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Title: Let the Sea Make a Noise...: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to Macarthur by Walter A. McDougall ISBN: 0-465-05152-9 Publisher: Perseus Books Group Pub. Date: 01 September, 1993 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Gets worse each time I read it...
Comment: This is one of those books that a) read really racist only a few years after they're written, and b)are really off when it comes to speculating about the future.
For example: this book rah-rah's the United States, glossing over ther racism experienced by Japanese, Chinese, and of course, the Hawaiians. The fact that Hawaiians got screwed out of most of their country, is ignored, as is the massive genocide of Californian Native Americans.
What's most striking to me, though, is the utter lack of vision- McDougall utterly doesn't anticipate the rapid rise of China, (who "always slays itself") nor the torpor of present day Japan.
McDougall's also quite ignorant about how things haven't really changed in Japan (the power centers are still pretty much what they were during the war, only now, they're just not militarisitc.)
Rating: 5
Summary: This book did not make a noise when published but should hav
Comment: e. The tumultuous daring and suffering of the explorers of the North Pacific has never been so vividly and breathtakingly brought to life on the page. That this book should be written by an academic with a Ph.D no less makes it all the more amazing. This is narrative history as Francis Parkman would be writing it if alive today. Fanciers of Patrick O'Brien and the Forester novels should look into this book. Truth here is stanger than fiction--and just as well written.
Rating: 5
Summary: An amazing addition to the storied history of the Pacific.
Comment: As a former student of Professor McDougall, I am fully aware of his many talents as a teacher and a writer. In Let the Sea Make a Noise, Professor McDougall shares all of his talents in a most enjoyable fashion.
The running conversation between several of the siginficant personalities who shaped the history of the Pacific explains why events unfolded as they did. Although lighthearted at times, these conversations clearly set forth the policies and morals possessed by the nations who constantly struggled in this vast expanse.
Similarly, Professor McDougall's descriptions of the significant events of this era are outstanding. It often feels like you are there.
Most noteworthy, Professor McDougall cuts to the heart of the issues, shares only the essential facts, and demonstrates their significance. Thus, the reader can appreciate the complex multitiude of attitudes, personalities, and morals that caused nations to act the way they did.
Always entertaining and certainly insightful, this book is a must read for any person interested in the history of this region.
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Title: Freedom Just Around the Corner : A New American History: 1585-1828 by Walter A. McDougall ISBN: 0060197897 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 28 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The Heavens and the Earth: A Political History of the Space Age by Walter A. McDougall ISBN: 0801857481 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1997 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Promised Land, Crusader State : The American Encounter with the World Since 1776 by Walter McDougall ISBN: 0395901324 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 May, 1998 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Stalin : The Court of the Red Tsar by Simon Sebag Montefiore ISBN: 1400042305 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 13 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The First World War by Hew Strachan ISBN: 0670032956 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 22 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.95 |
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