New documentaries at the CARL this month.

• New DVDs this month from A&E;, the History Channel and more Iraq for sale : the war profiteers description: Exposes the monetary cost of war and reveals the truth behind the misuse of funds that were intended for Iraq's reconstruction.

• TerrorStorm: an Infowars production Description: "Throughout history, criminal elements inside governments have carried out terror attacks against their own populations as a pretext to enslave them. TerrorStorm reveals how, in the last hundred years, Western leaders have repeatedly murdered their own citizens while posing as their saviors"
• The Blood of my Brother Description: Go behind the scenes of one Iraqi family's struggle to survive amidst the carnage of the growing Shia insurgency. Nineteen-year-old Ibrahim dreams of revenge when his brother is shot and killed by an American patrol.
• Revolutionary War: Battle of OriskanyAt the battle of Oriskany, on August 6, 1777, the Oneida Indian Nation fought in alliance with the American colonists against Great Britain.
• American Revolution: Battle of Monmouth
• The War of 1812: the Chesapeake and the Shannon
• Waterloo
• Alesia Description: In the past, we have had to rely on Caesar's account of the battle that shaped the map of modern Europe, when fifty thousand Romans defeated a quarter million Gauls at Alesia. Recent archaeological discoveries, systematic analysis of Roman warfare, and extraordinary photographic evidence reveal the secrets of Caesar's success.
• Civil War: Shiloh
• Civil War : Antietam
• Civil War: Gettysburg
• Native American wars : the Apache
• Big Hole Description: Reveals how the battle of Big Hole nearly ended in disaster for the Army.
• World War I: Jutland
• World War I: the Somme
• Battle of Britain
• Stalingrad
• Pointe du Hoc
• World War II: Operation Market Garden
• Battle of the Bulge
• Dear home: soldiers and the home front

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New at CARL - AWOL : the unexcused absence of America's upper classes from the military

Check our holdings: AWOL : the unexcused absence of America's upper classes from the military by Frank Schaeffer and Kathy Roth-Douquet

Excerpt from book jacket description: "As Kathy Roth-Douquet and Frank Schaeffer assert in this work, there is a glaring disconnect between the "all volunteer military" and the rest of us. And as that gap between the cultural "elite" and military rank-and-file widens, our country faces a dangerous lack of understanding between those in power and those who defend our way of life."

More about this book

Book review by Walter Brueggeman

About the author Kathy Roth-Douquet

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2007 William E. Colby Military History Awards

The William E. Colby Military Writers’ Symposium honors fiction and non-fiction writers for stories in military history and intelligence operations. The 2007 awardees were Jon Glusman for "Conduct under Fire" and Ian Toll for his epic "Six frigates : the epic history of the founding of the U.S. Navy."

Find at the CARL: Conduct under Fire - Book description

Find at the CARL: Six Frigates

Six Frigates - Book description excerpt: "Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military had become the most divisive issue facing the new government. Would a standing army be the thin end of dictatorship? Would a navy protect American commerce against the Mediterranean pirates, or drain the treasury and provoke hostilities with the great powers? The founders—particularly Jefferson, Madison, and Adams—debated these questions fiercely and switched sides more than once. How much of a navy would suffice? Britain alone had hundreds of powerful warships.From the decision to build six heavy frigates, through the cliffhanger campaign against Tripoli, to the war that shook the world in 1812, Ian W. Toll tells this grand tale with the political insight of Founding Brothers and a narrative flair worthy of Patrick O'Brian. "

Related Podcast: Pritzker Military Library Podcast from May 2007 - interview with author Ian Toll on his new book "Six Frigates"

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New NetLibrary Downloadable Audio Books - May 2007

Did you know you can download audiobook titles directly to your desktop, or transfer them to portable devices for audio on the go? Audiobooks available through NetLibrary can be downloaded or played on any desktop, laptop or portable device supporting Windows Media Player (v9), Music Match (v8.2+), or Nullsoft Winamp 5.

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Here's a list of new NetLibrary downloadable AudioBooks - Fiction. Click on any of the links to our catalog below to learn more about each title.

• Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult
• Puss 'n cahoots : a Mrs. Murphy mystery by Rita Mae Brown
• Hunter's Moon by Randy White
• Burning Bright by Tracy Chevalier
• Skintight by Susan Andersen
• True Honor by Dee Andersen
• The Last Empress by Anchee Min
• One Mississippi by Mark Childress
• Pushing up daisies by Jamise Dames
• Nerve Damage by Peter Abrahams
• Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
• Gunfight at Cold Devil byRalph Cotton
• Fatal Burn by Lisa Jackson
• Blood Hollow by William Krueger

NonFiction

• The path between the seas : the creation of the Panama Canal by David McCullough
• The little book that beats the market by Joel Greenblatt
• The passion test : the effortless path to discovering your destiny by Janet Atwood
• Close like a pro : selling strategies for success by Nido Qubein
• The Carrot Principle by Adrian Gostick
• Me to we : finding meaning in a material world by Craig Kielburger
• How to listen to and appreciate jazz by Theodore Buehrer
• Battle Cry of Freedom by James McPherson

• NetLibrary Audio Book Guide
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The woman who created Iraq - Gertrude Bell

Coming soon to the CARL: GERTRUDE Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations by Georgina Howell

Book description excerpt : "She has been called the female Lawrence of Arabia, which, while not inaccurate, fails to give Gertrude Bell her due. She was at one time the most powerful woman in the British Empire: a nation builder, the driving force behind the creation of modern-day Iraq. Born in 1868 into a world of privilege, Bell turned her back on Victorian society, choosing to read history at Oxford and going on to become an archaeologist, spy, Arabist, linguist, author (of Persian Pictures, The Desert and the Sown, and many other collections), poet, photographer, and legendary mountaineer (she took off her skirt and climbed the Alps in her underclothes)." Full description.

About the author

Book review: June 2007 issue of the Atlantic Monthly

Related podcast: Listen to this Australian Broadcasting Corporation interview of the author Georgina Howell about her new book from January 2007

Articles about Getrude Bell (peer-reviewed)

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New York Times Bestselling Fiction at CARL

See the complete New York Times Bestseller list for Fiction (27 May 2007)

Here are the top five :

1. The 6th Target by James Patterson
2. Simple Genius by David Baldacci
3. Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (Not available at CARL)
4. The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
5. I Heard that Song Before by Mary Higgins Clark

New York Times Bestselling NonFiction at CARL

See the complete New York Times Bestseller list for Nonfiction (27 May 2007)

Here are the top five

1. Einstein : his life and universe by Walter Isaacson
2. At the center of the storm : my years at the CIA by George Tenet
3. PAULA DEEN: IT AIN’T ALL ABOUT THE COOKIN’, by Paula Deen (Not available at CARL)
4. God is not great by Christopher Hitchens (Not available at CARL)
5. ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE, by Barbara Kingsolver

Africa and US Defense Policy

In February 2007, President Bush announced the creation of a unified military command for Africa. The Pentagon and many military analysts argue the continent’s growing strategic importance necessitates a dedicated regional command. Want to learn more about this topic?

Full text reports and theses related to US defense policy in Africa.

• The Bush African policy : fighting the global war on terrorism
• Relationships between political development and intervention
• Shaping U.S. policy on Africa : pillars of a new strategy
• Analysis of the measures of effectiveness for the African Crisis Response Initiative
• Search for stability in Sub-Saharan Africa an American perspective.

Related podcast: click on this link to go to a Center for Foreign Relations website offering an audiocast of an interview with Rear Admiral Robert Moeller and Ambassador Robert Loftis on the creation of the new US military unified command for Africa.

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Veteran's History Project: Asian Pacific Americans Experiencing War

Click this link to : Asian Pacific American War Stories from WWII, Korea, Vietnam and Iraq

"The Library of Congress Veterans History Project, a program of the American Folklife Center, will celebrate Asian Pacific American (APA) Heritage Month throughout May. Eight fully digitized collections of Asian Pacific American veterans were added to the "Experiencing War" Web series on May 1. The new series includes eight stories from World War II and the Korean, Vietnam and Iraq Wars, with special emphasis on the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the "Go for Broke" outfit of Japanese-Americans who fought valiantly in Europe during World War II. Learn more.

Soldier wins Blooker Prize

Find My War by Colby Buzzell in the CARL catalog

An American soldier's violent and darkly comic account of fighting in Iraq has won the "Blooker prize" for best book that began as a blog on the Internet. Colby Buzzell penned an Internet diary that eventually became the book My War. He began posting his experiences online from an Internet tent as a way to "kill time" while he was serving in the Sunni triangle. His book "My War" won the second annual $10,000 prize sponsored by publishing Web site Lulu.com.

In the news: Service members blogs now under tighter control

Excerpt: "The U.S. Army has ordered soldiers to stop posting to blogs or sending personal e-mail messages, without first clearing the content with a superior officer, Wired News has learned. The directive, issued April 19, is the sharpest restriction on troops' online activities since the start of the Iraq war. And it could mean the end of military blogs, observers say."

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Military Law and the War on Terror

Browse these titles in our catalog related to detainee operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.

CNN report: Released Gitmo detainees go back to fighting

Related podcast: Pritzker Military Library podcast from 3 May 2007 - The War of Law: The Balance of International Law, Military Law, and Constitutional Law in the War on Terror. A Panel Discussion.

Pritzker Description excerpt: "As American troops battle in Afghanistan and Iraq in the War on Terror, attorneys, judges and politicians engage in what might be called The War of Law as they consider, litigate and help determine the fate of those captured and detained, in and out of uniform. What constitutes torture, who has access to counsel or trial - and under what jurisdiction?" Full description

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New York Times Bestselling Fiction at CARL

See the complete New York Times Bestseller list for Fiction (20 May 2007)

Here are the top five :

• #1 Simple Genius by David Baldacci
• #2 Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon (Not available at CARL)
• #3 The Children of Hurin by J.R.R. Tolkien
• #4 The Woods by Harlan Coben
• #5 Rant by Chuck Palahniuk (Not available at CARL)

New York Times Bestselling NonFiction at CARL

See the complete New York Times Bestseller list for Nonfiction (20 May 2007)

Here are the top five

• #1 At the center of the storm : my years at the CIA by George Tenet
• #2 Einstein : his life and universe by Walter Isaacson
• #3 God is not great by Christopher Hitchens (Not available at CARL)
• #4 ANIMAL, VEGETABLE, MIRACLE, by Barbara Kingsolver (Not available at CARL)
• #5 PAULA DEEN: IT AIN’T ALL ABOUT THE COOKIN’, by Paula Deen (Not available at CARL)

Database of the week: Proquest Military Module

Search periodicals on military subjects such as defense, aeronautics, special forces and naval and military history, and other military issues in the ProQuest Military Module brought to you by the Combined Arms Research Library.

Select this link to view and browse thru titles of journals and magazines available here in the Proquest Military Module. Titles include Air & Space Power Journal, Armor, C4I News, Civil War History, Defence Studies, Journal of Military History, Leatherneck, RUSI Journal, Special Forces and many more...

Coming soon to the CARL: Walter Murphy on Constitutional democracy

CARL holdings: Constitutional democracy : creating and maintaining a just political order by Walter Murphy

Book description excerpt (provided by publisher): Constitutional democracy is a political hybrid, the product of an uneasy union between, on the one hand, the normative theories of constitutionalism and democracy and, on the other, the desire to live under what James Madison called "free government." In this engaging and provocative work, Walter F. Murphy combines a lifetime's study of constitutions and democracy with traditional storytelling to answer fundamental questions about constitutional democracy: How is it created? How is it maintained? How can it be adapted to changing circumstances? Full description

About the author: Walter F. Murphy is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence Emeritus at Princeton University and a recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Law and Courts Section of the American Political Science Association.

Related podcast: Walter Murphy on his book, `Constitutional Democracy: Creating and Maintaining a Just Political Order`. Also, a panel discussion including: Sotirios A. Barber, Mark E. Brandon, James E. Fleming, Jeffrey K. Tulis, Keith E. Whittington. Click here

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Best audio books 2006

These three downloadable audio books were named among the best audio books of 2006 by the reviewers of Library Journal. Select the links below to our online catalog records.

The cold moon by Jeffery Deaver Listen to a short audio clip

"Deaver's novel about quadriplegic criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and partner Amelia Sachs and their search for a serial killer has "fascinating plot twists and intense suspense."

Mayflower : a story of courage, community, and war by Nathaniel Philbrick

"Nathaniel Philbrick became an internationally renowned author with his National Book Award– winning In the Heart of the Sea, hailed as “spellbinding” by Time magazine. In Mayflower, Philbrick casts his spell once again, giving us a fresh and extraordinarily vivid account of our most sacred national myth: the voyage of the Mayflower and the settlement of Plymouth Colony. From the Mayflower’s arduous Atlantic crossing to the eruption of King Philip’s War between colonists and natives decades later, Philbrick reveals in this electrifying history of the Pilgrims a fifty-five-year epic, at once tragic and heroic, that still resonates with us today."

Holy Father : Pope Benedict XVI : pontiff for a new era by Greg Tobin

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In this work, Tobin examines the Pope and the papacy, beginning with a brief history and ending with a profile of Benedict, pointing out that he has inherited a tremendous legacy, as well as an enormous responsibility. (LJ 11/15/06)

Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties by Robert Stone

Check out the CARL Holdings: Prime Green by Robert Stone

From the Book Jacket: "From the New York City of Kline and De Kooning to the jazz era of New Orleans's French Quarter to Ken Kesey's psychedelic California, Prime Green explores the 1960s in all its weird, innocent, fascinating glory. An account framed by two wars, it begins with Robert Stone's last year in the Navy, when he took part in an Antarctic expedition navigating the globe, and ends in Vietnam, where he was a correspondent in the days following the invasion of Laos. Told in scintillating detail, Prime Green zips from coast to coast, from days spent in the raucous offices of Manhattan tabloids to the breathtaking beaches of Mexico, and merry times aboard the bus with Kesey and the Pranksters." "Building on personal vignettes from Stone's travels across America, this powerful memoir offers the legendary novelist's inside perspective on a time many understand only peripherally. These accounts of the 1960s are riveting not only because Stone is a master storyteller but because he was there, in the thick of it, through all the wild times. From these incredible experiences, Prime Green forges a moving and adventurous portrait of a unique moment in American history."

Related podcast:

KCRW's Bookworm with Michael Silverblatt: Interview with author Robert Stone (MP3 format)

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An oral history of the Iraq War by Trish Wood

Check the CARL catalog for our holdings of: What was asked of us : an oral history of the Iraq War by the soldiers who fought it by Trish Wood

Exerpt of book review published in ePluribus Media: "In What Was Asked of Us, author and award-winning investigative reporter Trish Wood lets 29 young men and women who fought in and returned from the Iraq War speak without anyone spinning, packaging, cherry-picking, or pre-digesting their words. Some of the voices are convinced of America's rightness to be in Iraq; others are less sure. Some are angry; some feel guilt. And chillingly, others admit to missing the adrenaline rush of the fire fights, the "fun" of posing dead bodies for photographs--and even the killing." Read full review

Interview with the author

New downloadable audio books from netLibrary

New downloadable audio books this month from NetLibrary

• A Soldier's Promise : The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy by Daniel Hendrex
• A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
• Polio : An American Story by David Oshinsky

Browse more downloadable audio books by topic (military, history, science fiction, mystery and more)

Did you know you can download audiobook titles directly to your desktop, or transfer them to portable devices for audio on the go? Audiobooks available through NetLibrary can be downloaded or played on any desktop, laptop or portable device supporting Windows Media Player (v9), Music Match (v8.2+), or Nullsoft Winamp 5.

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Einstein : his life and universe by Walter Isaacson

Check the CARL Catalog: Einstein : his life and universe by Walter Isaacson

Excerpt from book review by Jack Weigel (Library Journal)-

"Although the author appropriately makes Einstein's extraordinary scientific achievements the center of attention, he also covers his subject's complex and often painful familial relationships, his political interventions and comments, and his remarkable celebrity status (for a scientist) with the American public. Isaacson himself does not have a strong scientific background, but professional specialists in physics and mathematics assisted him effectively. This work, the first full biography of Einstein since all his papers have been made available, is well written and sensibly balanced in its treatment of the famed theoretical physicist, his family, and his friends. Certainly one of the best and most complete Einstein biographies thus far..."

Related Vodcast:

Watch this C-Span2 interview of the author discussing this latest book

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