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BOOK REVIEWS: You Don’t Know Much About History and What You Know is Probably Wrong: ‘The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History’; ‘Unholy Alliance’ Attacks Home-Grown America Haters; Crichton’s ‘State of Fear’ Probes Eco-Terrorism
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| Unholy Alliance by David Horowitz Regnery Publishing, Inc. (2004) ISBN: 089526076X (B&N) |
State of Fear by Michael Crichton HarperCollins Publishers (2004) ISBN: 0066214130 (B&N) |
The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History by Thomas E. Woods Jr. Regnery Publishing, Inc. (2004) ISBN: 0895260476 (B&N) |
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) — Whether it’s global warming, demolished in typical Michael Crichton fashion in “State of Fear” (HarperCollins, 624 pages, $27.95) or American history retold by Thomas E. Woods Jr. in a libertarian manner in “The Politically Incorrect Guide to American History” (Regnery Publishing, 281 pages, $19.95) the questioning reader is reminded that much of what we are presented as solid, take-it-to-the-bank fact by the mainstream media and many writers is often absolute bunk and complete fabrication.
Add to the mixture David Horowitz’s “Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam and the American Left” (Regnery, 301 pages, $27.95) and we are presented with an America that is worse than Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia or Saddam’s Iraq, if one is to believe most of the left-wing historians and activists in our so-called “prestige” universities. Horowitz isn’t talking about a third-rate figure like Colorado’s Ward Churchill in “Unholy Alliance”: He’s referring to A-List academics like Eric Foner, Todd Gitlin and Nicholas De Genova, whose Op-Ed pieces can be found in major newspapers from coast to coast. Throw into this witch’s brew female useful idiots like Medea Benjamin, Angela Davis and Bernadine Dohrn and you wonder why anyone wants to live in the good old U.S.of A! ... Read more
Recent Reviews by David M. Kinchen
BOOK REVIEW: 'Lipstick Jihad' Deals with Family, Career Matters of a Young Iranian-American Journalist
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) — You have to review the book the publisher sends you, not the one you'd like to see. That's part of my dilemma with Azadeh Moaveni's "Lipstick Jihad" (PublicAffairs, 249 pages, $25).
What probably started out as a book that would help explain today's Iran to American readers – a 21st Century equivalent of John Gunther's wonderfully readable "Inside" books or books by foreign correspondents attempting to explain the French, English or Russians, for example – morphed into a memoir. A memoir by someone born in 1976. Is the world ready... Read more.
BOOK REVIEW: 'The Hypomanic Edge' Explains Link Between Mania, Success in U.S.
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) — You don't have to be crazy to be rich and famous in America, but it helps to be a little manic, says John D. Gartner in his "The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America." (Simon & Schuster, 368 pages, illustrated, $26).
Hypomania, a genetic based, mild form of mania, is the leading indicator of financial and/or intellectual success in America, as well as in other nations with an immigrant population base — Canada, Australia, Israel — because hypomanics are hard-wired to succeed... Read more.
BOOK REVIEW: 'Freedom Rising' Vividly Re-Creates Life in Nation's Capital During the Civil War
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) — "Freedom Rising: Washington in the Civil War" (Knopf, 480 pages, 16 pages of illustrations, 3 maps, $30) completes a pair of books by Ernest B. Furgurson begun in 1996 with the publication of "Ashes of Glory: Richmond at War."
I reviewed "Ashes of Glory" and found it to be a vivid depiction of the capital of the Confederacy under siege and facing imminent invasion. The actual capture of the Rebel seat of government didn't occur until April 3, 1865... Read more.
BOOK REVIEW: Economist Says There's No Danger of Housing Melt-Down; Says Media Exaggerates 'Bubble' in 'Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?'
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) - You would expect David Lereah to be a cheerleader for the housing industry: After all, he's the chief economist for the National Association of Realtors in Washington, D.C.
In his new book "Are You Missing the Real Estate Boom?: Why Home Values and Other Real Estate Investments Will Climb Through the End of the Decade - and How to Profit from Them"... Read more.
BOOK REVIEW: 'At Risk' is Stunning Debut Thriller by MI5's First Woman Director General
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) — As the two terrorists become aware that their mission in England is being tracked by a combination of the nation's anti-terrorist forces, the woman "invisible" tells her Afghan companion that "they've sent their best man. The best man is a woman."
This kind of dialogue is part of what makes Stella Rimington's debut thriller "At Risk" (Knopf, 384 pages, $24.00) such a pleasure to read. The "invisible" — so called because she's... Read more.
BOOK REVIEW: ‘Irish Milwaukee,’ ‘Italian Milwaukee’ Capture Flavor of One of America’s Best Cities — And Best Kept Secrets
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) — Milwaukee will always have a special place in my heart. For people who only know it as a running sitcom joke a la "Laverne & Shirley," it’s another borough of New York. Maybe that’s because the series was co-created by a New Yorker, Garry Marshall, with his sister Penny playing one of the title characters.
Nothing could be further from the truth. It’s Midwestern all the way, but with ethnic flavors that have... Read more.
BOOK REVIEW: 'French Women Don't Get Fat' is a Delightful Way to Read Yourself Thin;
Monsieurs: There's No Reason Why It Won't Work for You!
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
Hinton (HNN) — French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille (pronounce it "meer-ray") Guiliano (Knopf, $22.00, 272 pages) is not only a delightful, insightful self-help book; it's also a publishing phenomenon.
Since it was published at the beginning of 2005, the book has gone into its 11th printing of 60,000, bringing the total number of copies in print - as of the end of January - to 534,000,
according to the Knopf publicity department. The latest USA Today bestseller survey of 150 books had it at 6th place... Read more.
BOOK REVIEWS: ‘Election 2004’ Shows How Bush Won; ‘Santa Cruz’ is Captivating Picture History of California’s Laid-Back Resort town
Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Huntington News Network Book Critic
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. –Theodore H. White
Hinton (HNN) — Nobody can replace Theodore H. White’s classic series on “The Making of the President” — including the book covering the 1960 campaign and the 1982 book covering the period from 1956 to 1980. Maybe it’s because the first election in which I voted was in 1960, just after I turned 22... Read more.
Archived Book Reviews by David M. Kinchen
• 10/28/04
– Bill Kurtis on the Death Penalty; Ms. Moffett Becomes a Teacher
• 11/15/04
– Roth Envisions a Frightening 'What If?' in 'The Plot Against America'
• 11/24/04
– Bush, Blair and Iraq; A Shrink at Nuremberg; Updike's Sexy Geek; Potomac Fever Smites an Academic
• 12/15/04
• 12/29/04
• 01/24/05
– ‘Images of America: Huntington’ Displays Glorious Architecture of West Virginia’s First Planned City
• 01/27/05
– BOOK REVIEW: ‘Auschwitz’ Personalizes Horror That Should Never Be Forgotten
