From its founding in 1966 to contemporary attempts to censure its history and revise its significance; the Black Panther party has aroused fear; hope; pride; vilification; and government-sponsored oppression. The trials of Huey Newton; the Chicago Eight; and the Panther 21 made it enormously difficult for many Americans to distinguish the propaganda from the philosophy; the media's indifference to the Panthers' free breakfast programs; neighborhood clinics; and liberation schools only complicated the problem.This is the first and only collection of the most vital; representative writings of the party. Here are Huey P. Newton; Bobby Seale; Eldridge Cleaver; David Hilliard; and Fred Hampton; Kathleen Cleaver and other Panther women; the party's court battles and acquittals; its positions on black separatism; the power structure; the police; violence; and education; as well as songs; poems; and political cartoons. This book explains exactly what the Black Panthers stood for and what issues they confronted; almost all of which remain unresolved today.
#5536748 in Books 1999-08Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 7.50 x 5.00 x .75l; .57 #File Name: 0304352055272 pages
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good book on big battlesBy Nicholas RobertsThis was a good book dealing with the Napoleonic wars for sure. It covers several different engagements on different fronts including Marengo; Waterloo; Aspern; Spain and others. The books covers many British battles however and it seems that the ones fought by the other Allies tend to be left out. Probably the best part of the book however deals with the Siege of Saragossa. It is an excellently written piece about that terrible siege. I got this book when I was 12 and read it. I lost it sometime after that and liked it enough to re-order it recently (24 now). Definitely worth ordering especially when it is not all that expensive.4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Good but ...By Felipe BlinIt's a good book; however; I think that it can be a bit disappointing for napoleon's fans because the author seems to have a clear bias to the british side of the conflict. That being said; the book is interesting and easy to read. The author try to remark the courage of the soldier of every nation. Some of the battles refered in the book are Marengo; Berezina; Zaragoza; Waterloo (just a small part of it). No Austerlitz; Wagram or Borodino battles in the pack.0 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Good brief backgrounder to Napoleonic battlesBy Owen HughesAlthough inclined to be repetitive and somewhat reliant on statistics; this is a reasonably well written series of capsules recounting various battles or parts of battles during the Napoleonic era. A certain amount of detail is provided to give insights into the experiences of the ordinary infantryman; however; by necessity; most of the actual quotations used are by the officer class. This leads to the curious anomaly; if one can call it that; of individuals who have gone through some of the worst carnage that modern (sic) warfare has been able to provide; lamenting the fate of their "dear friends and brother officers" who may have been; at the time of writing; lying in a bloody bedlam that was the typical aftermath of many of these events. In fact; although the scale of the killing was obviously less; one cannot help thinking that these types of battles were a sort of prelude to the trench warfare of a century later. One is left with a feeling that; even two hundred years ago; the world had already gone quite mad!A worthwhile read if interested in the period. I picked it up because I have an ancestor who was present in France during some of this period. It seems self-evident to say that a great many others would also have had ancestors present at that time; had they not been cut down in such swathes prior to founding a family.
