tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post6444154114357408072..comments2024-02-03T18:13:42.370-08:00Comments on ricklibrarian: A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States by Timothy J. Hendersonricklibrarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11621583568674705756noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-44269699971675470282007-08-19T08:44:00.000-07:002007-08-19T08:44:00.000-07:00Enjoyed the book. It's well worth reading. Thank...Enjoyed the book. It's well worth reading. Thanks for the recommendation. <BR/><BR/>I have a review on my blog<BR/>http://readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06906212382849291562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-18886740289310994112007-08-02T06:58:00.000-07:002007-08-02T06:58:00.000-07:00Grand Canyon Hiker raises and interesting point. ...Grand Canyon Hiker raises and interesting point. We should not automatically pity the vanquished just because of one book, unless, perhaps, it is a very good book. T<BR/><BR/>One problem though, is that there is usually just one book presenting the vanquished side. The "winning" side gets a substantial number of books to present different points of view, or variations on their point of view. The "losing" side gets very few.<BR/><BR/>One foot note: By the end of both "Letters from Iwo-Jima" and "Flags of Our Fathers" I found myself supporting the decision to use atomic bombs to bring about a quick end to the war. Not a decision to brag about, or even be happy about, but a needed step. I don't think the filmmakers wanted me to, but if that one battle for than one tiny, uselss island, was that bad, then that war needed to end as fast as possible by any means necessary.<BR/><BR/>http://www.readywhenyouarecb.blogspot.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-89652499213942632532007-07-31T18:46:00.000-07:002007-07-31T18:46:00.000-07:00Hi, I don't know how I stumbled on your blog, but ...Hi, I don't know how I stumbled on your blog, but I like it, and I've been following it for a few weeks. I'm enjoying your book reviews, and I recently got Plato And Platypus Went Into a Bar. Good recommendation, thank you.<BR/><BR/>It is the trend now for us to look at our past from the other guy's perspective, and "A Glorius Defeat..." appears to be following, to some degree, the "Letters from Iwo Jima" tradition, an encouraging development in our historical focus. They say that the story is told by the winner, and we have been telling the story our way for a long time. We are now giving voice to those who heretofore have been ignored.<BR/><BR/>Having said that, I feel that I also have to say that there is a tendency for a pity the vanquished, root for the underdog, and pooh-pooh the winner attitude to develop around these works even when the authors did not intend it. We must keep our minds open. One book does not make for a complete support or refutation of any historical point of view.<BR/><BR/>I love these works because they open up the debate in new ways, and because they give credibility to our conclusions now that they are more broadly informed.<BR/><BR/>Thank you once again, this book is now on my must read list.Grand Canyon Hikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133029165161976519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-57840382796975455232007-07-31T14:50:00.000-07:002007-07-31T14:50:00.000-07:00I'm sure it's a great work, one that destroys that...I'm sure it's a great work, one that destroys that myth of the need for Manifest Destiny's Imperialism that I was taught in high school.<BR/><BR/>But unfortunately, my local library doesn't have a clue :[Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10898244.post-74624394905418400692007-07-31T14:33:00.000-07:002007-07-31T14:33:00.000-07:00Ooh, I love nonfiction told from a slightly differ...Ooh, I love nonfiction told from a slightly different than the norm viewpoint. I'm going to track this one down!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com