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Described Geopolitics Extremely Well.Rare Combination of Intellect and Action
In my survey of contemporary generals, Wesley Clark stands out as the greatest thinker by far.He's the fourth general I've listened to in an audiobook and all of them were readers of their own books.I discovered the U.S. is blessed with outstanding military leaders.

Our great contemporary military leaders came from humble circumstances, unlike the majority of political leaders that rise to the top.Wesley Clark came from humble beginnings but was a star student and swimmer.He attended West Point and his description of plebe year made me understand the suffering and challenges of getting through that first year.He was also a Rhodes scholar and returned to West Point as a professor.He published significant articles in his time in the Army and served in many capacities that provided a great deal of exposure to geopolitics.

Clark spoke fast in this audiobook, very fast.It's as if his mind runs at a faster speed than normal.But he showed a lot of personality in his reading.His speech wasn't rigidly military as some others are.

There were many geopolitical matters of which Wesley educated me in this book.For example, the lessons our military learned in Viet Nam have never been explained to me so well and so authoritatively.He knows his subjects so well that his speech is perfectly fluent.His explanation of the situation the U.S. found itself in after the collapse of the Soviet Union were profound and made so much sense that it gave me many 'aha moments.'

Even with this incredible mind, Clark was a man of action too.His stories of running the war in Kosovo for the U.S. and NATO showed this.This man suffered the deaths of many friends and comrades over his long career, anchoring him in the practical world despite his academic accomplishments.

Regarding his account of the War in Iraq conducted by the adiministration of George W. Bush, Clark was able to reduce the entire explanation into the simplest form so that even an eigth-grader could understand.This was brilliant.I had been searching for meaning and lessons for this war that persists.It's been very difficult for me because I sensed we as a country had lost our winning ways but could not reduce it to words.Clark explains how the U.S. went in, playing NOT TO WIN, which is odd.This was due to a combination of mistrust of the professional military, egos, greed, lack of long-term strategy and a view that soldiers were expendible when they operated as a local police force in a language they could not understand.There was a need to time the war for elections cycles and control media reporting to the American People.

Because of the percieved need for man of principle to mitigate the damages and try to repair strained alliances, Clarck got drafted to run for president.He started his campaign too late and quit once it was apparent that Kerry was going to be the lead Democratic candidiate.This was prudent at the time especially since nobody then could have imagined Kerry allowing himself to get Swift-Boated.

This book made me stronly desire Clark to make a comeback and play some sighificant role again in American Public Life even if only as a CNN Special Correspondent.I believe he is an American Treasure (that's even higher than his highest rank held).

A Time to Lead
A TIME TO LEAD: An attention consuming narration of deeply studied soldier's experiences. General Clark projects a timely view of global political geography and the thrills of war action as if on a giant IMAX screen. He does so with appreciation-filled details commemorating all -- the fortunate survivors, the fallen, the injured, and the suffering civilians.
Surely, we, the citizens protected by millions of the military's tedious work hours dedicated beyond gun battles to stopping violence and building consensus, have a cornucopia of reasons for being proud and supportive of the United States military. Perhaps, we can support it best by taking fair and peaceful footsteps in our personal pathways.

A Time To Read
With all of the failed leadership going on in America today I found Wesley's book refreshing.I'm encouraging my two sons to read this book because Mr. Clark is a Great leader to look up to and learn from.If we had more leaders like Wesley, America would still be a great country.

A Cut and Paste Book
Given the book's fantastic title, I wanted to love--or at least like--it. But I couldn't. It reads like a "just-the-facts-black-and-white" chronology of Clark's life, which the authors tried to warm up and add emotion to using cut-and-paste poetic descriptions (out of character with the rest of the writing), too many empty words--like brave, courageous, warrior, hero--and awkwardly tacked-on "lessons" about leadership.

It's clear Clark has more than enough credentials and experience to back up his admirable convictions; unfortunately, a memoir with an agenda isan ineffective format for expressing them. I suggest he'll make a stonger impact if he sticks to writing topical essays backed up by personal experience.

Can Congress make this mandatory reading in the White House?
Rather than rehash other reviewers' comments, let me refer you to pages 182 and 183, where Wesley Clark reports a warning he received from Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia to not have NATO become an occupying power in the Balkans because occupying powers "do not do well here." Instead, the dictator urged the U.S. and its allies to "treat people with respect." After the conversation, Clark reflected on his military and negotiating experiences and decided the principles of power politics among nations "had to be exercised through personal relationships. Ultimately, diplomacy wasn't about trade-offs; it was about persuasion. To succeed, you had to link the calculus of cost and benefits to charm, new opportunities and the promise of a better tomorrow. Success was 90 percent persuasion, backed up by 10 percent coercion." He adds: "If force was to be used, it was to be used only as a last resort, and even then alongside allies, if possible." As I finished reading this book on Oct. 20, 2007, a day when the Bush Administration's drumbeats for war with Iran continued to accelerate, I couldn't help but wish Americans had elected Clark or someone like him in 2004.I had the same thought in nearly every chapter of the general's combination biography and expression of lessons he's learned from going to war, listening to others, weighing alternatives and then making or recommending decisions. Listening and weighing alternatives before deciding is a foreign concept for the man Garrison Keillor refers to as "Current Occupant."I fear it will plunge us even deeper into the Middle Eastern abyss.Wesley Clark is an American treasure, and the nation should tap his wisdom, judgment and talents as soon as possible.We need leaders like him. ... Read more

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This is the life story of a man for whom the American Dream dies hard. Born in 1953 in Selma, Alabama, Terry Leach first plays baseball as a Little Leaguer. In college, he stars at Auburn until an arm injury threatens his future. He recovers sufficiently to pitch sidearm and enter the independent leagues in Louisiana, which leads to his first contract with the Atlanta Braves organization. Later, he reaches the major leagues with the New York Mets, and in 1987 he wins ten games in a row and finishes 11-1. The road to the top is filled with turns and potholes, but Leach learns from them, and eventually develops a personal baseball philosophy. ... Read more

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Things Happen For A Reason
This was a very simple easy read autobiography of a baseball player. It was enjoyable to read and being a Mets fan when he pitched made it all the more informative. The average sports fan may not read this book but all Mets and/or baseball fans should.

An OK baseball book
This book is a short fast read a fairly detailed account of Terry Leach's major league career. While it contains almost no controversy or dirt, espicially when he was a member of the "bad boy" Late 80s Mets, the book is a good read when if you would like to know about the lesser players in baseball.

A nice try, but it comes up short
To be honest, I really wanted to like this book because Terry Leach seems like a good guy and an honest man, but this book isn't one that I'll think of when I think about good baseball books.It's an autobiographicalaccount of his playing days in college at Auburn, the minor leagues, andthe big leagues with the Mets, Royals, Twins, and White Sox.It's not avery well-written book.For example, there are a number of grammaticalerrors.He tends to use the word myself a lot when he could just use I orme.He also makes way too many excuses for his failures (I wasn't usedright, I was hurt, etc., etc., etc.,) and he also complains too much aboutnot being treated right by the different teams that unceremoniously dumphim.When he does taste success he can't stop raving about himself orpraising himself. On the plus side, this book is easy to read and easy tofollow.It's possible to finish this book in the amount of time it takesto watch an entire major league baseball game.Another good thing is thathe doesn't have anything bad to say about old teammates, managers, etc. The closest he comes to bad-mouthing someone is when he says that he didn'tcare for some of his teammates in the minors.He seems like a genuinelygood man, and that's why it's too bad this book wasn't a bit moreinteresting to read. ... Read more

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"A poet departs, too soon, and there is a void that will not be filled. From somewhere deep and old the tears well up in the dark night.When I met Jim in 1967 he was seventeen. He had been leading a triple life: high school All-American basketball star, heroin addict/ street hustler, poet." -- Tom ClarkThe above is from Tom Clark's wee memoir of Jim Carroll newly published from Longhouse for the Spring Equinox 2010. With photographs by Bill Berkson, Mary K. Greer, and Beatrice Murch.In glossy photographic wraps, hand sewn in four colors. Ready to be slipped into your back pocket, or anyone's.Tom Clark was born in Chicago 1941. Man of letters in poetry, prose, biography and the fine art of proper bloggingsee: http://tomclarkblog.blogspot.com/A graduate of the University of Michigan, he then attended Cambridge University and University of Essex before returning to the United States in 1967. A long time resident of the American west, he makes his home with Angelica in Berkeley, California. This is Tom's second Longhouse publication along with "Single" - Longhouse, 2009. ... Read more

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Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll by Tom Clark is an interesting behind the scene look at poet/writer's during his time in California. It gave some insight about the author from a close friend. Clark provided some examples of Carroll's work at the time along with some help comments about his state of mind at the time.

While the behind the scenes approach was welcomed, the book was too short and only gave the reader a very limited look at what was behind the curtain so to speak. Most of what was reported was strictly surface.

It is a good afternoon read though.

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Chapters: Jack Haines, Johnny Morris, Tom Clark, Don Dorman, Dennis Hill, Fred Smith, Fred Slater, Ken Rowley, Albert Foan, Abe Rosenthal, Tommy Thompson, Jackie Sewell, Conway Smith, Len Phillips, Ken Faulkner, Bert Hawkins, Tommy Harmer, George Hannah, Johnny Jordan, Ernie Bond, Cec Mccormack, Vernon Chapman, Tommy Johnston, Harry Gilberg, Alan Ball, Sr., Bedford Jezzard, Dickie Davis, Hughie Russell, Johnny Dixon, Albert Calland, George Smith, Harry Yates, Roy Brown, Paddy Sowden, Billy Evans, Ernie Whittle, Ken Smith, Ronnie Burke, Bert Addinall, Doug Blair, Eric Day, Charles Adcock, Norman Plummer, Billy Goffin, Eddie Quigley, Albert Nightingale, Johnny Summers, Vic Lambden, Harold Hassall, Frank Dudley, Ernie Edds, Redfern Froggatt, John Walton, Len Browning, Peter Cook, Roy Shiner, Alf Clarke, Len Small, Tony Spink, Ken Wright, Tom Mcgoldrick, Bill Holden, Arnold Rodgers, Gordon Haigh, Ray Harrison, Roy Cooling, Jimmy Glazzard, Ken Bainbridge, Jackie Knight, Billy Dare, Harold Brook, John Tanner, Jack Spencer, Leslie Graham, George Knight, Joe Poole, Bob Peart, Charlie Burtenshaw, Bill Burtenshaw, Johnny Hart, Arthur Thompson, Charlie Thompson, George Poulton, Laurie Cassidy, Jackie Briggs, Stan Parker. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 192. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: John Thomas William "Jack" Haines (24 April 1920 13 March 1987) was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward. During his playing career, Haines made over 300 appearances in the Football League, and earned one cap for the English national side in 1948. Born in Evesham, Haines moved from Cheltenham Town to Liverpool in 1937. He never made a league appearance for Liverpool, and his playing career was interrupted in 1939 by World War II. When play resumed in 1946, Haines moved to Sw...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=22971647 ... Read more

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“West's Encyclopedia of American Law” is 13 volumes and 5,000 entries of comprehensive information on the fascinating American Legal System and its components. Covering historical and current terms, concepts, events, movements, cases, and persons significant to U.S law, West’s has been written, updated, and reviewed by lawyers and professors with the everyday user in mind.Everyone from the layperson hooked on the weekly TV courtroom procedural to the serious student can find such valuable information as brief definitions of legal jargon, exhaustive examinations of courtroom procedure, explanations of complex topics such as civil rights, biographies of standout attorneys, analyses of controversial issues, and transcripts of crucial Supreme Court decisions.

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Chapters: George V. Hansen, Chase A. Clark, Compton I. White, Jr., John Travers Wood, Barzilla W. Clark, Tom Walsh, Brian Blad. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: George Vernon Hansen (born September 14, 1930) is a Republican politician from the state of Idaho. He served in the House of Representatives from 1965 to 1969 and again from 1975 to 1985. Hansen was born in Tetonia, Idaho. He graduated from Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho) in 1956 and did graduate work at Idaho State University. He served in the United States Air Force from 1951 to 1954 and the United States Naval Reserve from 1964 to 1970. Hansen moved to Alameda, Idaho, and was established as a life insurance salesman by 1958. He was elected mayor of Alameda in 1961 and supported its merger with Pocatello the following year. Following the merger Hansen served as a Pocatello city commissioner until 1965. Hansen was an unsuccessful candidate for United States Senate in 1962 but won a seat in the House two years later. He again ran for the Senate in 1968 but lost to Democratic incumbent Frank Church. Hansen ran a third unsuccessful Senate campaign in 1972. In 1975 Hansen returned to the House. In Washington Hansen was known as one of the most conservative members of Congress. He was a particularly vocal critic of the Internal Revenue Service. Congressman Hansen went to Tehran in 1979 in the middle of the Iran hostage crisis to try to negotiate with hostage takers through the fence of the U.S. Embassy. In 1980 Hansen published a book titled 'To harass our people: The IRS and government abuse of power. In 1984 Hansen was censured by the House for failing to include transactions on federal disclosure forms. He was defeated for reelection by less than 200 votes that year by...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1831825 ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of Tom (Clark) Conley, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 1112 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

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Chapters: Ralph Friedgen, Bobby Ross, Bill Stewart, Mike London, Russ Huesman, Lou Tepper, Tom Clark, Bob Shoop, Mike Faragalli, Hal Hunter, Ivan Fears, Zbig Kepa, Larry Beightol, Brian Daboll, Matt Kelchner, Richard F. Gallagher. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ralph Harry Friedgen (b. April 4, 1947 in Harrison, New York) is the head coach of the University of Maryland Terrapins football team. He has been head coach since the 2001 season. Friedgen had previously been an offensive coordinator at Maryland, Georgia Tech, and in the NFL with the San Diego Chargers. Friedgen is expected to retire after his 11th season in 2011. Friedgen is regarded as one of the game's most offensive-minded coaches; "The Fridge", as he's affectionately known around College Park, matriculated at the University of Maryland in the mid-1960s, where he played the position of offensive guard. While an undergraduate he was a member of Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. After completion of his Bachelor's in Physical education in 1970, Friedgen served as a graduate assistant at his alma mater, before later accepting positions on the staffs of The Citadel, William and Mary, and Murray State. Joining him on many of these coaching stops was Frank Beamer, who is the current coach at Virginia Tech. Ralph Friedgen returned to the University of Maryland in 1982 to serve as offensive coordinator under head coach Bobby Ross, who was his mentor during his stop at The Citadel. During this time period, he had a hand in the development of quarterbacks Stan Gelbaugh and Frank Reich, and most notably Boomer Esiason. It was also during this time that the University of Maryland football program was a perennial top-20 team, winning three consecutive Atlantic Coast Conference championships from 1983...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1240374 ... Read more

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Title: Education--a business-development issue.(On Colorado)(Tom Clark made Web publisher of Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.)
Author: Robert Schwab
Publication: ColoradoBiz (Magazine/Journal)
Date: April 1, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 31Issue: 4Page: 9(1)

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