Land Against the Wind The Stilwell Life in China 1911 45
Barbara W. Tuchman analyzes General Stilwell and the American illusion about China in a sweeping portrait from 1911 to 1949. The book links Stilwell's career, his distrust of power, and his deep regard for Chinese people with the broader myth of democracy through Western education and open trade. It argues the Mandarins' decline did not usher in a democratic China, and that political realities outpaced Western hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilwell
China
Barbara W. Tuchman
Macquillan
George III
USA
Pearl Harbour
America
Asia
Peking
Canton
Burma
South- East Asia
Chingcul
Himalayas
Assam
The Zoo Gang and Bear Island Book Reviews
Paul Gallico's The Zoo Gang is a three story collection about a wartime resistance ring led by Colonel Roque who aids police but uses lethal methods. Alistair MacLean bears Bear Island about a secret film unit under siege on a dangerous Arctic island. Both works draw on WWII themes with stark moral ambiguity and suspense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
ZOO Gang
Paul Gallico
Heinemann
Bear Island
Alistar MacLean
Collins
MacLean
Arctic
Murmansk
Gallico
Betts Coma
Patties Benet
Tiger
Wolf
Fox
Roque
Fos
Riviera
Poems of Places and People review by a critic
The critic surveys George Barker’s Poems of Places and People from Faber 80pp 490, noting a drift from his earlier exuberance to windier, less tasteful verse. The piece then shifts to a long analysis of World War II dynamics, detailing Stilwell Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang army, critiquing leadership, logistics, morale, and policy, culminating in a caution that Nixon should reassess U.S. China strategy based on these lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stilwell
China
Peking
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang Party
Washington
George Barker
BBC
Faber
Kuomintang
A Very Personal War Hawkridge Chronicle
James Hamilton-Paterson profiles Cornelius Hawkridge, an American informer who spent years exposing graft and corruption in Vietnam from 1966 to 1968. The Turkish-born investigator details massive looting of US military gear, currency manipulation, and the complicity of officials, while Hawkridge’s tale raises questions about war ethics and political coverups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius Hawkridge
James Hamilton-Paterson
Hodder and Stoughton
Vietnam
Norman Mailer
Mary McCarthy
Carneliua Hawkridge
South
James Amilton-Paterson
Hawkridge
AVO
South Vietnam
Calley
Westmorelands
US Senate
Washington
Qui Nhon
Pan Am
Air Vietnam
Singapore
Saigon
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Hawkbridge
Paterson
North
Main
China
America
Arma
Asia
Hawk
Cambodia
Prince Sihanouk
Neak Leung
Angela
Australia
Mastery of colour by the romantics reviews Watteau and Sali Herman
A critical look at two art books on Watteau and Sali Herman, noting their color, texture, and treatment of fete galante scenes. The essay contrasts Watteau’s delicate, decoratively patterned figures with Herman’s urban scenes, linking both to shifting Australian sensibilities and painterly textures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watteau
Johm Sunderland
Enore Camesca
Weidensfeld and
Nicolson
Sali Herman
Daniel Thomas Collins
Australia
Wattean
France
Salt Hermans
Viaminck
Sydney
Wateau
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Brian Jeffrey
Aul Gallico
Alistair MacLean
Cers
Moo
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Japan
Nixon
Margaret
Rigby
Roland Paine
Australian Capital Territory
Jacaranda Press
Thelma
George Chippendale
GE MacBeth
Macmillan
John Hay
By Nancy Parker
Verity Hewitt
Queanbeyan
Crawford Street
Louis
Louis Armstrong
Goodall
Man
Wolfe
Daltons
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