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LogoLounge 3: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

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A designer's bible
Logo Lounge Strikes Again
An Invaluable Resource for Any Graphic Designer
AMAZING
Very inspiring

LogoLounge 3: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers
Bill Gardner , and Catharine Fishel
Manufacturer: Rockport Publishers
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The third volume in the best-selling LogoLounge series provides 2,000 totally new logos from designers worldwide. This book, like the previous titles in the series, is compiled in association with LogoLounge.com, a website that was launched by Bill Gardner in 2002. The site is dedicated to logos. Top designers and design firms supply multiple logos to the site. Each LogoLounge book presents thousands of new logos that have been added to the site, providing designers with a timely and invaluable source for design inspiration and a resource for design solutions. The first portion of the book profiles 10 top designers recent work in the area of logo design; the second part of the book contains almost 2,000 logos organized by logo design (typography, people, mythology, nature, sports, etc.)

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A designer's bible.......2007-05-14

This series is a must have for any designer. Not only is it great for ideas, but a nice tool to have when a wishy-washy client just isn't sure what they want. If you are a serious designer, you must own all the Logo Lounge books.

Logo Lounge Strikes Again.......2007-05-14

Always a fan, the assemblage of brands from every corner is impressive and helpful. The Lounge has always been and continues to be a wonderful resource for jump-starting logo block.

An Invaluable Resource for Any Graphic Designer.......2007-04-16

Whether you are fresh out of college or a seasoned Senior designer, you will find this book an amazing resource of ideas, trends and just plain good design.

We actually have purchased every volume and they keep getting better and better. Logo Lounge 3 is no different in terms of the unique talent chosen to be showcased in this edition.

If you need a design spark look no further, this is the book of choice.

[...]

AMAZING.......2007-04-14

Great book for inspiration and search for the right ideas. This time RockPub. is making few more pages showing how the logos work in the graphic design environment.

I was excited to see foreign companies using the latest styles in advertisement, like the russian phone company "BeeLine."

Wold highly recoment this book for a graphic design major and advertisement.

Very inspiring.......2007-03-16

I've used this book a couple times now for inspiration, and it doesn't disappoint. It's organized by theme, which is very helpful since it allows you to consider the myriad different ways of approaching the same challenge.

Highly recommended.

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Anti-Corporate Handbook
NO LOGO will fundementally alter the way you think about the world.
The Third World has always existed for the comfort of the First
Fascinating Insight For Marketers and Consumers
A must read...

No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs
Naomi Klein
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We live in an era where image is nearly everything, where the proliferation of brand-name culture has created, to take one hyperbolic example from Naomi Klein's No Logo, "walking, talking, life-sized Tommy [Hilfiger] dolls, mummified in fully branded Tommy worlds." Brand identities are even flourishing online, she notes--and for some retailers, perhaps best of all online: "Liberated from the real-world burdens of stores and product manufacturing, these brands are free to soar, less as the disseminators of goods or services than as collective hallucinations."

In No Logo, Klein patiently demonstrates, step by step, how brands have become ubiquitous, not just in media and on the street but increasingly in the schools as well. (The controversy over advertiser-sponsored Channel One may be old hat, but many readers will be surprised to learn about ads in school lavatories and exclusive concessions in school cafeterias.) The global companies claim to support diversity, but their version of "corporate multiculturalism" is merely intended to create more buying options for consumers. When Klein talks about how easy it is for retailers like Wal-Mart and Blockbuster to "censor" the contents of videotapes and albums, she also considers the role corporate conglomeration plays in the process. How much would one expect Paramount Pictures, for example, to protest against Blockbuster's policies, given that they're both divisions of Viacom?

Klein also looks at the workers who keep these companies running, most of whom never share in any of the great rewards. The president of Borders, when asked whether the bookstore chain could pay its clerks a "living wage," wrote that "while the concept is romantically appealing, it ignores the practicalities and realities of our business environment." Those clerks should probably just be grateful they're not stuck in an Asian sweatshop, making pennies an hour to produce Nike sneakers or other must-have fashion items. Klein also discusses at some length the tactic of hiring "permatemps" who can do most of the work and receive few, if any, benefits like health care, paid vacations, or stock options. While many workers are glad to be part of the "Free Agent Nation," observers note that, particularly in the high-tech industry, such policies make it increasingly difficult to organize workers and advocate for change.

But resistance is growing, and the backlash against the brands has set in. Street-level education programs have taught kids in the inner cities, for example, not only about Nike's abusive labor practices but about the astronomical markup in their prices. Boycotts have commenced: as one urban teen put it, "Nike, we made you. We can break you." But there's more to the revolution, as Klein optimistically recounts: "Ethical shareholders, culture jammers, street reclaimers, McUnion organizers, human-rights hacktivists, school-logo fighters and Internet corporate watchdogs are at the early stages of demanding a citizen-centered alternative to the international rule of the brands ... as global, and as capable of coordinated action, as the multinational corporations it seeks to subvert." No Logo is a comprehensive account of what the global economy has wrought and the actions taking place to thwart it. --Ron Hogan

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With a new Afterword to the 2002 edition. No Logo employs journalistic savvy and personal testament to detail the insidious practices and far-reaching effects of corporate marketing—and the powerful potential of a growing activist sect that will surely alter the course of the 21st century. First published before the World Trade Organization protests in Seattle, this is an infuriating, inspiring, and altogether pioneering work of cultural criticism that investigates money, marketing, and the anti-corporate movement.

As global corporations compete for the hearts and wallets of consumers who not only buy their products but willingly advertise them from head to toe—witness today’s schoolbooks, superstores, sporting arenas, and brand-name synergy—a new generation has begun to battle consumerism with its own best weapons. In this provocative, well-written study, a front-line report on that battle, we learn how the Nike swoosh has changed from an athletic status-symbol to a metaphor for sweatshop labor, how teenaged McDonald’s workers are risking their jobs to join the Teamsters, and how “culture jammers” utilize spray paint, computer-hacking acumen, and anti-propagandist wordplay to undercut the slogans and meanings of billboard ads (as in “Joe Chemo” for “Joe Camel”).

No Logo will challenge and enlighten students of sociology, economics, popular culture, international affairs, and marketing.

“This book is not another account of the power of the select group of corporate Goliaths that have gathered to form our de facto global government. Rather, it is an attempt to analyze and document the forces opposing corporate rule, and to lay out the particular set of cultural and economic conditions that made the emergence of that opposition inevitable.”—Naomi Klein, from her Introduction

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Once a poster boy for the new economy, Bill Gates has become a global whipping boy. The Nike swoosh is quickly losing its cachet, equated now with sweatshop labor. Teenage McDonald's workers are joining the Teamsters. What's going on? NO LOGO explains why some of the most revered brands in the world are finding themselves on the wrong end of a spray-can, a computer hack, or an international anti-corporate campaign. NO LOGO uncovers a betrayal of the central promises of the information age: choice, interactivity, and increased freedom. Instead, job security and consumer choice have been swallowed whole by companies who enlist us as their human billboards and spokesmen. Equal parts cultural analysis, political manifesto, mall-rat memoir, and journalistic expose, NO LOGO is the first book that both uncovers the sins of corporations run amok and explores and explains the new resistance that will change consumer culture in the 21st century.

Customer Reviews:

Anti-Corporate Handbook.......2007-05-20

What are the effects of multinational corporations in the Branding Age? Naomi Klein tackles that in this seminal work on the subject. While somewhat dated (published in 2000), it gives the most comprehensive picture of the transition corporations have undergone from providing competent products and services to providing ubiquitous branding and advertising to produce loyalty and sell peripherals. This book gives the total picture of the devastation left in the wake of total corporate dominance in the U.S., Canada, and worldwide.

As she details, what has emerged in the last half of the 20th century is a new kind of totality - an economic imperialism spearheaded by Nike, The Gap, McDonalds, Shell, and Microsoft and their lawyers, contractors, and advertising agencies. As they break open markets, crush competition, and lower wages across the globe they've gotten so powerful as to dictate to scores of countries what their trade and economic policies are going to be. These policies are always anti-Union and terrible for workers, leaving nations worse off than before they were Industrialized and Advertised - creating massive wealth gaps and uneven distributions across the board.

The four major sections of the book: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs, and No Logo, each show in example after example, case study upon study that advertising is the product now and the more money spent in that avenue, the more profitable the corporation can be while taking every opportunity away from the poor and disenfranchised, forcing horrible conditions and worse jobs on them, and decreasing their access to health care and nutrition. This is not an accident. This is a concerted policy foisted upon the world through the corporate enforcement arm of the WTO, World Bank, and U.S. Military.

Is it hopeless? Well, civil disobedience is one way to combat the trends and takeover and Klein offers many suggestions and examples in this book. However even she admits that the situation is bleak.

Good luck . . . and good read.

- CV Rick

NO LOGO will fundementally alter the way you think about the world........2006-11-04

Naomi Klien's treatise on the anti-corporate movement of the last decade provides tremendous insight into the philosophies behind today's anti-corporate culture, and more importantly, the "branded" society that has spawned it. Well written and intelligent on every level, NO LOGO carefully tracks such disturbing phenomenons as the disappearance of public space, the rise of corporate censorship, and the transformation of living wage jobs for Americans into sweatshop labor in the third world. If you are completely unfamiliar with today's cultural rebellion against corporate control, NO LOGO serves as an excellent introduction, clearly outlining the dubious marketing trend of promoting "brands not products" such that you will never be able to watch commercials the same way again. If you are a seasoned WTO protester or billboard adbuster, NO LOGO will provide you with all the philosophical and factual ammo necessary to start converting your friends away from their unthinking materialistic lifestyle. This book is a must read for anyone who considers themselves and independently thinking consumer, as well as anyone who is interested in the latest cultural rebellion taking place among today's young and disenfranchised.

The Third World has always existed for the comfort of the First.......2006-11-03

Naomi Klein sketches perfectly the major shift in corporate strategy today: transnational companies are not interested in production anymore, only in branding: products are made in factories, brands in the mind. Branding creates big margins, production in home countries meager earnings.

This strategy causes monstrous layoffs in the First World and creates EPZ (Export Processing Zones) in the Third World.
In the First world, corporations transformed themselves in `engines of wealth growth' for their shareholders, instead of `engines of job growth'. `CEO's of the 30 companies with the largest announced layoffs saw their total compensation increase by 67%.'
The jobs they need are predominantly outsourced, or are McJobs (no `adult wages') and temporary stop-jobs.
The First World stirs fierce competition between Third World countries in order to get rock-bottom prices for their `branded' products, creating colossal margins in the home countries.
Wages in EPZs are so low that most of the money is spent on shared dorm rooms and basic food. Workers cannot afford the consumer goods they produce.

Another aspect of our branded world is the sheer size of the (trans)national corporations created by relentless mergers and acquisitions. Their size permits them to decide what items (also magazines, DVDs) should be stocked in a store, in other words, they create a new kind of censorship.
Big mergers in the media landscape allow conglomerates to produce their own news and in this sense jeopardize basic civil liberties.

While Naomi Klein's analysis of our consumer planet is very revealing, the remedies she proposes are rather innocent, epidermic, symptom healing or too general: ad and brand busting, radical ecology (Reclaim the Streets), anti-globalization and anti-corporate mass protests, boycott, building greater critical social consciousness. Individual actions like attacking in court (Shell in Nigeria), revealing Nike's sweatshops or denouncing McDonald's food are ultimately not more than temporary needle pricks in elephant skins.
What the world needs is a global vision, which we can find in the works of Joseph Stiglitz or (for a view from the South) Walden Bello.

Highly recommended.

Fascinating Insight For Marketers and Consumers.......2006-10-21

I work in online marketing, which means that my work is often much more mechanical than the kind Klein describes in her book, but the insights that form the basis of all marketing (promotion) are similar. Despite the distance between my experience and the focus of much of "No Logo," I found it to be a brilliant and profound look at the end results of various marketing efforts. One that gives you a fascinating view of all sides of the equation - not just the impetus behind the marketing itself, but also the impetus behind the companies, products and brands, the production and supply chain and, finally, the adoption by consumers and a view of how these same consumers come to, as Klein says, inhabit the brand. In a country where it can be, but for the skyline and the geography, increasingly difficult to tell the difference between major cities like Memphis, Dallas and Atlanta, discussing exactly why the lives of so many Americans (and those of other developed countries' citizens) have become increasingly homogenous is something that might behoove us all.

Personally, I've always felt that the best consumer marketing seems obvious to consumers once it has been undertaken. Reading about how consumers, particularly the youth demographic, then go on to adopt the marketing as something of a lifestyle, even when ironically, was fascinating. Sure, we see it every day, but to read about it in a more academic, yet narrative fashion gives a fresh look at something we deal with from the inside. Klein takes concepts of the modern world of marketing that have been discussed in various publications and, no doubt, countless classrooms and weaves them into a brilliant narrative about where our marketing came from, where it is now and where it's going in the future. I think the great value here is the dual purpose the work offers to both marketers and consumers - for the former, a view of how their work affects society beyond the boundaries of ROI and, for the latter, a fascinating view of exactly how they are manipulated to spend their money on things they often don't need.

While consumer marketing isn't new, the scope of its effect on politics, economics, sociology and individual psychology is definitely one of the more pronounced hallmarks of the current era. Everyone thinks that they're immune to marketing, we marketers included, but we are all trapped to one degree or another in a kind of snow globe that has both positive and negative aspects for all of us individually and collectively. Reading works like "No Logo" would no doubt be a great eye opener for John Q. Public. For marketers it may not be new material, particularly now in 2006, but I found it to be a fascinating breath of fresh air and a great reminder of just how many areas marketing touches and in how many ways marketing itself is a symbiotic force in society.

On a completely personal note, I have also spent time outside of and lived outside of the marketing bubble in very foreign, developing cultures where the majority of the marketing is indecipherable and, therefore, lost on me. With this perspective in mind, it can be quite a shock to return home to see the saturation of our culture with marketing messages and the level to which we are buried in marketed, particularly branded goods. Klein discusses this to some degree, but when you have tangible experience with the lives of the developing world citizens who make the trinkets we snatch up due to this marketing and your roots are in the culture that's doing the snapping up, it can't help but make you question - a feeling Klein seems to also want to convey - the morality of the level of consumer saturation that we in the developed world seem to revel in. Some would say this kind of thought comes from a particular political ethos, but I've seen the same kind of dialogue put forth by everyone from counterculture liberals to fundamentalist conservatives. Who we are and why we are who we are is a question for everyone, I think, and there's no doubt that marketing is playing an ever-increasing role in defining our societies and our cultures. If this is an issue that you're at all interested in then the attention given to it from a marketing perspective in this book will be of value to you.

A must read..........2006-10-19

I live in the suburbs of a former steel mill town whose mills are now defunct. At one time we boasted the highest unemployment rate in the state, the highest murder rate per capita and were named number four in George magazine's most corrupt towns list. But we are creating jobs...Wal Mart, Sam's Club, Taco Bell, one chain store after another. My town is a prime example of the new economy - service, part-time and temp work with little room for advancement and little hope.

Why? We do not make anything anymore in the U.S. and it is indicative of much of Europe as many of these jobs, as we all know, are going to other parts of the world where "production zones" are being created, hovels where corporations are free from much of the government restraint that would normally accompany their move to another country. But these zones are being created for companies to bring their manufacturing needs to and are thus given a high degree of autonomy, almost mini countries in and of themselves. Workers are underpaid, working conditions seems to be reminiscent of servitude and corporation are reaping huge profits at the expense of jobs. We know the story.

The reality, however, is that just by buying clothes from someone who does not employ workers at slave wage we are not helping the problem. The way to solve the problem is to pay these people a living wage, not merely buying some other brand of clothing. Ms. Klein's breakdown on the issue is nothing short of revelatory.

This book dives deep into this new economy, tracing the origins and development and explosive growth of the ubiquitous "brand" and the corporations behind them. Perhaps most symbolically it is Phil Knight and Nike who represent the modern day company's realization that it is more profitable not to manufacture anything but to merely market product ultimately made by someone else. Manufacturing it out; branding is in.

The book was not so much a manifesto nor a one-way attack on this whole process. It does provide some glimpses from the other side but her positioning of the quotes from the other side merely highlights the absurdity of their statements thus definitely revealing where she stands on the issue. At times it sounds like a far-left ranting of doom and gloom but she builds the case quite thoroughly.

But as the book develops it provides the realization that it is easy to point the finger and cast blame but the problem lies much deeper than this. This is a rallying cry, a gathering of facts and of hope of a growing awareness, disillusionment and proactivity in regards to these developments. It is not too late - yet. Ms. Klein gives stories and tales of culture jamming, of individuals who have taken on the giants and have had great successes in revealing the trickery, manipulation and profiteering of the companies to which so many bow down in allegiance.

I have known many of these things or have noticed the disturbing trends, not only of these brands but of those who buy them. We, the consumer, are as much to blame. If we did not purchase these things, these companies would not continue to market them. Take action, get information, get knowledge and do something about it. While not necessarily a how-to book it is one that will inform you, enlighten you, even enrage you and help you to look at branding and the homogeneity ("uniform diversity" in corporate speak) that is much of the modern world.

Most refreshing was her inclusion toward the end of views from those who live in the areas where these factories are located who are seeking to change the people who work in these factories to take up the intiative on their own without the inclusion, or intrusion, of Americans and Europeans who, though they may mean well, may actually hinder the process leading to another form of dependence on those from the West. Contrary to the belief in the West that we are saviours of the world, those in the world labeled "third" are doing it for themselves. We just don't hear their voice amidst the self-congratulation of the promotion and celebrity happy Western media.

I recommend this for anyone who cares about where we are headed and who misses the days when we had choices and a world free of commercials inundating us in every nook and cranny of our lives.

I would also recommend Fast Food Nation and the documentary The Corporation (in which Ms. Klein is interviewed) to further add insight and detail to the depths of the issue.

LogoLounge: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers

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Very Inspirational
Great series of books!
Size does matter
VERY USEFUL
awesome

LogoLounge: 2,000 International Identities by Leading Designers
Bill Gardner , and Catharine Fishel
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Book Description

This book takes all the logos that were in Rockport Publisher's best-seller, LogoLounge and collects them in one small, neat, pictorial handbook for easy reference.

There are no lengthy case histories, just logos, logos, and more logos. It's a fast-paced book featuring one to six logos per page to allow designers to easily shop for ideas. Logos are among the most important elements a designer can create, so it is no surprise that they are always looking for new, fresh ideas. LogoLounge delivers just that. Its predecessor showcased the logos along with the stories of how they came to be; this compact version puts the spotlight on the logos alone, making it the perfect handbook to logo design.

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Very Inspirational.......2007-03-08

When i ordered Logo Lounge i wasnt to sure as to what to expect. After receiving the book I found it to be very inspirational and can really get the creative juices flowing. Especially when your stuck with a creative block (which sometime or another all designers get) It is loaded with examples of commercial and non commercial logos.

The first section of the book has a detailed approach as to how some design firms came up with their design for their clients. They talk about the design process, show great examples, and talk about some of the problems and solutions they had while doing the design.

The rest of the book has loads of examples of logos all sectioned out in a nice format (type logos, crest logos, animal logos, etc...)

Overall it's a good tool to have on any designers shelf at home or work!

Great series of books!.......2007-02-26

I'm very impressed with the wide array and organization of this book (and the others in the series). Such great colors, and layout... everything just makes me want to study every last detail on every last page. I've bought the first two... and have added the third one to my wish list. If you want to be a good logo designer but experience "designer's block," this should get you over that [...]. Thanks, Bill Gardner, and all the fabulous designers who were featured in the book!

Size does matter.......2007-01-10

The larger format of this book, hard or soft cover, deserves 5 stars. This new pocket size (5.5" x 6") proves to be awkward and detrimental to the viewing and appreciation of the graphics.

VERY USEFUL.......2006-06-28

I bought it last year, and it has been very useful for my job. I can find many different kind of logos.... it's one of my favorite books...

awesome.......2006-03-23

great logos and tons of them. a little hard to understand at first how they organized the logos as far as who did what but once you get the hang of it, no biggie. A definate book to get inspiration from

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Logogogogogo

International Logos & Trademarks

Manufacturer: Madison Square Press
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Logogogogogo.......2003-04-30

There are lots of good logo's and trademarks in this book. Some not to my liking though. For a person who is not in the graphic arts field and is just looking for ideas to design a logo then I would recommend buying it used or getting one from your library.

Planetary Politics: Human Rights, Terror, and Global Society (Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture)

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Planetary Politics: Human Rights, Terror, and Global Society (Logos: Perspectives on Modern Society and Culture)
Stephen Eric Bronner
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Global society has been analyzed in any number of ways: books dealing with its economic and cultural implications flood the market. But Planetary Politics highlights something unique. It explores globalization with an eye on the transformation of politics into a planetary enterprise. Bringing together the work of major scholars with national and international reputations, this exciting new work offers perspectives for dealing with the complexity of power in the planetary life of the new millennium.

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Must have for any LOGO Designer!!!

Graphis Logo 3: The International Collection of Logo Design = Logogestaltung Im Internationalen Uberblick = Une Compilation Internationale Sur Le Design De Logos (Graphis Logo Design)

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Must have for any LOGO Designer!!!.......2005-08-30

This is just one of those books that is a must have in any logo designers collection. A great range and variety of logos, great inspiring book, and just another awesome book that Graphis puts out on the market....

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Cocina Mexicana Baja en Carbohidratos / Mexican Food Low in Carbohydrates

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Cocina Mexicana Baja en Carbohidratos / Mexican Food Low in Carbohydrates

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The Logos Reader: Rational Radicalism And the Future of Politics

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Interesting but not very scholarly

The Logos Reader: Rational Radicalism And the Future of Politics

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Founded in 2002, Logos: A Journal of Modern Society and Culture was established in response to the increasing erosion of a left political culture and the new possibilities for international political engagement and cooperation produced by the Internet. Many of the best known intellectual representatives of what might be termed a "rational radicalism" soon served as the core group for this new online journal that has reached about four million readers.

The Logos Reader brings together the most influential and controversial work to appear in the journal. In its pages, writers of exceptional stature such as Stanley Aronowitz, Ulrich Beck, Drucilla Cornell, Fred Dallmayr, Jürgen Habermas, Douglas Kellner, and Eric Rouleau articulate liberal and socialist values even as they retain theoretical viewpoints influenced by critical theory. The contributors deal with some of the most pressing political issues of our age, including transnational developments, U.S. foreign policy, the Iraqi War, the plight of the Palestinians, and the domestic concerns currently dominating American politics.

With themes that speak to the most pertinent and enduring issues of a post-9/11 culture, the essays in The Logos Reader represent the best of modern liberal thought and will influence contemporary political discourse.

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Interesting but not very scholarly.......2006-08-14

The first sentence of this book is "Lying has always been part of politics." And we go from there to see how our involvement in a war in Iraq was in no small part caused by a gross exaggeration of the immediate military threat posed by Iraq.

Yes, that first sentence implies that this book ought to stand or fall on its willingness to separate lies from truth. However, there are a couple of items in this book that show a serious unwillingness to do just that. We see an article by Marwan Bishara who says that all Israeli settlements are illegal. That's a lie. And in the following article, by Lawrence Davidson, we are treated another dishonest, illogical and afactual gem: Davidson says that "those who are ready to take risks for peace" are a majority on the Arab side, while "they are still a minority on the Israeli side."

I ought to subtract four stars from my rating of this book for that, but I won't. I think there are some interesting articles in it. But I advise readers not to trust much of what is they read in this book, given these whoppers.

We see articles about Leo Strauss. And about Dinesh D'Souza. D'Souza is criticized by Christine Kelly about his polemical works, but she appears to fail to appreciate the fact that many of the works D'Souza opposes are just as polemical. She complains about the slurs against people such as "Howard Zinn, Barbara Ehrenreich, Noam Chomsky, and Cornel West" without examining the rather serious misrepresentations of reality they have occasionally treated us to. We see those who praise former President Ronald Reagan dismissed contemptuously. I was never a fan of Reagan, and I tend to dislike exaggerated displays of praise even for those people I am fondest of, so I did not mind that very much. But it did seem awfully hypocritical for such a book to later include an article which displayed enormous praise for the wicked Ed Said.

There are a few articles which deal with the Arab war against Israel. One is by Henry Pachter. While I disagree with much of it, I have to admit that it includes more than a few traces of honesty. It was written in 1975. I would be surprised to see such an article appear today: anti-Zionists have tended to totally dispense with so much truth about this conflict in the intervening years. That essay is followed by a truly foolish article about the Temple Mount in Jerusalem.

I won't recommend this book, but I do think it has some interesting essays. I wish it had adhered to some of the standards of honesty one might have hoped for given that first sentence.

Back to the future.(Editorial): An article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME

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Back to the future.(Editorial): An article from: Mechanical Engineering-CIME
John G. Falcioni
Manufacturer: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
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Title: Back to the future.(Editorial)
Author: John G. Falcioni
Publication: Mechanical Engineering-CIME (Refereed)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Volume: 125 Issue: 12 Page: 4(1)

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