Book Reports

The two young men, Churchill and Gandhi, together on the South African veld during the Boer War, would go on to become two of the most recognizable icons of the twentieth century. Their forty-year rivalry would seal the fate of India and the British Empire.

McArthur was against dropping the atomic bomb on Japan.

I think a part of every man wants to be Reacher. He carries only a tooth brush and a bank card in his pocket. He doesn't need a watch to tell the exact time. He has no home. He lives on overnight busses and in cheap motel rooms. He buys new clothes at Walmart every three days or so, and trashes the dirty clothes he wears. And... of course.... he's a real bad ass.

Look. The idea of "elites" managing world affairs by assassination arising from the collective, "managed," powers of kidnapped, telekinetic and telepathic kids is a pretty wild idea.

Thor does a great job in informing on current dynamics in the Middle East.

The hope that French Muslims would accept liberal values and embrace the virtues of a secular state, he says, was based on little more than "self-flattery and naivete."

There's two kinds of people that don't ask a lot of questions. One is too dumb to and the other don't need to. p. 298

The cultural foundations laid by Catherine buttress Russian cultural resiliency today. That is why it is important to understand Catherine the Great.

A modern equivalent would be Al Gore pushing his cause for man caused warming by using no fossil fuel fired transportation. He would start by only riding a bicycle. If he had to meet discuss with people out of his area he would do by teleconference.

One of Silva's best. I thought the series was getting a little tired with the last offerings, "English Girl," and English Spy."