook (and his 1300 men) and beat him at the Rosebud, yet Aleshire tries to claim that the two sides were of equal strength. And later, the role of Crook in conspiring with Red Cloud to remove Crazy Horse as a potential rival to Red Cloud (who had no civil authority with the Oglala except that handed to him by Americans) is not even mentioned. Instead, Crook is portrayed as innocent of having anything to do with the death of Crazy Horse. I freely admit to knowing much more about the Lakota than about the Apaches. But if Aleshire can not get these details right, why should I trust anything he has to say about the Apache aspects? Again, this seems like a book designed to gloss over Crook's moral lapses, perhaps as a counter to recent books that expose these sad events.

I am a Phoenix, Arizona native and I Loved This Book! I bought 3 copies to share with family and friends for Christmas.

Although I have lived in Phoenix and the White Mountains of Arizona all of my life and have known of the diverse Native American nations sharing our community, I had never heard the fascinating histories told with such depth and detail. I enjoyed the dual biography format of the book which allowed the reader to see General Crook and Geronimo side by side as men in opposing political environments.

The descriptive, creative language Aleshire uses makes the scenes come to life as if I were there. His story makes the history of the White Mountains, Chirichauas, San Carlos areas rich, deep and vivid with history.

Many thanks to Peter Aleshire from an Arizona native.

This book is a mixed bag. The style is very readable. The organization is well done - an introduction to Madagascar and its people, smoothly segueing into a materia medica of herbs.

However, the author's passion for Madagascar and its essential oils left me a bit uneasy - how much of the information about the essentials oils is hype and how much of it is fact? Because the author didn't document the sources of information, I couldn't resolve my concern that the book is an extended sales brochure.

Unfortunately, snake-oil salesmen and women are alive and well in the aromatherapy world, so this kind of suspicion is justified and is practical for the business person wanting information.

The author did include some imprecise safety information (which is better than nothing and far better than what the snake-oil folks provide). Thanks to this, the "self-educated" or dabblers in aromatherapy are less likely to cause allergic reactions or otherwise hurt themselves or their children. However, those who use oils professionally do not have the information they need to safely use the oils with clients.

I consigned this book to the sack for the used book store. It is too bad, because I do like the author's writing style and the book has some potential for providing detailed information about these oils. I simply don't trust the information present and find the lack of safety information and references disturbing.