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Submitted by MEB, Mar 13, 2008 11:57

"stories, quotes and dates" are useless without context. I could quote the president of Iran's assertion that there is not one homosexual in Iran, but that would not make it true. This book is not history; it's a polemic.

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War Games - FDR DID know Pearl Harbor was coming [137 words]	Paul Cruce	Mar 25, 2008 10:32
Terrible Review [322 words]	Max Greene	Mar 18, 2008 11:21
↔ Making the case for me [113 words]	William Maron	Mar 25, 2008 10:00
↔ Terrible comment on review [142 words]	MClark	Mar 25, 2008 13:43
Unfortunately, typical of many college history departments [37 words]	NJB	Mar 17, 2008 18:10
History updated [124 words]	Roger Strong	Mar 17, 2008 03:14
A brilliant review [198 words]	Bill Parker	Mar 15, 2008 20:38
america joined the war for other reasons than to promote freedom [140 words]	B Eluma	Mar 15, 2008 08:03
Chomskyite [67 words]	Yosifon	Mar 15, 2008 02:11
Right on the Money [50 words]	Jonathan Eddison	Mar 14, 2008 21:33
Dangerous Book? [58 words]	Robert Birnbaum	Mar 14, 2008 10:21
Fantastic review [109 words]	Ken Dobler	Mar 14, 2008 08:43
Absence of moral bearings [87 words]	Robert Landbeck	Mar 13, 2008 14:41
Venality [74 words]	Patrick	Mar 13, 2008 13:44
One myth in the smoke [149 words]	Aaron Krishtalka	Mar 13, 2008 13:00
↔ Not quite [108 words]	Kent G. Budge	Mar 20, 2008 15:08
↔ Yes, quite [355 words]	Noisesome	Mar 25, 2008 09:55
Who woulda thunk it? [23 words]	Michael Anderson	Mar 13, 2008 12:17
Well Said [28 words]	Gray Rinehart	Mar 13, 2008 09:07
what trash [119 words]	Scott Oxon	Mar 13, 2008 07:29
Hinedsight is wonderful [41 words]	Alan Lea	Mar 13, 2008 03:09
Zero attention span [61 words]	Paul Perry	Mar 13, 2008 01:07
↔ Retrospection [161 words]	Vance	Mar 13, 2008 13:14
↔ Good on your dad . . . [9 words]	gilbo	Mar 14, 2008 18:36
So where does Mr. Nicholson Baker teach? [32 words]	shriber	Mar 12, 2008 23:48
↔ Good War [45 words]	Larry	Mar 13, 2008 01:29
↔ just war [8 words]	tony o'brien	Mar 13, 2008 05:40
↔ Ho-hum [16 words]	Russ Thayer	Mar 13, 2008 08:57
a great review [19 words]	andrew	Mar 12, 2008 11:12
Smoke or fire? [128 words]	rhbee	Mar 12, 2008 10:36
↔ when reporters become scholars [40 words]	Brian Switzer	Mar 13, 2008 08:52
↔ ⇒ "allow the reader to decide"?? [39 words]	MEB	Mar 13, 2008 11:57
↔ Why does it seem that all the commenters excepting . . . [88 words]	rhbee	Mar 13, 2008 21:09

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