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Best-selling historian Thomas Fleming gives a scathing new look at President Woodrow Wilson's handling--and mishandling--of "the war to end all wars."
In this sweeping historical canvas, Thomas Fleming undertakes nothing less than a drastic revision of our experience in World War I. He reveals how the British and French duped Wilson into thinking the war was as good as won, and there would be no need to send an army overseas. He describes a harried president making speech after speech proclaiming America's ideals while supporting espionage and sedition acts that sent critics to federal prisons. And he gives a harrowing account of how the Allies did their utmost to turn the American Expeditionary Force into cannon fodder on the Western Front.
Thoroughly researched and dramatically told, The Illusion of Victory offers compelling testimony to the power of a president's visionary ideals--as well as a starkly cautionary tale about the dangers of applying them in a war-maddened world.
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The whole world paid,.......2006-04-19
for the personal shortcomings of Woodrow Wilson. He was full of personal righteousness & never could acknowledged it. Thomas Fleming is an excellent & prolific historian. I disagreed vigorously with his revisionist book on FDR's administration, The New Dealer's War. Please see my review of 7-11-02 on that book. But his The Illusion of Victory, an apt title, delivers. It's an important book even for a person with an above average understanding of World War I. Wilson was vain, ill-tempered, vindictive & inflexible. Very few people even liked him. With his god-like pretensions he of course did not recognize any failings in himself. In our history we have been blessed with extraordinary leadership in times of our worst peril such as Washington, Lincoln & FDR. With Wilson we were not well served in World War I.
Let's be clear. Without the United States help Britain & France could not win the war against Germany. They didn't have the will or the resources. Russia was knocked out of the war & Germany could devote its full attention to the western front. At best they could have gotten a cease-fire. If Wilson had been the true neutral he professed The United States to be before 1917 & remained so, he would have been able to broker a peace. But he didn't want that. So the U.S. was dragged into the war. He promptly lost the peace: for the United States. His mismanagement of the peace teaty assured the United States would not emerge as the premier world power. The U.S. was the only power that could have assured world peace by the fair treatment of the German people. Instead, what was guaranteed was that Germany would seek to avenge their World War I shame as soon as they could, which turned out to be about 20 years later.
Wilson was aided by sycophants in the White House, the most important of these being his loving & devoted wife, Edith. Anyone questioning the president's vision was gone. Unfortunately, Lloyd George of Britian & George Clemenceau of France were not his toadies. Neither were Senator Henry Cabot Lodge & the Republicans. In perhaps his biggest breach of diplomacy, Wilson failed to take even one Republican to Europe with him to paticpate in, or at least observe the peace being made. That slight alone assured that whatever Wilson brought home for congressional approval would be rejected in it's orginal form. America's entry into the League of Nations was doomed.
Most egregious of all was out of Wilson's control. That was the massive stoke he suffered shortly after his second trip to Europe & more that a year before the 1920 election. He never fully recovered was not fit to govern. All contact with the world was through his his wife. Edith became the de facto president. During this cover-up she handled the presidency as she thought her husband would, a ploy that seems impossible today. The trouble was, she was more like Wilson than he was. That is she was totally inflexible. A few minor changes by Congress to the treaty to get the United States into the League of Nations might have moved Wilson just to get it past. These were not allowed by Edith in the president's name. For this the course of history was changed. How large a change we will never know. Mr. Fleming covers all this & more including another swipe at FDR as assit. Secretary of the Navy. Agree or disagree it's great stuff & a great book.
Useful Information.......2005-11-03
I've read a large number of WWI books and I was always curious why, when we finally went to war, why we mangled some of it so badly. While, unlike the author, I won't lay it all at Wilson's feet, a very large percentage of the blame does belong there.
I can't verify some of the details as other reviewers have done, but I have verified a lot of the bigger ideas communicated by Fleming and the conclusions that he reached, that Wilson was a man far beyond his depth, are pretty inescapable.
I found the book a very enjoyable and informative read and I highly recommend it. I'd suggest reading it with Doughboys to get a well-rounded picture of war time America.
Good History on Wilson, Bad History on WWI.......2005-07-23
In this book, Thomas Fleming is attempting to cast new light on Woodrow Wilson's presidency, specifically the period from the declaration of war against Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1917 through the presidential election of 1920. Fleming attempts to show that Wilson was a complete failure during this time, declaring war for the wrong reasons, bungling the peace process, allowing civil rights abuses at home, and torpedoing the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles by his stubborn refusal to compromise.
In this task, Fleming mostly succeeds. Although his writing style is over-the-top at times, he seems to have done his research well here and is able to back up his claims with specific facts and analysis. Overall, I found Fleming's main thesis to be persuasive and his writing compelling. This is an interesting but little known part of American history and Fleming's book is a useful addition to the literature on the subject.
However, when Fleming gets to writing about the causes of WWI and the conduct of the war by the various parties, he seriously misses the mark. It is clear that Fleming did not do nearly as much research in this area, and since it is not the focus of the book he confines himself to broad generalities and over-simplifications. Moreover, it looks as though his zeal to condemn Wilson has led him to condemn the British and the French, too. The reasoning appears to be, Wilson was a bad man and a worse president, and he chose to ally us with Britain and France, therefore Britain and France must be bad as well. In other words, because everything Wilson did was wrong, he must have chosen the wrong allies. This in turn causes Fleming to virtually exonerate Germany from any culpability for the war.
Other reviewers have detailed Fleming's errors and misrepresentations concerning the conduct of WWI, so I won't repeat them here. I will say that you should not rely on what Fleming says in this book about the causes of WWI or its course. There are many other books out there that do a much better job of analyzing these complex subjects. Holger Herwig's "The First World War" is told from the German side, and is quite an indictment of Germany's participation in the start of the war and how they fought in it.
In sum, read Fleming's book for the insights he provides into Wilson's presidency, and take what he says about WWI with a very large grain of salt.
Badly Needed Revisionism.......2005-01-14
Mr. Fleming has admitted that he had to abandon the prejudices of a liberal New Jersey upbringing to arrive at an objective assessment of FDR (The New Dealers' War) and Wilson. He certainly has done that. Frequently he crosses over the line of purely objective historian into political and personal commentary, but his assessments all stand scrutiny. While "Illusion" contains some factual errors (note that Fiorello LaGuardia flew in Italy, not France) none are related to the major subject and none detract from Fleming's thesis: Woodrow Wilson's hypocrisy, arrogance, and hunger for power overcame his early idealism, leading to one of the greatest failures of any American administration. Fleming's description of the scheming and lies of Edith Galt Wilson and presidential doctor, Adm. Grayson, foretold comparable lies from FDR's naval aides in WW II. Mrs. Wilson emerges as the Shrew From Hell, reminiscent of the Clinton White House but without Hillary's softer, feminine side (!)
Fleming details Wilson's failure in every major aspect: his refusal, after months of immobility, to hand over to his vice president; persistently ignoring vital domestic issues such as massive strikes and riots, a winter coal shortage, and persecution of minorities, to say nothing of the Prohibition debate. Wilson's tolerance for the continuing postwar naval blockade of Germany ("the worst atrocity of the war" says Fleming) led to thousands of deaths by starvation--this from the president who vowed to conduct "a war without hate."
Yet after all that, WW still felt he deserved a third term and declined to endorse his own son in law for the nomination.
Well done--again--Tom Fleming.
Over the Top.......2005-01-09
Right from the start, when Fleming hopelessly muddles the beginning of the war to put Germany in the best light ("The French, allied with Russia, attacked from the west," he says (p. 43). In fact, it was Germany that unleashed the Schlieffen Plan on France) it is clear this work is a dedicated piece of revisionism. While Fleming spills much ink on his theme the Germans were the victims of shadowy forces conspiring against them, and not primarily responsible for turning a diplomatic stand-off over an act of pre-emptive regicide into a world war, it is clear the true villain of the book is Woodrow Wilson.
If anything goes wrong, Wilson is to blame - not just the failure of the League of Nations, but everything from Bolshevism ("Without U.S. support, the bankrupt British and French could do little but fritter around the edges of the Russian upheaval," p. 342 - gee, I thought the problem with Wilson was he was too eager to intervene in other people`s wars), to prohibition: "If Wilson had been on the job as president instead of playing world savior he might have fought the passage of this bad legislation and immediately started rallying enough congressional votes to sustain a veto. He did neither. It was one more piece of evidence that the president had lost sight of his responsibility as leader of the American people." (p. 414-415).
In exonerating Germany Fleming seems to take positive glee at the fate of "poor little Belgium." "To an objective observer, Northcliffe and his allies in Wellington House would seem to have had a problem arousing pity for Belgium." He describes the appalling personal rule of King Leopold as "a holocaust that exceeds anything in previous, or subsequent, recorded history," and calls Belgium "about as neutral as Scotland" and "about as democratic as Germany." (p. 49-50). Setting aside for a moment Germany's unmentioned but less than stellar record of barbarity in its own Africa dominions (just ask the Herero people), and the book's pooh-poohing of German atrocities during their debauch through Belgium, the principle of state sovereignty itself cannot be allowed to stand in the way of the triumphant march of Fleming's revisionism. Everything the noble Teutons do (or don't do) is ascribed to the noblest of causes - even the failure of German propaganda is ascribed to "Naïve Germanic self-righteousness." (p. 61).
Ironically, it is clear Anglophobic Fleming draws heavily on arch imperialist Niall Ferguson (see footnote 17, p. 494) for his themes (as does fellow revisionist John Mosier in his The Myth of the Great War). He says that it wasn`t until 1918 that "The Germans, exasperated by the Allied refusal to settle for anything less than a knockout blow, were contemplating peace terms as harsh and vindictive as those the French and British imposed." (p. 480). In fact, as anyone who has read Fritz Fischer's Germany's Aims in the First World War would know, German imperial ambitions - which aimed at the effective annexation of the Low Countries and neutralization of France - were fully realized even before the end of the first year of fighting.
In his efforts to whitewash the Second Reich Fleming skips from revisionism to fantasy. "Germany's aims before the war were relatively modest," he maintains. "Basically, Berlin sought an acknowledgement that it was Europe's dominant power. It wanted an independent Poland and nationhood for the Baltic states, to keep Russia a safe distance from its eastern border. Also on the wish list was a free trade zone in which German goods could circulate without crippling tariffs in France, Italy, Scandinavia and Austria-Hungary. It is not terribly different from the role Germany plays today in the European Economic Union. But the British Tories could not tolerate such a commercial rival in 1914 and chose war." (p. 480). This paragraph includes one factual error - the Tories were in opposition in 1914 - and the rest is Niall Ferguson-inspired utterly spurious nonsense.
The real extent of Germany's imperial ambition was revealed at the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, which was forced on Russia in 1918 - Fleming deems this worthy of nothing more than two paragraphs on p. 197. Meanwhile, "The ongoing British blockade would become the greatest atrocity of World War I," Fleming declares (p. 296), something the Armenians, victims of outright genocide perpetrated by Germany's "halfhearted" (p. 58) ally Turkey, might take issue with.
The book is also riddled with mistakes:
Fleming says "[Media baron Lord] Northcliffe almost single-handedly revived the British Conservative Party in the elections of 1912." (p. 48). Presumably, he means the two elections of 1910.
Contra Fleming, tanks did not make their combat debut at Cambrai in 1917 (p. 220) but on the Somme a year earlier.
Fleming describes the Prime Minister of South Africa as coveting "German West Africa, a huge colony just north of his country, now known as Zimbabwe." (p. 336). In fact, Zimbabwe used to be called Rhodesia after the very British Cecil Rhodes. Fleming has it confused with Namibia.
Fleming lists Texas as a Republican gain in the election of 1920 (p. 469); in fact it stayed in the Democratic column.
In sum, this is disappointing work from a historian whose writing (his Burr-Hamilton history Duel, for example) I have enjoyed in the past.
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Solaris VII is home to the ultimate sporting event--where Mechwarriors from every corner of the Inner Sphere come to make war. Michael Searcy arrived in dishonor, but worked his way up in the ranks to become one of the game's most accomplished players. But now, ancient grudges have reached beyond the arena. And Michael is caught in a championship match where the winner is the last man alive...
#47 in a strong and enduring series
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Big Fan.......2006-03-22
I guess I am a little partial to rating this book high due to the fact that I am a big fan of the Solaris Games and all the politics that take place on Solaris VII. This book fueled my idea for a Campaign which turned out to be fantastic.
Help can't put it down.......2002-07-10
It's been a while since I picked up a BT novel, and now I have I can't put it back down. Set on Solaris you get to see the big conflict being played out in the universe on a much smaller scale... Davionist fighting Steiners, Free Worlders fighting Caps and disgruntled ex-clanners fighting anyone who stands in their crosshairs. An excellent read, and a great place to jump back into the BT universe.
Let the games begin.......2002-07-06
This is a gladiator arena like no other. On solris 7 the games are here. this is the first real solris 7 book and it rocks. But the mechs in this book go outa the arena and on the streets cause theres a war goin around in the gaming world between the fed comm supporters and the lyrans. the battles are great, no time to breath through the whole book. this is an awsome book with mech to mech action like no other. i recomend this book to all.
Killer book........2001-05-25
I though noone could get me to see the planet of Solaris 7 from the arena fighters point of view, but Loren Coleman did just that. This is a killer book and one that is a must read.
Wonderful read.......2001-02-07
Being a great fan of the BattleTech Universe, I was hoping for a book that would grip my imagination enough to prevent me from putting it down. This book does just that. Coleman doesn't simply slap the storyline and facts down for you to plough through, he actually molds the plot and the characters throughout the book. This gives it a whole and rounded feeling. There was only one problem - it was over too quickly! I could have read another 500 pages, but they just weren't there. Bigger book next time, LC?
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Home by Christmas: The Illusion of Victory in 1944 (Contributions in Military Studies)
Ronald Andidora
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By September 1944, Allied forces had broken out from the Normandy beachheads, liberated Paris, and found themselves poised on the German border. As this offensive gained momentum, Patton and Montgomery, hoping to exploit the enemy's temporary weakness in the West, concocted their own alternatives to Eisenhower's broad front strategy. Each proposed a single thrust aimed directly into the German heartland, designed to "bring the troops home by Christmas." This study examines this so-called "broad front-single thrust" controversy and concludes that the idea of early victory was wishful thinking--a product of the erroneous and dangerous assumption that the Nazi regime was already tottering on the brink of collapse. Precisely because of its lightning pace, the Allied advance resulted in severe logistical problems, limiting Patton's proposed operation to only ten combat divisions, while Montgomery's closer proximity to the coast might have allowed for as many as sixteen. But it should have been obvious that either thrust faced certain destruction against the 250 divisions still fielded by the Wehrmacht on all fronts in September. In light of this substantial German military capacity, despite serious losses and strategic setbacks, the single thrust could not have been a decisive war-ending maneuver. In fact, Andidora argues, it could not even have provided for its own security against the forces that would have coalesced against it. Rather than unnecessarily prolonging the war, as some have argued, Eisenhower's decision to stay the strategic course probably averted a military disaster.
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The struggles of command, logistics and strategy.......2005-05-10
Home By Christmas: The Illusion of Victory in 1944 by Ronald Andidora is a solid piece of historical literature; well researched, balanced in analysis and written with clarity and flair. Andidora's book is a "hidden gem", one of those books that have somehow slipped by most people's radars - or at least popular literature radars. One reason for the relative obscurity of Home By Christmas is almost certainly its cost: it's hard to capture a broad readership with a 180 pp. book for ~$90! It's really too bad that this book hasn't gotten broader readership because it does a really good job covering, a controversial topic that has been discussed in a large number of higher profile books, namely the broad versus narrow front debate that started in the fall of 1944 and continues to this day.
Andidora does really nice job setting the debate in context of the war in Northwestern Europe (while also touching on how these events fit with events on the Eastern Front). He also places the debate firmly within the strategic sphere while not completely losing track of the political and personality influences (although the latter topics receive much less attention). Anadidora should also be commended for having the guts to not short change one of the biggest factors that plays into almost any strategic decision: the logistical realities that constrain strategy. Most arguments avoid discussions of logistics as these issues don't sell books typically. Yet in doing this, these latter books seriously miss represent the issues or give too much credence to other influences. Andidora manages to cover the logistics issues without boring or confusing the reader - no small task. Andidora enhances all of his discussions with a set of maps that are generally quite useful if simplistic in presentation.
In the final analysis Home By Christmas is a really well crafted book that hits the mark as a historical work that serious students of WWII should pick up and read. If you can't afford this 5 star book (I couldn't) check your local public or University library (or Interlibrary Loan)!
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The Illusion of Victory: Fascist Propaganda and the Second World War
W. Vincent Arnold
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Illusion or Victory: How the U.S. Navy Seals Win America's Failing War on Drugs
Richard L. Knopf
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reveals the recently declassified details of the U.S. Government's secret war against the international drug cartels and narcoterrorists. Readers learn the true story of the U.S. military's involvement in fighting the organized drug trade through the author's many revelations of secret military operations around the world. Included are details on operations involving U.S. Navy SEAL teams and other U.S. forces engaged in combat with armies of drug barons and mercenaries equipped with state-of- the-art weaponry. Based on true accounts of the U.S. Government's secret war on drugs shows how more than 60 of the world's 173 constituted nations as well as the world's major banks and corporations are directly involved with drug trafficking.
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Andrew from California.......2004-03-16
The book grabbed me when I opened it and I did not put it down until I finished reading it early the next morning. While I realize the story line is fictional, it sounds plausible and realistic to me. I have studied this subject matter, and I understand that while the air ways for trafficing out of the Andean Ridge have been largely shut down, the waterways have not. I looked for major reviews before buying the book and thought the Kircus Review, a highly prestigous literary review, was extraordinary.
Highly recommend this title to anyone looking for the US to fight a real war on drugs and not continue to use the needle in a haystack approach of trying to stop it at the border with limited success at very high cost.
The back flap contains a terrific letter of support from Senator Orrin Hatch, the Chairman of the US Senate Judiciary Committee, the organization responsible for many elements of combatting drugs and its attendant crime.
Really, really enjoyed this book, receives my highest recommendation.
tried really hard to like it.......2003-11-17
The anti-drug moralizing forced me to stop reading it as did MANY technical goofs - 2 times where the author described M16s as having 40 round magazines, that a .357 Mag could penetrate a car's engine block, that most SEALs are built like NFL players and can bench 400 pounds.
Drugs are evil but every good character in the book gets crocked on booze.
Lots of typos and errors. This was like reading a first draft.
tried hard to like it.......2003-11-17
Gave up about half way thru. Great premise and some good details but the anti-drug ranting just became WAY too much. The author is on a personal crusade against drugs of the South American variety and it really comes thru in the writing. Continuous moralizing about how all drugs are evil and the US, actually the world, is about to collapse because of the War on Drugs, but it's OK when all of the good characters drink alcohol. eg - when the FBI agents meet and get crocked.
Author annoyingly, and for no reason, keeps bringing up a backstory about Modular Products as if he's trying to set the background for his next novel.
Many typos and errors - was this a first draft that no one proof read? Glaring technical errors that an author with friends in law enforcement should know: p90 - .357 bullets can penetrate a car's engine block, p33 and p26 - M16s with "40 round" magazines.
Too many analogies of how SEALs are like NFL players and can all bench press 400 pounds - HA!. Also, for a guy that supposedly was in BUD/S, he says Hell Week was 7 days - it's really 5. p26 - the SEALs wear "dark jungle striped" camo! Another goof.
Tried hard to like it but the moralizing and faulty details really turned me off.
great read.......2002-12-31
I enjoyed this book and the few areas which might be considered discrepancies were little more than a matter of perspective. The author did a great job combining information with a smooth reading experience.
Good effort.......2000-05-31
Unfortunately, I did not read the reviews of this book prior to purchasing it - I thought it was a factual accounting of US Navy Special Warfare efforts against the drug cartels. Had the author stuck with keeping this factual, it would have been a much more valuable read.
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Suffering from Illusion: The Secret Victory of Self-Defeat
Sayers R. Brenner
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One of the best of its kind........1998-04-14
A superb analysis of the genesis of neuroses with practical suggestions toward enlightenment. I recommend this book highly.
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Buttermilk waffles drizzled with melted butter and maple syrup, a warm omelet filled with melted cheese and seasonal vegetables, or a helping of perfectly crisp hash browns. These classic breakfast dishes are always delicious and provide plenty of energy for the day ahead.
Williams-Sonoma Collection Breakfast offers more than 40 recipes, ranging from old favorites to fresh new ideas. Whether you are looking for a dish to prepare in advance and eat on a busy weekday, such as almond-currant scones or homemade granola, or a special treat to enjoy on a more leisurely weekend morning, such as blueberry pancakes or a savory frittata, this book has recipes to suit all tastes. And for special brunch gatherings, an entire chapter of original recipes -- including sweet cherry and cheese blintzes as well as a hearty wild mushroom quiche -- will help you plan an irresistible menu to share with family and friends.
Vivid, full-color photos make it simple to choose which dishes to prepare, and photographic side notes give insight into the many ingredients and techniques used throughout the book, making Breakfast much more than just a fine collection of recipes. In addition, an informative basics section and glossary provide you with all you need to know to prepare the first -- and most important -- meal of the day.
Eating a satisfying, well-balanced breakfast is undoubtedly the best way to begin any morning. Classic dishes such as omelets, buttermilk waffles, or old-fashioned oatmeal not only are delicious, but also give us the
energy we need to make the most of the day.
Williams-Sonoma Collection Breakfast offers more than 40 easy-to-follow recipes, including enduring favorites and inspiring new ideas. In these pages, you will find simple breakfasts ideal for busy weekday mornings as well as more elaborate dishes perfect for brunch entertaining. This beautifully photographed recipe collection is sure to become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.
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Great Xmas gift.......2007-01-10
Received book in a very good time. It was a great Xmas present and very appreciated
Beautiful layout, OK recipes.......2007-01-04
I love how this book is structured. As with all the Williams Sonoma books, each recipe has a full color picture to go along with it. The recipes are okay. The hashbrowns were tasty, but the French Toast turned out awful. The book recommended letting them soak in batter for 10-30 minutes, making them too soggy to be edible. Play around with the recipes in this one - you can't always follow the instructions verbatim.
Delicious for the eyes and stomach.......2006-02-23
Beautiful book with easy tasty recipes and the eye candy to go with it. Book lays relitively flat so it is easy to stay on the page you are using. I already own two other William-Sanoma books; Salads and Pies. My favorite is the Celery Root Remoulade, simple, easy to make, delicous and it sounds fancy. In the pie book I have used butter pie crust, apple crumb cake, yum.
Great Recipes, Super Cookbook.......2006-02-23
This is the 6th book in the William Sonoma Collection that I have purchased. Each book has been a triumph in terms of the recipes included in the book. The Breakfast edition was no exception! I have tried 4 of the recipes so far and have found them all easy to make and superb in taste. I have not found a recipe in any of this collection of cookbooks that I wouldn't make again! I'm very statisfied. I wish they would make more of them!
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