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95 人中、82人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
It had so much promise
2011/12/14
形式:ハードカバー
I saw the great reviews this book was getting on Amazon. Because the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor earlier this month had spurred my interest in the topic, I gave the book a try. Big mistake. The editors and proofreaders did not do Mr. Shirley any favors with this one. Typos abound and the editing is careless. In a discussion about how Hollywood was faring financially, the book states "It was raking in millions each week, mostly for the top four studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 20th Century Fox, and Warner Bros." I'm curious as to what the fourth studio was and why it's not mentioned. Then there is this conundrum - On the first of December, Walter Winchell is a conservative columnist; by the second of December, he is a "leftist" columnist. Pittsburgh is either misspelled or the author is referring to one of the Pittsburgs outside of PA, but we aren't told which one. Unfortunately, there are more examples, but you get the idea. I grew so disenchanted with the book that I stopped reading at page 68. I generally don't like to review a book I haven't finished reading, but after looking at the Amazon reviews again and seeing most were based on what appear to be courtesy copies of the book, I wanted to throw in my impartial assessment. Bottom line: I would not recommend this book.
134 人中、114人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Error-filled and Biased
2011/12/29
形式:ハードカバー|Amazonが確認した購入
I had really high hopes for this book; the time leading up to and immediately following Pearl Harbor encompassed one of the most dramatic shifts American life has ever seen.
However, the errors contained in just the first two chapters are enough to make me put off, if not permanently stop, reading this book. Many of them have been pointed out in other reviews -- such as Walter Winchell changing from a conservative to a "leftist," and the US giving "battleships" to Britain as part of lend-lease. In addition, there's a preposterous statement that the Royal Air Force had 500,000 pilots and the Luftwaffe one million (these may be a reasonable total personnel count for the services at that time, but that's not the same as "pilots"). There's also a reference to Henry Luce's magazines supporting FDR and interventionism; while Luce was an internationalist, he was anything but a fan of the second Roosevelt.
In addition to these factual errors, there seems to be a strong bias against elites, intellectuals, and liberals. Look Magazine is described as being "a downright pap sheet for FDR, the Democrats, and the New Deal," and one Look article's authors are described as having "hopelessly leftist" politics.
The book has a great concept but the factual errors coupled with gratuitous political potshots make it unreliable and unenjoyable.
However, the errors contained in just the first two chapters are enough to make me put off, if not permanently stop, reading this book. Many of them have been pointed out in other reviews -- such as Walter Winchell changing from a conservative to a "leftist," and the US giving "battleships" to Britain as part of lend-lease. In addition, there's a preposterous statement that the Royal Air Force had 500,000 pilots and the Luftwaffe one million (these may be a reasonable total personnel count for the services at that time, but that's not the same as "pilots"). There's also a reference to Henry Luce's magazines supporting FDR and interventionism; while Luce was an internationalist, he was anything but a fan of the second Roosevelt.
In addition to these factual errors, there seems to be a strong bias against elites, intellectuals, and liberals. Look Magazine is described as being "a downright pap sheet for FDR, the Democrats, and the New Deal," and one Look article's authors are described as having "hopelessly leftist" politics.
The book has a great concept but the factual errors coupled with gratuitous political potshots make it unreliable and unenjoyable.
69 人中、60人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Disappointment
2012/1/5
形式:ハードカバー
I, too, thought the premise - a detailed look at the month from the perspective of newspapers and other media, would provide an interesting slant on the subject.
To a great extent, it did. Particularly from the aspect of American society of the time.
At first, the shoddy editing was just annoying. When there were errors in established historical fact, that did it.
An example of where the two combined: Chapter 14, after a paragraph regarding displaced persons stranded with no way forward and no way back, this sentence - "Somewhere, Bogie and Bacall were stuck too, and time went by." The gratuitous joke didn't fit and should have been edited out, but if it must stay, at least let it be accurate to the film.
An editing example: Chapter 7, on the left side of the page, "One of the first people FDR met with after his phone call from Knox was Charles Fahy, solicitor general of the United States." On the opposing page, "Earlier, he'd met alone with the Solicitor General of the United States, Charley Fahey."
Among the factual mistakes: John Magee was not a "Washington native" and did not fly for the RAF, rather the RCAF. Goering's "Meyer" comment was made in reference to Allied bombers striking Germany, not in reference to the Battle of Britain. The war message from the Japanese Embassy had 14 parts, not 13, as repeatedly noted. There are others that I noticed, an unknown number that I didn't.
After taking a highlighter to several chapters, I just quit before Christmas.
Don't buy it.
To a great extent, it did. Particularly from the aspect of American society of the time.
At first, the shoddy editing was just annoying. When there were errors in established historical fact, that did it.
An example of where the two combined: Chapter 14, after a paragraph regarding displaced persons stranded with no way forward and no way back, this sentence - "Somewhere, Bogie and Bacall were stuck too, and time went by." The gratuitous joke didn't fit and should have been edited out, but if it must stay, at least let it be accurate to the film.
An editing example: Chapter 7, on the left side of the page, "One of the first people FDR met with after his phone call from Knox was Charles Fahy, solicitor general of the United States." On the opposing page, "Earlier, he'd met alone with the Solicitor General of the United States, Charley Fahey."
Among the factual mistakes: John Magee was not a "Washington native" and did not fly for the RAF, rather the RCAF. Goering's "Meyer" comment was made in reference to Allied bombers striking Germany, not in reference to the Battle of Britain. The war message from the Japanese Embassy had 14 parts, not 13, as repeatedly noted. There are others that I noticed, an unknown number that I didn't.
After taking a highlighter to several chapters, I just quit before Christmas.
Don't buy it.
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