The story of the War in Korea and of the part played by the REME from 1950 to 1953 as told by various individuals of that Corps; makes fascinating reading. The support and devotion to their colleagues is most apparent; but typical of the British soldier; these experiences are balanced with a sense of sympathy for the unfortunate Korean civilian population caught up in the conflict; and it wouldn't be a true story of the British soldier without its sprinkling of 'squaddie' humour. John Dutton has provided an excellent compilation of personal accounts in this comprehensive story of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at war where the positioning of Light Aid Detachments and Field Workshops was just as important to senior commanders in their tactical planning as was the medical back-up of a Regimental Aid Post or a Field Ambulance.
#737273 in Books Sander L Gilman James M Thomas 2016-12-20 2016-12-20Original language:English 9.10 x 1.50 x 6.30l; .0 #File Name: 1479856126368 pagesAre Racists Crazy How Prejudice Racism and Antisemitism Became Markers of Insanity Biopolitics
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. a tour de forceBy Troy DusterThis manuscript is well-written in prose that is mainly accessible to the average reader; well-documented without being academically dense; and most important; it provides a genuinely imaginative contribution to the variable literatures that intersect race; racism; and mental illness. It is in sum a tour de force of prodigious scholarship covering more than a century of difficult and often disparately siloed literatures – but seamlessly cross-cutting fields as varied as psychiatry; anthropology; political theory; social psychology and educational policy (and the list could go on). The authors have provided a unique intellectual and political history of racial theorizing – and have generated a virtual “cognitive road map†of how anti-Semitism as leitmotif has played such a powerful; even dominant role in the way scholars and researchers have approached the subject matter; whether in Europe (Germany; the UK; and France); in the United States; or South Africa.Troy Duster0 of 2 people found the following review helpful. reflecting on how bad our crazy identities jostle each otherBy sailing up chit speakI am not surprised to find feelings like:the Jew is just as bad as either.They all want to squeeze the last pennyout of us and give us as little in returnas possible. (p. 204).On the same page; the social financial context is presented as the way minutes hardly allow any success:Worried out of his senses over money;he was rabid on little economies;small meannesses enforced by abruptirritable orders.The nighttime is the right time to splice words into all the ways people are not making each other happy.
