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Edited by Australia's first female dermatologist, with contributions from six others, Skin Wise: A Guide to Healthy Skin for Women covers every aspect of skin care from infancy to old age and offers sensible, practical advice about skin problems and what can be done to treat them. The seven authors are all practising dermatologists specializing in different fields of dermatology. They set out to moderate what they see as harmful and excessive expectations generated by some authors and the media. For instance, they place less emphasis on laser and cosmetic remedies than some of their competitors and they talk about the limitations of certain skin products and of ageing skin itself. They show women how to care for ordinary skin and how skin is altered by puberty, oral contraceptives, pregnancy, menopause and ageing. For the first time in a book of this kind there is a separate chapter on sexual health and genital dermatology. Skin Wise investigates hirsutism, hair loss, and other scalp conditions. A chapter for parents on paediatric dermatology offers advice on moles, psoriasis, sun protection, diet, acne, birthmarks, warts, nappy rash, alopecia and other conditions. There is a chapter on nail care and laser therapy. A further original feature of this book is a separate chapter on skin problems in the workplace. Here, then, in one book, is a succinct, commonsensical guide to every kind of skin problem and treatment for women.
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With the outbreak of the Korean War, the poor, rural West German state of Rhineland-Palatinate became home to some of the largest American military installations outside the United States. In GIs and Fräuleins, Maria Höhn offers a rich social history of this German-American encounter and provides new insights into how West Germans negotiated their transition from National Socialism to a consumer democracy during the 1950s.
Focusing on the conservative reaction to the American military presence, Höhn shows that Germany's Christian Democrats, though eager to be allied politically and militarily with the United States, were appalled by the apparent Americanization of daily life and the decline in morality that accompanied the troops to the provinces. Conservatives condemned the jazz clubs and striptease parlors that Holocaust survivors from Eastern Europe opened to cater to the troops, and they expressed scorn toward the German women who eagerly pursued white and black American GIs. While most Germans rejected the conservative effort to punish as prostitutes all women who associated with American GIs, they vilified the sexual relationships between African American men and German women. Hohn demonstrates that German anxieties over widespread Americanization were always debates about proper gender norms and racial boundaries, and that while the American military brought democracy with them to Germany, they also brought Jim Crow.
Customer Reviews:
Women's sexual freedom and nationalism.......2005-07-12
To the postwar German churches, the great moral issue was not what the German government and military had done to millions of innocent people in World War II; the "moral" issue was the sexual freedom enjoyed by German women who chose to sleep with American soldiers.
German elites wanted a good relationship with the United States, so plans were dropped to label every German woman who slept with an American a "prostitute." Besides, too many respectable German families acquired American sons-in-law. Germans couldn't help but notice that "Negro" soldiers were despised by their fellow Americans, so women who slept with "black" Americans were the only ones labeled prostitutes.
Interesting fact: One German judge released a mulatto Fräulein who was accused of prostitution for sleeping with a "black" American soldier. He reasoned that, since she wasn't good enough to marry a white man, she was only engaged in some innocent "husband hunting."
A Must Read for the German-American Cold War Experiences.......2002-10-14
"GIs and Frauleins" presents a comprehensive review of the cultural and economic impact the massive American military machine imposed on a small, agrarian, and relatively poor German state at the peak of the Cold War. This book presents a seminal work for the comprehension of later cultural clashes that dominated both the United States and Germany and continue to the present.
I recommend it for both the serious scholar as well as the casual reader of social and demographic history.
Modernization = Americanization?.......2002-10-09
Unlike the previous reviewer, who took issue with the allegedly "academic" style of the book, I found it was very readable, avoiding a lot of the "constructing the other" and "conflicting gender identities" type of language one might expect to find in an academic book of this sort. This does not mean, however, that the book does not address the kind of conceptual, academic issues that are frequently raised in such stilted terms. In no sense is the book merely an antiquarian show-and-tell kind of catalog; it quite thoroughly discusses the "holy Trinity" of race, class, and gender issues. I found the discussion of German and American forms of racism to be especially interesting.
The content of the book has, for the most part, been adequately addressed in the "official" Amazon review as well as in the previous customer review. There is one aspect, however, that deserves further mention, and which I found particularly insightful: Höhn's discussion of whether the changes that came to the rural areas she discusses would be best described as modernization or as Americanization. This sort of issue is something which would interest anyone who is concerned with the cultural issues of globalization and the dominance of American cultural products in today's markets. Because she focuses on an area in which there was a very strong American presence in the immediate post-war years, it is not surprising that her evidence shows a significant American component to the modernization process. It would be interesting to compare her conclusions in this regard to those of someone studying an area where American influence was less direct and personal. This comparison would better demonstrate whether the American influence was a necessary, or merely a contemporary, component of German societal modernization. Such a comparison, however, would not fit very well into a book titled "GIs and Fräuleins." Höhn is to be commended for putting the abundant evidence which she presents into such a larger context of modernization debates, and not faulted for not being more encyclopedic.
a wonderful book!.......2002-09-10
This book is a truely fascinating study of German-American encounters after World War II. It is full of interesting details and also extremely well written. A MUST for anyone interested in German history!
Amis and Veronikas.......2002-09-09
"GIs and Fraeuleins"
Maria Hoehn
ISBN 0-8078-5375-5
This book explores the culture clash that occurred during the Cold War in the 1950's when American GIs were first stationed in large numbers in the towns of Baumholder and Kaiserslautern in the rural Rhineland-Palatinate state of Germany, between the Rhine and Mosel rivers. Having served in Germany a decade later, I was surprised at the extent to which there had been such problems. In Mannheim, most of the issues that Maria Hoehn describes were not readily apparent. But Mannheim was urban versus the relatively provincial character of Baumholder and Kaiserlautern of the previous decade.
Some of Hoehn's themes in this book include the impact the American soldier's money and lifestyle on rural German society, the German conservatives' attempt to punish German women who associated with GIs, especially black GIs, and the irony of the Germans' rejection of discrimination against Jews in the new Federal democracy vis-à-vis their acceptance of it against black American soldiers. Certainly, Hoehn points out, white attitudes toward fellow black soldiers played a role in the German view.
Hoehn's documentation from publications of the time convincingly demonstrates that there were significant racial problems and that many Germans vehemently opposed intimate associations between German women and American blacks, so much so that the conservative CDU political party and various religious organizations tried to have these women legally classified as prostitutes.
Hoehn writes that many Germans including those who had lost ancestral lands to American military installations began to cash in on the boom by renting rooms to Americans. Barns and attics were transformed into apartments. German families moved into their own kitchens to be able rent out the rest of the house to the Americans who were willing to pay four or five times the going rate. Hoehn quips that in the small towns where everyone usually kept animals that some Germans had to choose between having a pig or an American, an "Ami" in the German parlance of the time.
Due to high unemployment throughout Germany at this time, many young women came to the area hoping for a job as a maid for an American family, a waitress, or a dancer at an establishment that catered to American soldiers. Many, who had lost homes and parents during the war, hoped to escape from a life of poverty. Some were refugees from the former territories or East Germany. These women did not find favor in the traditional view of the residents of the area for their fraternization with American soldiers, especially black American soldiers. Such women were dubbed "Veronikas". A number of them were arrested and subjected to humiliating trials in local courts by extremist judges. Efforts for national legislation classifying these women as prostitutes by the coalition of CDU, Protestant, and Catholic leaders ultimately failed.
This book is an excellent, well-documented piece of research. Although Hoehn's writing is somewhat academic and redundant in places, this is a commendable book of considerable merit. Those interested in postwar German history and even some former GIs may get new insight from it.
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The battle for the Rhineland was brutal in the extreme. Eisenhower's "broad front" policy called for the whole of the Rhineland to be taken before pushing his troops across the Rhine and into Germany itself. The Germans opened the Roer dams in a vain bid to temper this massive Allied offensive, and this called for a drastic change in tactics. The ensuing battle was characterized by amphibious assaults on the fortified villages of the flooded Rhine lowlands, frontal assaults on the vaunted Siegfried Line and grim fighting for the Reichswald Forest. It was to be "the last great killing ground in the west."
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A rare dud from Osprey.......2005-03-17
I have just reviewed three Osprey books, and found two excellent, but this is one is a dud. Most of this book is about the Battle of the Bulge. True it covers the British in the Reichswald and Operation Grenade, but barely. The account of the American 1st, 3rd and 7th US Armies is so sketchy it's embarrassing. I have seen more detailed accounts in magazines and board games. It is a huge subject and I wondered how they would cover it in a small book, but they make it much worse by trying to cover the Battle of the Bulge as well under the excuse of background. The result is so thin it's useless. Even the maps have to cover so much ground they are useless. It's not even a good "Bulge" book in the end. The long chapter on "where to visit" turns out to be 90% on the Bulge as well. Only the artwork is up to the usual standard. I am a fan of the Osprey series but this is one of the few times in recent years I have been disappointed. I hope it's because it is five years old, and they will not do it again.
Good overview of the operations before the Rhine in 1945.......2004-01-07
The clear intention of The Rhineland 1945 book is to provide neophite military buff or the beleagured student of history with a barebones generalized overview of the operations leading up to the crossing of the Rhine in March 1945. Anyone familiar with this period, wanting more specialized or in-depth studies would, I would presume, know well enough that based on the format of the series, that one is not to expect all that much from such a slim volume. That said, I find this book to be an very good introduction to this period of the war in Western Europe. The book is written in such a way that it can stand alone or act as a continuation of the books dealing with earlier campaigns. I found the format logical, the layout and design excellent, and the selection of pictures suitable for evoking the realities of the fighting conditions.
A Useful but Overly Generalized Summary.......2000-12-01
Ken Ford, an English book-seller and amateur historian, has attempted a difficult task: to summarize the Allied offensives to clear the German forces from the west bank of the Rhine River in February-March 1945 and to do this in only the 96 pages allowed by the Osprey Campaign Series format. Although there are American and British official histories that cover this phase of the war in great detail, Ford has succeeded in supplementing the meager collection of one volume accounts of the battles in the Rhineland. Unfortunately, much of the account is overly-generalized and wastes space on well-known facts instead of getting down into the weeds and telling this story as it should be told.
The author gets off on the wrong foot in the initial sections on the origins of the battle, opposing commanders and opposing armies. Ford begins with a three-page discussion of Eisenhower's well-known "Broad Front" strategy that adds very little to a discussion of the Rhineland campaign. Worse, he focuses on very high level leaders like Eisenhower, Bradley, Model and ciphers like Simpson, Hodges and von Zangen. Corps commanders and below, like Horrocks and Meindl get no background detail. Most readers will be aware that Horrocks, as the commander of the British 30th Corps, failed to break through to the besieged British paratroopers at Arnhem in September 1944. Finally, the four pages on opposing armies fails to convey the tactical methods, organization or strengths and weaknesses of either side and instead focuses on the army and army group level. What the author failed to provide was any kind of background on the units that actually fought in the Rhineland battles. Ford calls all German paratrooper units "elite" when in actuality, the two units facing the British were far from elite: the 6th Parachute Division was formed only eight months prior and had been smashed in Normandy and Holland, while the 8th Parachute Division had been in existence for only two months and had no combat experience. Both units were in fact only regimental-size battle groups but Ford depicts them as full-size divisions on his maps. Similarly, the 9th, 11th and 116th Panzer Divisions that Ford mentions were also really just battlegroups with 20-30 tanks each and 3-4,000 troops. Furthermore, in a campaign where river-crossing and obstacle reduction was crucial, the failure to detail Allied engineer assets and capabilities was an enormous omission.
The discussion of the British Operation "Veritable" and the American Operation "Grenade" are succinct but do succeed in linking these operations together. Too often, accounts tend to "de-link" these battles because of nationalistic bias. Ford to his credit, does not. Both sections could have had greater detail however and it is difficult to get a feel for the desperate battles in the gloomy Reichswald Forrest here. Finally, covers the final US 1st, 3rd and 7th Army drives to the Rhine River. This should have concluded the campaign, but unfortunately Ford goes on to recount the subsequent Rhine-crossings and collapse of Germany; this was space that would have been better spent provided greater detail on the actual campaign rather than events outside its scope.
Ford's volume does have a good order of battle for both sides, the battle maps are decent and most of the photographs are excellent. The section on wargaming the campaign is quite good for an Osprey title and even mentions relevant board and computer games that cover the battle. However, this volume does not offer either new information or a fresh perspective on the battle but rather, an overly generalized summary that lacks sufficient background detail.
Customer Reviews:
Great Reading!.......2000-05-13
I just finished this set of three novels in less than a day (fortunately, I had the day off!) and they were wonderful! They're set in the time right after World War II and really incorporate some very interesting history in a painless way. The main character's growing relationship with God and then his opportunities to help others make their own spiritual connections are very inspirational without being saccharin, and the non-stop adventure is really gripping. Highly recommended!
Rendezvous With Destiny- worth 20 Newberys!.......2000-01-18
These three books are only the first out of five. They are so exciting you can't put them down. They've got romance, adventure, history, and excitment. They take place in post-WWII times, focusing on the life of Captain (soon to be Colonel) Jake Burnes. It tells about his assignments in Europe, his best friend Pierre, and his fiance Sally. If you like adventure, read these!
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Amid the Ravages of War, Will They All Discover True Peace?
The war-weary American captain faces a nation in ruins and a daunting assignment on the border between Germany and France. A fighter from the French Underground is appointed to help him and becomes a friend. When they stumble upon stolen Nazi treasure, they uncover a conspiracy at the highest levels on both sides of the conflict and mortal danger to themselves.
The lovely diplomat also assigned to the same border has lived through her own personal battle during the war years. She now guardedly lets down some inner barriers to reach out to the bands of impoverished German children left orphaned and abandoned by the war. Her compassion, seen in very practical ways, has far-reaching impact, and the two soldiers gradually are drawn into her humanitarian efforts. And then the two friends discover their common interest in her -
The first in an explosive new historical fiction series!
Customer Reviews:
Rather Boring, Blah Writing, and What Character Development?.......2007-03-08
Jake Burnes, a soldier's soldier, battle weary and mad at life. Okay, noted...now what. Unfortunately, not much. Throughout this book and the series to come you get little more development than Jakey boy coming to terms with the enemy. The major tension points are no big spoilers..."wah, you killed my brother" and "wah, you're trying to kill me." Pierre sees more development over the series but basically all we learn about him as a character is that he's a scary driver.
There are select passages where the descriptions are pulled off wonderfully, but for the most part, the writing is stilted and slow.
It was interesting but not fantastic........2000-06-03
I liked it actually. It had an interesting plot, and I loved the character development. Captain Jake Burnes, a bitter, battle-weary American captain, is issued to war-ravaged Germany right after the end of WWII. He makes friends with a French officer and a beautiful diplomat...and with Germany's war orphans. A rumor of Nazi treasure spreads around the military base, and certain people thought to be allies turn out to be dangerous enemies. Jake, struck by the desperation of the widows and orphans the war has left, tries to help them, and it ends up being a life-changing experience for him. Rhineland Inheritance wasn't the most exciting or best written book I've ever read...some parts were flat and dull. But then other parts were exciting and suspenseful...so I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series anyway.
A good story for the right audience, but not a page turner........1998-03-16
As an adult, I found the writing style
somewhat stilted and forced. I was reading
the book before placing it in a private school
library. The target audience of 11-14 year
old students will probably enjoy the story;
girls more than boys. The story focuses on a
young Army captain stationed in Germany at the
end of WWII. He is touched by the desperate,
displaced people trying to survive without
proper shelter or food. He also is involved
in a search for hidden Nazi treasure. This is
a good mystery story with enough romance to
keep the target audience reading. Be aware
that there are strong religious undertones
throughout the story. While that is more than
appropriate for my Christian school, others
might not care for that aspect of the story.
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