Written In The Stars (Culture Wars Book 1)
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Musicians of these decades, especially in Jazz and Folk Music , were influenced by the shadow of nuclear war. It refreshed my memory about many of the issues we all lived through in the 60s through the 90s. Retrieved February 17, — via Twitter. And anyone who wants to understand the contradictions within the thinking of the various intellectual components of the culture wars from a conservative -- or rather, neoconservative -- perspective should pick up Professor Hartman's book and read it. Retrieved October 7,
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Please help rewrite it to explain the fiction more clearly and provide non-fictional perspective. February Learn how and when to remove this template message. A stands for Adult novel , feature more complex and adult storylines than the Junior novel , but despite being written with a more mature audience in mind they are mostly suitable for children to read.
J stands for Junior novel , are usually shorter than the Adult novel s and written for adults, while also being accessible for younger audiences. YR stands for Young reader Books , written for young audiences. But the biggest shortcoming of the book is that it largely stops in the mids. Why, given that the book was published in , is that 20 year span when these clashes become most intense not covered? Furthermore, the Trump election and the deep polarization of the country strikes most observers as the ugly culmination of these wars.
A post-Trump edition would be a most welcome addition.. A History of the Culture Wars" offers a detailed, nuanced view of the leftist movements of 's and the conservative backlash that followed. Hartman elucidates the Zeitgiest of the late twentieth with century clarity, and wit.
Even if you do not agree with his conclusion or views, the book successfully narrates a critical time in American history. A brilliantly written, and most importantly, informed read. His review of race and the culture wars is excellent, and is his best chapter better than his very good chapter on gender. The book is, overall, his reading of the major arguments, and he does the job of synthesis. He provides an even handed reading of the American culture wars, but inevitably reveals the superiority and thoughtfulness of a liberal perspective of most situations compared to the right-wing approach which suffers more from unthinking dogma at times.
Despite this, he remains an "objective" scholar. My friend and colleague Andrew Hartman has done it again, with a wonderful book digging down past the weeds into the intellectual and political underpinnings of the so-called Culture Wars of the late-twentieth century. I would write more, but I want to take my time to give it the full-blown positive review that A War for the Soul of America deserves.
I would say this, though. Anyone interested in how a simple change in a US history curriculum could lead to rabid responses from established conservative in and should read this book to trace the of such anti-education and intellectual origins back at least to the Cold War, and especially the s and the Red Scare. Any history student interested in post US intellectual history that isn't just about the rise of liberalism should read this book. And anyone who wants to understand the contradictions within the thinking of the various intellectual components of the culture wars from a conservative -- or rather, neoconservative -- perspective should pick up Professor Hartman's book and read it.
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It refreshed my memory about many of the issues we all lived through in the 60s through the 90s. Hartman discusses many areas of controversy from these times: The writing is good and the factual detail he presents is prolific. The main flaw of the book--and it is a big one--is that the leftist bias of the author comes through in too many places. This of course makes one wonder if one is getting a fair look at all of the topics he covers in the book.
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For instance, in the one area I know something about--whether or not the bombing of Hiroshima was necessary--Hartman only presents revisionist historical arguments. He does not quote any of the many experts who present evidence showing that the bombing was absolutely necessary to save hundreds of thousands of American lives and millions of Japanese lives. So given this one area of distortion that I can verify, I have to wonder how distorted his presentation of other topics is.
Almost any reader whose politics are to the left of center will enjoy this book. More conservative-minded individuals will have to read the book with many grains of salt--and still will come away feeling that the presentation was biased and thus not convincing. Henry Lerner, Newton, MA. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Slightly biased to the left but very honest and insightful. See all 23 reviews. Amazon Giveaway allows you to run promotional giveaways in order to create buzz, reward your audience, and attract new followers and customers.
Learn more about Amazon Giveaway. A History of the Culture Wars. Set up a giveaway. Customers who viewed this item also viewed. I recommend this to those who love science fiction, fighting for freedom, fighting for love, space fights, escapes, danger and a very happy ending. Nov 23, Don Bradshaw rated it liked it Shelves: Reviewed on Hearts On Fire It is much the same war that mankind has been fighting for over a thousand years with culture and religion at its center. On one side we have the Moral League, a fairly well funded group determined to set up a theocracy as the world government and bring man's thinking back into the dark ages.
The challenger is the Freedom Alliance, a loosely held together group of countries who want to move man past the conservative ideals and into a future where the world government is open minded and liberal in its thinking. Sam is a young man rejected by his family for being gay who joins the Alliance Space Force. He is stationed on the Northampton, the fleet's flag ship because of his outstanding flying ability and is soon placed on a flight team.
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He soon meets Major Tom, the ship's crew officer and neither man's life is ever the same again. I found this story to be a study in extremes from the Alliance and the League to the military's regulations and our two lovers to the by the book Tom and the rebellious Sam who follows his own ideals. There is quite a bit of tension and conflict throughout the story because of the my way or no way type of thinking.
The only real centrist in the story is the very outspoken and wonderful character, Gracie. She has the ability to cut through the conflicts and bring everyone from the admiral to Sam out of their own set way of thinking and to finding a compromise.
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Unfortunately, Gracie cannot do this in her own life and becomes an abuse victim. Ms Zagar did a wonderful job of weaving so many of today's social problems through this character driven story. I liked the characters Sam, Tom and Gracie who the story really revolved around. There was a good amount of angst between Tom and Sam which held the story together when the story line got thin in some places. I found the Admiral to be very stuffy and close minded to be the leader of the Alliance forces but perhaps he had to be that stiff as a military man.
The ending was resolved a little to quickly in my opinion by bringing in the Teeresi forces but there had to be a HEA. This was another good sci-fi story built around human rights and how far we have yet to go. Dec 31, Sydney Cooper rated it it was amazing. I am very happy that I picked up this particular book.
This story follows two men, Tom and Sam, members of a space faring military force in a conflict over political issues of equality and acceptance which we face in our real world today. I enjoyed getting to know both of these characters, and appreciated the sci-fi setting in which it was carried out. Emotions ran high throughout the book, and the author did a good job of investing the reader in the fate of the characters.
The editing was well done except for the occasional spelling or grammatical error; it was overall a very "clean" and well-paced read. Feb 07, S. Bhattacharjee rated it it was amazing. Set in a future that seems both bleak and uncompromising, this book shows that love truly does conquer all things. Far from just another romance-in-space, though, Written In The Stars really took me on a journey: I felt a part of the world in Zagar's words, felt the tension of the ongoing war, shared in the sorrow and loss of the characters. Unlike so many books of this genre, the love and passion was handled in a mature, honest, and plausible way.
The fact that the love story has a happy conclus Set in a future that seems both bleak and uncompromising, this book shows that love truly does conquer all things. The fact that the love story has a happy conclusion in no way takes away from the serious underlying themes of the book - war is coming and, if we're not careful, sooner than even this book predicts.
Nov 29, Amy rated it really liked it Shelves: Nov 16, Dilandu Albato rated it it was ok. Not excellent, but rather good in compairson with many, many other gay-themed fiction. Of course, nearly all heroes acted incredibly stupidly even those who are non-involved into the sexual affairs of main two , and half of the whole drama is formed directly of their meaningless actions The whole "space war" part is basically a mess. Not only the space combat scenes Well, basically The whole background of "culture wars" are, frankly, laughable.
Basically, it looks like that citizens of Earth woke up some morning, and thought at once: Oh, I knew how to make things exiting, let's start a world war over some civil rights! The "military" part aren't good either. Author clearly have little understanding of any kind of military matters, like the need for strict discipline, or chain of command, or obeying direct orders, for example. Or even about fighting the war as whole.