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The unpopular war in Vietnam caused much rebellion and unrest among my generation. Many did not know what to believe. Was the war part of a global scheme to halt the spread of communism? During this turbulent period in our nation's history there were many little known covert operations being carried out throughout the world. The Cold War was a struggle between communism and democracy, world domination to the victor. Confrontations were primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union. There were many other smaller nations throughout Europe and Asia involved in the fray, but this was not front-page news. A significant part of my book focuses on one of these small Asian countries. During the Vietnam Era, I spent eighteen months in the Republic of South Korea serving my country. Through my personal experiences I will reveal the political atmosphere of the Cold War, then and now.

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Serious stuff in Laymens terms!.......2004-02-12

As a subject and time period that I enjoy trying to gain personal perspective on, I applaud Wayne R. Papp's working life story for the insight into that time period that I gained from reading this book. A look back at the time of the Vietnam and Korean war(s), from his point of view, was fascinating reading and contained valuable information on the relationships that define the Cold War now and then. His sharing of personal trials and troubled times, gave the book a much needed touch that is missing from most others I've read. I would reccomend it greatly to any American yearning to expierience the 1950-60's political turmoils and Cold War policies, which were taking shape at that time, and dictating the flow of war. Great Story!

Thanks for the Memories.......2004-01-12

All too often people fade away with out ever sharing their life experiences, thankfully, Wayne Papp shared his. This book is a history book, this book is also an autobiography, this book will offer insight to those who think they know what the 1960's was all about...and forgot. This is a story of a young, sometimes wild, young man who grew up during an explosive time of both love and hate and war and assissination. This book tells a story of a soldier sent off to a far away land to defend his country for reasons that were more confusing than his initial arrival on the frozen Korean soil. As a history teacher, the most telling descriptions and testimonials were of Wayne's time as a non-combat soldier within a supply depot in Korea. These were the men who anonomously supported our troops and defended our country, these are soldiers who should not go unappreciated or forgotten. Wayne is a proud American, and a man who loves his country, who defended it during one of the most fragile stages of our country's still young age. Join Wayne and recollections of the period and of his service during the Vietnam War, his youth in Clifton, N.J., and his family time now. This book is a great read and should inspire many people that lived during this time to share their memories. Thank you for sharing yours, Wayne.
Stephen Laird, BA History, Teacher of Social Studies, NJ.

Informative and Insightful!.......2004-01-11

In addition to enjoying reading about an area I grew up in, several years after Mr. Papp, I enjoyed very much reading about the honest feelings and perceptions of a soldier away from home in a world much different from where he came. This book is a must read for Americans today and particularly our young men and women who are serving our country today in the middle east.

Very Informative........2004-01-11

As a college student, I found this book extremely interesting. The book provided a great insight to the Cold War, and I truly learned a great amount about the turmoil that faces us today. During all of my schooling, the Cold War and the happenings of that era were barely touched upon. It was very intriguing to read about the author's experiences during this time period. I highly recommend this book and look forward to future works by Mr. Papp.

emerging from the Cold War..........2003-10-16

Wayne R. Papp, Coming of Age in the 60s: Surviving the Cold War

Wayne R. Papp's first book, Coming of Age in the 60s: Surviving the Cold War, is a satisfying memoir of a thoughtful yet rambunctious young man growing up in a quintessential New Jersey suburb (Clifton) during the 1950s and 1960s. The writing, which is somewhat raw but nonetheless very readable, reveals a sensible common perspective that is often missing from more widely known titles in the genre regarding this particular topic. The author's views and opinions encompass more than forty years of his life experience, most of which he connects to the specter of the Cold War and communist threat. Papp's sensitivities on the subject precede his own indoctrination to the military: one memorable escapade he recounts involves the theft of a Cadillac (in 1962 at age fifteen) in order to go speak with President Kennedy in Washington. The prank landed him in jail, which gives him the opportunity to recall one of his encounters with the American penal system. This section does not compare with Caetano Veloso's tale of imprisonment in Brazil slightly later in the decade-published in Veloso's recent memoir Tropical Truths-but rather Papp exposes something like continental truths and the elementary level of existence and bureaucracy in which the incarcerated subside.

Frank and honest reminiscences of being a soldier stationed in Korea in the late 1960s bolster Papp's book. At the book's most robust points the psychological, domestic, and cultural turbulence faced by men in his situation (and their families) are vividly and contemplatively discussed. In the chapter, "My Hardship Tour of Duty in the Republic of South Korea," Papp is particularly skillful at lucidly portraying the confusion and overall frustration of being placed in an unfamiliar and perilous situation without the proper preparation and training. The inter-soldier conflicts described-reflections of the widespread racist ontology in America-become as telling as the intercultural (superpower) battle being waged. Because the author had developed an open and liberal mind about (and contact with) race before his years in the Army, and his beliefs on the subject are passionate, the valuable dimensions of such a stance are celebrated.

In the chapter, "Making the Transition from Military Life to Civilian Life," Papp also deftly portrays the experience of returning home from a war zone in a strange land on the opposite side of the planet. For him it was a shock into maturation, one that enabled him to develop a new type of wisdom. The final two chapters, "Changes and Improvements in Society Since My Youth" and "Changes in the Cold War Status of Today," Papp ruminates on both his personal and global advancements alongside a geopolitical framework. He salutes all aspects of our participation in the demise of the Soviet Union and voices his views on our current "battle of survival" in the Middle East.

Coming of Age in the 60s has distinct value on several levels and resists negativity, disillusion and pessimism. It bluntly provides an under-chronicled cultural history of the Cold War and the Sixties in general, from "a real person, an ordinary person who constitutes the backbone of America." The author is a high school dropout who has made his living as a mason rural New Jersey for thirty years. Papp should be widely applauded for making the substantial effort to collect and compose his knowledge and viewpoints. His book should serve as an inspiration for others to write down their stories, and reflections on their lives in the context of world powers as Papp does here.

-Chris Funkhouser

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Distinguished historian and social activist Manning Marable's book, W. E. B. Du Bois: Black Radical Democrat, brings out the interconnections, unity, and consistency of W. E. B. Du Bois's life and writings. Marable covers Du Bois's disputes with Booker T. Washington, his founding of the NAACP, his work as a social scientist, his life as a popular figure, and his involvement in politics, placing them into the context of Du Bois's views on black pride, equality, and cultural diversity. Marable stresses that, as a radical democrat, Du Bois viewed the problems of racism as intimately connected with capitalism. The publication of this updated edition follows more than one hundred celebrations recently marking the 100th anniversary of Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk. Marable broadens earlier biographies with a new introduction highlighting Du Bois's less-known advocacy of women's suffrage, socialism, and peace, and he traces his legacy to today in an era of changing racial and social conditions.

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You have to read this!.......2005-10-25

What makes Du Bois so interesting is not only his intellect but that there were many intelligent people around him that challenged his mind. Booker T. and Garvey are the obvious ones but E. Franklin Frazier, A. Philip Randolph, Alexander Crummel and a host of others did as well. Manning does an exceptional job detailing one of the greats of the 20th Century. Black people should search this book to see not only what liberation requires but also as a tool to be used in order to filter through the many quasi leaders parading around today. "Any education that black people receive must be centered around solving their political, social and economic problems. It must start in Africa and come right up to the present day Negro." I'm para-phrasing but has anyone heard anything near this insightful from the characters of the last 25 years?

W.E.B. DuBois, Black radical democrat (Twayne's twentieth-century American biography series)

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W.E.B. DuBois, Black radical democrat (Twayne's twentieth-century American biography series)
Manning Marable
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How to Make Your Realtor Get You the Best Deal, Washington: A Guide Through the Real Estate Purchasing Process, from Choosing a Realtor to Negotiating the Best Deal for You
Jodi Brown , Karen Schweinfurth , and Ken Deshaies
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ASIN: 1891689185

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Braunbehrens' Mozart etc........2003-08-22

Braunbehrens' book is a well written account of Mozart and the intellectual, political, economic and cultural milieu that existed during the ascendant part of his creativity. Braunbehrens' is not the first Mozart biography I have read that explores these aspects of Mozart, nor is this book as lavishly illustrated as others. However, for my amatuer self, it the best written and most accessible; scholarly, but not academically dry or pedantic.

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"Telling the story with wit, verve, and a fine eye for the by-ways of Viennese society…will draw readers into Mozart's personality and attract them to the eternally ambiguous music."—The Observer

The last decade of Mozart's short but amazingly prolific career counts as one of the most remarkable periods—truly golden years—in the history of Western music. Richly illustrated with contemporary paintings and engravings and authoritatively written, this book provides a vivid account of the composer's life in the European music capital, Vienna, from 1781 to 1791. This creative yet turbulent decade witnessed a crescendo of activity. Mozart married Constanze Weber in 1782, and in the ensuing years produced an astonishing wealth of new music, rich in quality as well as quantity.

A host of immortal works belong to this period, among them the great trilogy of symphonies (numbers 39, 40, and 41), operatic masterpieces—The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, and The Magic Flute—and the Clarinet Concerto of 1791.

Through a close examination of Mozart's public successes and failures; his relationship with his father, Leopold; his devotion to his wife, Constanze; his Masonic associations; and his friendship with Franz Joseph Haydn, H. C. Robbins Landon provides an intimate and eminently readable portrait of an extraordinary musical genius. 242 illustrations, 32 in color.

Haydn, Mozart and the Viennese School: 1740-1780

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Haydn, Mozart and the Viennese School: 1740-1780
Daniel Heartz
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The Culture of Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna

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The Culture of Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna
Mary Hunter
Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
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Mozart's comic operas are among the masterworks of Western civilization, and yet the musical environment in which Mozart and his librettist Lorenzo da Ponte wrote these now-popular operas has received little critical attention. In this richly detailed book, Mary Hunter offers a sweeping, synthetic view of opera buffa in the lively theatrical world of late-eighteenth-century Vienna. Opera buffa (Italian-language comic opera) persistently entertained audiences at a time when Joseph was striving for a German national theater. Hunter attributes opera buffa's success to its ability to provide "sheer" pleasure and hence explores how the genre functioned as entertainment. She argues that opera buffa, like mainstream film today, projects a social world both recognizable and distinct from reality. It raises important issues while containing them in the "merely entertaining" frame of the occasion, as well as presenting them as a series of easily identifiable dramatic and musical conventions.

Exploring nearly eighty comic operas, Hunter shows how the arias and ensembles convey a multifaceted picture of the repertory's social values and habits. In a concluding chapter, she discusses Cos" fan tutte as a work profoundly concerned with the conventions of its repertory and with the larger idea of convention itself and reveals the ways Mozart and da Ponte pointedly converse with their immediate contemporaries.

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Auf den Spuren von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ein biographischer Reisefuhrer durch Salzburg, Prag & Wien

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Auf den Spuren von Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ein biographischer Reisefuhrer durch Salzburg, Prag & Wien
Walter M Weiss
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Daily Life in the Vienna of Mozart and Schubert

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Daily Life in the Vienna of Mozart and Schubert
Marcel Brion
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Daily life in the Vienna of Mozart and Schubert (Daily life series)

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Daily life in the Vienna of Mozart and Schubert (Daily life series)
Marcel Brion
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The four seasons of Vienna: For musical children, in four parts

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The four seasons of Vienna: For musical children, in four parts
Dina Di Nemo
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La vie quotidienne a Vienne au temps de Mozart et de Schubert

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La vie quotidienne a Vienne au temps de Mozart et de Schubert
Marcel Brion
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Mozart and Vienna
H. C. Robbins Landon
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Bravo!.......2003-07-07

If you are looking for information on what was going on around Vienna during Mozart's life time, then this book is for you. In between Mozart's two stays in Vienna, the author excerpts, (from an earlier publication of the times), a near complete listing of minute details of Vienese life. Fashions, wages, religious happenings, crime and punishment, the different people living in the city, the pubs, coffeehouses, and so much more. Great book to have in your Mozart collection for reference. I learned a lot. At these prices, you can't lose!

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Tragedy and Hope in Germany.......2001-05-27

I was impressed by this book and am not surprised that it won the Pultizer Prize. It was a well written telling of the struggles of the German Jews.

I had heard about Rabbi Baeck several years ago but had never read about his life. He was a brilliant scholar and very influential in Reformed Judaism. I'd have liked to know more about his wife. She was an essential companion in his life.

He refused to go to the Gestapo office on his Holy days even when commanded. He remained a great source of courage to the Jewish community and refused to leave them even when offered safe emigration.

He is a great example of a man of peace. I once read in a magazine his moving and controversial prayer for the forgiveness of the Nazis. This is an excellent and readable book.

Who the hell is Leo Baeck?.......2000-06-08

Leonard Baker's Pulitzer Prize winning biography is an compilation of the life of one of history's greatest unknowns. In addition to taking the reader through the life of the "seelsorger" known as Leo Baeck, Baker shows the changes in Germany from the beginning of the twentieth century through the horrors of the Second World War. One can see first hand how the bitterness losing in World War I evolved into the greatest and most frightening regimes to ever take power. This book is perfect for those interested in German history, the Holocaust, and anyone who loves biographies. By the end of this book, you will answer Patrick Dolan's question of, "Who the Hell is Leo Baeck?"

Days Of Sorrow And Pain - Leo Baeck And The Berlin Jews

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Days Of Sorrow And Pain - Leo Baeck And The Berlin Jews
Leonard Baker -
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DAYS OF SORROW AND PAIN: LEO BAECK AND THE BERLIN JEWS
Leonard Baker
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Days of Sorrow and Pain: Leo Baeck and the Berlin Jews
Leonard Baker
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