Purple Hearts-Battle Scars is a vivid and sensitive account of combat in the Korean War as seen through the eyes of a nineteen-year old Marine sergeant. This is no macho book; with nine months of combat and two Purple Hearts; the author has no need to prove his credentials or his manhood. Rather; he quietly and movingly shares his experience of war; of the loss and the courage; of the comradship and the pain; and of the grim reality that in modern warfare survival is mosly a matter of luck--and he shows us what it is like when the luck runs out and the hot shell fragment tears into flesh. We learn the weapons and the tactics; the terror of night battles and we see the hills devoid of vegetation as the constant shelling reduces the land to powder. A Foreword and an Afterword by Marine Lt. General Bernard E. Trainor (Ret.) provide this book a context that gives the reader both an overview and a concluding point of rest.
#660374 in Books Mary Wollstonecraft Miriam Brody 2004-09-28 2004-09-28Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.80 x .80 x 5.10l; .60 #File Name: 0141441259352 pagesA Vindication of the Rights of Woman
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. Learn about pre-Regent women's rights (or lack thereof)By MSmurfIt's dreadful to read at times because it kind of makes you want to travel back in time and slap some sense into men and how dreadful the patriarchal system was. BUT... It's a great book. I bought it for my thesis on the patriarchal system in Regency England and this book; while showing Mary Wollstonecraft's very clear point of view on her society; provides a lot of information and detail that shows what life was like at that time (or a few years before; but it's basically the same era). A must if you're into history; women's rights or the likes.If you're thinking about getting it for a paper or thesis or something; go for it.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Great read - one of the first feministsBy Threepence WorthThis book is simply amazing for the author's thinking on women's rights (and responsibilities). I can't believe that such a forward thinking woman was writing in the 1700s. Her clear view of women's rightful position in society; as opposed to their actual position; is made evident at every turn. Her ideas on education - for girls and boys - must have seemed bizarre for her time; but her arguments in favour of her theories are sound and endorsed by modern education philosophies. My only criticism is that she is verbose and repetitious and some of her sentences are over a page long! Well punctuated and quite correct as to grammar; they seem to go on and on. I loved this book and have written down many quotes to keep. One in particular; where she describes foolish women foregoing the joys and duties of motherhood and marriage as chasing the ephemeral "pleasures that sit lightly on the wing of time". What a delightful turn of phrase!1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. EducatingBy Ann CooperThis book was mentioned in Founding Mothers; by Cokie Roberts; as an essential piece of writing from the mid 1700s. So I tried to read it. It is a long and rambling diatribe against the fact that women of the time; or at least the upper class ones; were valued not for themselves; their ideas or their common sense; but as decorative and submissive male appendages; for ever prevented from attaining their true potential (and values more for youth and beauty than more lasting assets). Oddly; the impression from reading "Founding Mothers" mothers; about the women behind the men who broke from England to form the United States; was of an intrepid and capable bunch of women; quite unlike the most of the 'ladies/women' portrayed in this famous early-feminist lecture.
