Modern Korean history has often been looked upon as a long, dark chapter with the darkness eminating from Japan. This has been increasingly the view put forth in Korean education and scholarship the further Japan's rule of the peninsula fades from actual memory. Nationalism was used in post-war Korea as a useful and powerful tool to rebuild the country, and now is perhaps having the exact opposite effect: leding to many blind spots in terms of what the Japanese reign of Korea actually meant to the country, even on an academic level.

This book takes the first steps towards pulling away the entrappings of nationalism from historical inturpretation, critically examining what exactly it was the Japanese were doing in Korea from a more objective stance.

Research of this kind was too long in the coming, and it is hoped that this will not be the last to analyze an all too often misunderstood (if realized at all) part of Korean, Japanese, and East Asian history.

This book is a true must have for anyone interested in what a GI went through in preparation for WWII. Kennett covers such topics as the draft, boot camp, combat, discharge and even the emotional and mental states of the GI. Such details as what kind of food the GIs ate and how they stacked up as soldiers against the Axis powers is provided.

This book would really make an excellent companion or first read for anyone interested in the WWII genere.

The book contains several interesting examples of utterances which tend to be spoken with the same intonation in American English. For instance, children tease each other by singing something like "Johnny has a girlfriend" on so-so-mi-la-so-mi.

Although none of the writers on stylized spoken intonation attempt to identify the musical pitches which they refer to, a reader with musical training might be able to identify those pitches. [...] and see if you agree that the four pitches of American stylized spoken intonation are do, mi, so, and la.

A decent biography of Barber although it was published when he was only 28. It's hard to imagine such a prolific climber fading away at such a young age, you don't hear about him much now-a-days. This book isn't really written in chronological order and each chapter really can almost stand alone. Details his trips to Austraila and Germany the best. Gives insight into the statement I hear often climbing, 'Oh, that's a Henry Barber route,' which mean that it was probably hard. A must read for any Northeast based climber.

I found the book, "Whispers Of Reality", to be overwhelmingly simplistic and down to earth. Mr. Lee expressed a lot of ideas the realy hit home and left me thinking about some of the poems for quite a while. I think the book is fantastic and I reccomend it for everyone to read and enjoy. I feel the sentiments employed are very defining and opens a new relm of possibilities for us to think about. It is also very entertaining and the poem, "Closer To The Flame", really made me laugh and remember times in the back yard, while having a cookout. Very well done...

That is what the title of this book should have been called.America is the greatest country in the world and I am a proud American. However, I am not too proud of the government that orchestrated this fiasco.What a waste of American Tax payers dollars! I highly recommend that you read "Con Man or Saint?", "Turner, Turner, Turner: The King of Network Marketing" and especially "The Unstoppable American", if you can still get a copy.

The great American mail fraud trial is a graphic example of why being rich and being right can be harmful to your wallet, particularly if you are a proponent of Multi-Level Marketing and Personal Development Systems and in the 1970's.

Multi-Level Marketing (today known as network marketing) was euphamistically referred to as pyramiding. Personal development systems were and in some cases still referred to as "feel good" hokey pokey programs designed for the gullible.

Imagine a 8th grade drop out with a severe speech impediment due to a harelip challenging people to "Dare to Be Great" and having the audicity to presume that he could lead people to financial independence and freedom!

The fact is that Glenn W. Turner did in fact turn five thousand dollars into over a quarter of a billion in under three years and through his company, Turner Enterprises, paved the way for 800 people to achieve a 7 figure income in the 1970's and in record breaking time.

He showed people how to "better their best" and taught success and leadership principles used through the centuries.

Turner amassed a net worth reportedly in excess of $350 million, owned a lear jet, a castle in Oveido, Fl, was one of the largest employers in Orlando and became "American of the Year" in 1972 beating out people like Art Linkletter.

Turner had 700 lawsuits filed against him ostensibly by over eager lawyers and spurred on by politicians looking for votes.
Glenn W. Turner was a rich, easy target. Multi-Level Marketing was an easy industry to attack and Turner was the King of MLM in 1970's USA.

Turner successfully defended 699 lawsuits, but the suits and negative media publicity achieved it's intended purpose bleeding Turner of his cash flow and his lawyer. Turner lost one lawsuit and spent some time in prison as a result. But the real question still remains, "Did Glenn W. Turner really do anything wrong?"

To the people who worked with and knew Turner personally, GWT exuded charisma and integrity. He was a real life hero, bigger than life who challenged them to "Dare to Be Great" and then showed them how they could indeed become great.

Koscot cosmetic products were state of the art. Dare to Be Great success program delivered on it's promises.

Unfortunately, to the American media, Turner was a hero that they despised and they revised his image even though it had nothing to do with fact or reality.

To the American courts, MLM was an "illegal pyramid scheme" and needed to be taken down. Be aware that these were the same courts that attempted to stop franchising a decade earlier on the basis that franchising was "an illegal pyrimid scheme" and "was robbing people of their life savings."

Today network marketing also known as muti-level marketing or MLM has attained respectability and is a huge industry. But Glenn W. Turner paid a heavy price as a pioneer and as the King of Network Marketing.

There are books such as "Con Man or Saint" and "The unstoppable American" and "Turner, Turner, Turner: The King of Network Marketing" which go into greater detail about KOSCOT Interplanetary, Dare to Be Great and The Great American Mail Fraud Trial.

Did Glenn W. Turner really do anything wrong? Did he bother people that much only because he was worth millions while they were worth thousands?

I submit that Glenn W. Turner didn't do anything wrong. And what he did do was to develop people and show them that they could have anything they wanted in life if only they were willing to step up on their toes and go for it!

When a horse is already dead, how can you put it out of its misery? Dead Horses offers little to engage the reader. The liner notes state that the book was written in one night, and it shows. The story line is very limited, and much of the book consists of trite situations written for "shock value." This is an example of a book that cries out "I am an inexperienced author and I want everyone to think I'm really deep and cool." Throughout this very short book, the reader gets the feeling that the writer thinks his story is somehow insightful or poignant; the reader finds that this simply isn't the case. Save your money - this is one for the glue factory

Have just read Dead Horses and could not disagree any stronger with the previous' reviewers opinion of it. Surely the book is a "hard" read, but once through it one can only sense that something was missed, and so one has no qualms in another lap around the track. You want straight-forward plot, one-sitting reads, explanatory and patronizing verbiage, go read John Grisham. You want something to throw against the wall in frustration, anger, and sadness when you're finished, get this book. "Amatuerish" - that's the genius in it; every page makes you feel as though you are in the midst of these rural corpses. It is definitely not for the "sheeple"