2007 – AmericanDelusions

North Korea – a visit to the “Axis of Evil” – book note

June 21, 2007

North Korea – a visit to the “Axis of Evil” Recently, in the context of some discussion of the Bush regime, my step-son Jonathan pointed me towards several books on Korea. He said that Bruce Cumings is simply the best author writing in English on Korea. So, a quick trip --->> read more -->>

North Korea – a visit to the “Axis of Evil”

June 21, 2007

Recently, in the context of some discussion of the Bush regime, my step-son Jonathan pointed me towards several books on Korea. He said that Bruce Cumings is simply the best author writing in English on Korea. So, a quick trip to the local library and I had this compact little --->> read more -->>

Book Note – Before the Dawn: recovering the lost history of our ancestors

February 27, 2007

Earlier this year I read Charles Mann’s 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus and was rewarded with another reminder of how thin my understanding of our hemisphere’s history is and how much new knowledge is being added by multiple disciplines. Here was a whole new world to be --->> read more -->>

A New Age Now Begins: a people’s history of the American revolution – book review

January 31, 2007

Book Review: Page Smith, A New Age Now Begins: a people’s history of the American revolution. 2 vols., 1896pp. Index. Bibliographic note.(New York: Penguin Books, 1976.) This huge work on the American Revolution covers everything from the politics of the war in England to obscure interactions with Indian tribes in --->> read more -->>