book reviews

Reviews for political die-hards of books about politicians, civil rights, Supreme Court rulings and the ever-changing Swamp.

Civil War in France by Karl Marx- Book review
Texts to transform the Civil War in France find their lessons and inspiration in Marx's account of the Paris Commune. A pamphlet based on First International lectures, an impressive and short history of society, and powerful anti-capitalist brutality. Although he wrote an introduction to emphasize the historical significance of what happened in Paris and its theoretical performance, Marx's book provides more details about the activities of the Communists, Blanquists, and proudhonists.
By Cs Sapkota4 years ago in The Swamp
IHT Does Another Hatchet Job on American Health Care System
There are plenty of legitimate problems with the American heath care system. Medical insurance companies are bogging doctors down with truckloads of paperwork and ensnaring them in a Gordian knot of red tape.
By ankit shakya4 years ago in The Swamp
Trojan Horses of Islamic Supremacy - Book Review
BRYCE ON BOOKS - Want to know the truth about Islam? Read this book. This September marks the twentieth anniversary of the 9-11 disaster, an orchestrated attack by Islamic Supremacists to terrorize the United States. Since that time, we have invaded and conquered Iraq, took out the mastermind of 9-11, Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, eliminated ISIS from the region and much more. Interestingly, in spite of our involvement it is remarkable how naive most Americans are pertaining to Islam, a "religion" at the heart of these problems, yet has a huge bearing on our future. Enter Dr. William H. Urban and his 2018 book, "Trojan Horses of Islamic Supremacy," a timely exposé explaining the purpose and goals of Islam, particularly the Muslim Brotherhood.
By Tim Bryce4 years ago in The Swamp
Barack Obama Life biography
The book is a history that has shifted from racial tensions to personal reminders focused on Obama's struggle to know that he is a black man, raised by his African father by whites.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in The Swamp
Anne Appelbaum's "Red Famine"
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Appelbaum, author of Gulag and Iron Curtain continues her magisterial body of work on Soviet crimes with Red Famine, a comprehensive account of the 1932-33 Holodomor, which resulted in between three and four million dead from starvation and associated diseases.
By Grant Patterson5 years ago in The Swamp
Warning, Or Tombstone? Douglas Murray's "The Madness of Crowds"
Warning, Or Tombstone: Douglas Murray’s “The Madness of Crowds” We are going through a great crowd derangement. In public and in private, online and off, people are behaving in ways that are increasingly irrational, feverish, herd-like, and simply unpleasant. The daily news cycle is filled with the consequences. Yet while we see the symptoms everywhere, we do not see the causes.
By Grant Patterson5 years ago in The Swamp
What if Queen choose books over her duty: The uncommon reader review
Alan Bennet wrote the “The Uncommon Reader” that s based on fictional story of Queen Elizabeth. Queen is an important figure who was not allowed to have her preferences. She had to fulfil the duty but soon she discovered her passion for reading. Through reading, she was able to find her real self.
By Nawal Imran5 years ago in The Swamp
25 Best Books to Understand the Israel-Palestine Conflict
We are talking about Best Books to Understand the Israel-Palestine Conflict. For most ordinary readers, reading books that have been tested for a long time and still retain a strong explanatory power is a shortcut to refer to this international difficult situation, or at least it will help most ordinary readers. Understand the basic clues and background of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a perspective
By Muhiuddin Alam5 years ago in The Swamp
It is Dangerous to be Right When the Government is wrong: The Case for Personal Freedom - Judge Napolitano
Judge Andrew Napolitano and his Legal Journey Judge Andrew Napolitano is a rather famous personality in the legal system of United States of America (USA) and a columnist whose work shows up in various publications, including The Washington Times and Reason. The highlight of his legal journey was when he became the youngest Superior Court Judge of New Jersey at that time in 1987. He served as the Superior Court Judge of New Jersey from 1987 till 1995. Then, in 1995, he resigned from his position as the judge of Superior Court to continue working in the legal system of United States of America (USA) as a private practitioner. In addition to his private law practice, he also worked in the educational field as a teacher of law in United States of America (USA).
By Andrew Napolitano 5 years ago in The Swamp
Book review, commentary, and narrative summary of Inventing the Future
“Work, no matter how degrading or low-paid or inconvenient, is deemed an ultimate good. This is the mantra of both mainstream political parties and most trade unions, associated with rhetoric about getting people back into work, the importance of working families, and cutting welfare so that ‘it always pays to work’”
By Arsh K.S5 years ago in The Swamp
Review of ‘In Theory: Classes, Nations and Literatures’ by Aijaz Ahmad
First published in 1992 immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, ‘In Theory: Classes, Nations, Literatures’ by Aizaj Ahmad takes up the national question at a world historic moment where governments negotiate at the cusp of a global geo-political reordering of allegiances. The political impetus provided by the establishment of State Socialism, first in USSR and then in China provided the crucial reinforcement needed for the spine of a global anti-imperialist wave which witnessed the liberation of Vietnam, the spread of revolutionary energies into Cuba, the decolonization of much of Africa and the cementing of Eastern Europe into a Socialist bastion – largely enabled by economic, military and technological aid from the first two countries to have harboured Proletarian Revolutions.
By Arsh K.S5 years ago in The Swamp
Free Speech in the Modern World
Back in the heady days of the early 1990s, technologists predicted that the internet would herald a new era of free speech. The boundaryless nature of what they were creating would free humankind from the shackles of expression oppression. Or so the story went. For a time, the idealists were right. Then corporations and governments learned how to harness the technology differently. The great Chinese Firewall, internet sovereignty, personal information marketplaces, cyberbullying, hacking, and intelligence monitoring changed all that. Free speech simultaneously exploded and got massively curtailed, all in one fell swoop. In Timothy Garton Ash’s Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World, we explore some of the stickiest quandaries of the modern era. Has the internet become a detriment to freedom? Has it merely enabled governments to monitor the population more closely? Have we encountered the death of privacy? Is free speech free anymore?
By Drew Jaehnig5 years ago in The Swamp