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Divided Loyalties: Whistle-Blowing at BART (Science and Society; V. 4)
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This study provides a detailed, in-depth analysis of a single incident rooted in the effort of a group of professional employees to serve the public welfare It reveals in microcosm the interplay of political forces, economic interests, personal ambition, organizational structure, and professional ethics that culminated in an act of whistle-blowing. The incident took place during the final construction phase of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART), designed to be America's first attempt at space-age mass transportation. Three BART engineers, convinced of the lack of responsiveness of management to their concerns about the system's safety, were fired for insubordination and other organizational sins. Based upon repeated interviews with the engineers, with BART managers and directors, and with the professional societies involved, as well as upon an extensive body of documents and court depositions, legislative reports, media reports, and institutional memoranda. Divided Loyalties sets a theoretical context for the issues, traces the incident from its beginning, examines the aftermath of the engineers' dismissal, and concludes with a set of recommendations that should be considered by public and private organizations, professional associations, agencies of government, and individual professional employees.
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James L. Gelvin brings a new and distinctive perspective to the perennially fascinating topic of nationalism in the Arab Middle East. Unlike previous historians who have focused on the activities and ideas of a small group of elites, Gelvin details the role played by non-elites in nationalist politics during the early part of the twentieth century. Drawing from previously untapped sources, he documents the appearance of a new form of political organization--the popular committee--that sprang up in cities and villages throughout greater Syria in the immediate aftermath of the First World War. These committees empowered a new type of nationalist leadership, made nationalist politics a mass phenomenon for the first time, and articulated a view of nation and nationalism that continues to inform the politics of the region today.
Gelvin does more than recount an episode in the history of nationalism in the Arab Middle East. His examination of leaflets, graffiti, speeches, rumors, and editorials offers fresh insights into the symbolic construction of national communities. His analysis of ceremonies--national celebrations, demonstrations, theater--contributes to our understanding of the emergence of mass politics. By situating his study within a broader historical context, Gelvin has written a book that will be of interest to all who wish to understand nationalism in the region and beyond.
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Intrepid and Creative Scholarship.......2003-10-02
This work acts as a social history of the rise of nationalism in Syria during the short-lived Faisali gov't prior to the implentation the French and British Mandates following WWI and the King-Crane Commission. He aims at challenging two views prevalent (though quickly dying) of Arab nationalism: 1) that what occurred was an awakening of a perennial identity in remission rather than a construction of a national identity and 2) that intellectual histories of elites suffices to show the development of nationalism in the Middle East. Using an uncanny array of sources, novel approaches to investigation, and a particularly lucid picture of Syrian events of the time, he successfully demolishes both views.
What emerges in its place is not only more cogent and probable but also bespeaks the multi-layered experience of nationalism and mass politics as it developed in Syria as he narrates the dialectic between the top-down efforts of the Faisali administration to secure a broad and stable influence over society and various, polyvalent efforts of local popular committees to appropriate national discourse into their own emerging interpretations.
Gelvin's work should be read by any student of the modern Arab World.
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SCION is the story of Ethan, youngest prince of an ancient empire locked in an uneasy truce with its eastern rivals. In an age in which ritual combat has taken the place of real war, Ethan prepares to mark his passage into manhood by participating in his first tournament. Then an incident occurs which changes his life forever - and leads to the first open warfare in generations. Young, headstrong, and somewhat naïve, Ethan embarks on a quest to avenge his brother's death that takes him deep into the heart of the Eastern lands. Scion takes place on a world with one foot in the past and one foot in the future, a planet where a medieval facade masks advanced science. Two kingdoms hold sway here, kingdoms that have been plunged back into warfare after centuries of tenuous peace. And caught between them is a young prince with a gift that could save his world or doom it. The war continues to rage in the latest Scion trade paperback. Ethan sees first-hand the sufferings of the genetically engineered Lesser Races and is forced to choose between his loyalty to his family and his loyalty to a greater good. His decision is not only unexpected, it may well determine the course of history for his entire world.
Fans of everything from Star Wars to the classic Prince Valiant Sunday strips will love Scion.
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Divided Loyalties is an extensively researched historical novel that tells the story of an Army veteran's desperate attempt to come to terms with the gruesome choices he was forced to make during the Second World War. Fifty year after the War ends, a chance meeting with a survivor of a slave labor camp he helped liberate forces Sam Hart to confront his role in the cruel treatment of displaced persons at the end of the War. Hart, who has become a successful Wall Street executive, must now struggle with his resurgent guilt, and attempt to find peace and redemption, in the midst of a series of business and familial crises.
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Book Review --Divided Loyalties by Richard Witten.......2007-03-18
The following review of Divided Loyalties appeared in the Featured Book section of the March 2007 edition of "Columbia College Today":
Fixing the World
Sam Hart is a man accustomed to warfare. When we first meet the hero of Richard E. Witten'75's novel, Divided Loyalties (Booksurge, $15.99), he is a soldier in the 14th Infantry, dodging bullets during World War II. Later on, he's a corporate general, head of the trading division at a New York investment bank. "Thirty years of battle" on Wall Street have left him scarred, feeling empty, inclined to drink a little more than he needs to. So far, not an abnormal suburban story.
But as we read on, Hart begins, surprisingly, to undertake an unusual inward journey. He recovers, at first with ambivalence, a few of the painful wartime memories he's tried so hard and so long to suppress. He befriends Anton, a concentration camp survivor. As their friendship grows, he feels more and more able to acknowledge both guilt and searing pain. The slow process of healing begins. A Hebrew phrase of Anton's sounds again and again through the book, like a tolling bell, as Hart slowly repairs his life: tikkun olam, or "fix the world."
Witten's novel is so moving and memorable that a reader could be forgiven for guessing that it might be based on a true story. In fact, the reader would be right. Witten, a University trustee and senior managing director of The Orienta Group, says that the novel was the result of "serendipity," a story that fell into his lap.
His late father-in-law, Harold Hayes II, Witten says, was a man whom he loved deeply. Hayes was "a very inwardly turned person, with very few surface emotions;" but "deep down you knew that he was this incredibly sweet and wonderful person." Unbeknownst to his family, Hayes -- like Hart -- was concealing a past that he found too difficult to face. As a World War II soldier, he had gone through the horrors of liberating a concentration camp. Still more painfully, he had taken part in the postwar forced repatriation of Russians: a hushed-up Allied conspiracy which sent more than a million people back to imprisonment and death under the Stalin regime.
Thanks to his friendship with a concentration camp survivor, Hayes began to open up to his family about his wartime experiences. And that's how the story came to Witten, a comparative literature major at Columbia who says that he was "always an aspiring writer." However, Witten attended Harvard Law School, practiced corporate law and rose to prominence as a managing director at Goldman Sachs, where he says he "grew up on the currency desk."
Recently, after 25 years as an investment banker, he was ready for a new kind of challenge. And Hayes' story was, to Witten, one that demanded to be told, with a juxtaposition of events that was "almost too amazing to be real."
So how much of Divided Loyalties is based on actual events? Witten tells the story of a College pal who would write on his papers, inscrutably, "TFP," with a number written after it. "Truth for percentage," explains Witten -- the percentage of what he'd written that was actually true. The TFP on his own war story, he says, is "about 70." The facts are fleshed out by research; early on, Witten even thought of writing the book as nonfiction, but changed his mind when he realized the scope of the original research (in various languages) that he'd have to do.
Not surprisingly, Witten's Wall Street scenes are grippingly real. It's a tribute to Witten's writing that he can make the political death-struggle between Hart and his aggressive boss, Stanley, or the rise and fall of currencies, seem as thrilling as the hailfire of German bullets during an ambush. Hart continues to disobey his boss's commands to terminate a beloved (and highly competent) employee, and eventually his world, at first filled with crisis, begins to right itself. Evil, in this book, seems to follow when orders are unthinkingly executed; and evil is turned aside when Witten's characters begin to think for themselves.
tikkun olam seems like the ideal motto for a busy philanthropist, which Witten is. He is a vice chair of the University Board of Trustees, a member of the board of the Columbia Investment Management Co., a co-chair of the $4 billion Columbia Campaign and serves on the investment committees of a number of nonprofits. (In his spare time, he works on a second novel, Fillmore East ). A sense of moral yearning pervades Divided Loyalties . The concept that the world is like a shattered vessel which once held godliness, and that our task is to put it back together, clearly resonates with him. The idea of tikkun olam , he says, is "a wonderful antidote to that sense of hopelessness ... If each individual takes responsibility, maybe there are answers."
Captivating.......2007-02-28
An impressive first novel with well-developed characters and two parallel highly engaging story lines. A very fast and satisfying read.
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Details the often overlooked but strategically vital East Tennessee campaign of 1863 and the climactic Battle of Fort Sanders, a fierce, twenty-minute assault that secured East Tennessee for the Union and set the stage for the war's final phase.
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Mix Middle Eastern politics, terrorism, and some deadly secrets on one military base with multinational diplomats talking about a possible Arab-Israeli peace accord and you've got a recipe for a riveting tale where all your second guesses are wrong. Guaranteed fiction!
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Excellent Book!!!!!.......2007-04-25
This book was faced paced and difficult, in fact impossible, to put down! Just when you think you have the story all figured out....you realize you don't. You're not sure who the good guys and the bad guys are. Like one reviewer said you really don't know the WHOLE story until the end. I had a lot of admiration for Giselle. She was a very strong and smart woman. I also fell in love with Raz. He was a man of many secrets but he did have a true love for Giselle.
This story had it all...military intrigue, action, suspense and romance. I highly recommend this book. It's one that you can easily read again and again and see things you missed the first time.
I hope we see more books in the future by L.K. Malone.
Plot twists abound!.......2006-09-26
This book, the first by author L.K. Malone, shows that the author did his homework. It was very well researched, so that everything seemed possible. I have read this book several times, and each time have picked up something new that I missed the other times around. If you are looking for an exciting, intelligent read about a very relavant topic, buy it today! Dont bother to check it out of the library, because you will want to read it again and again.
Wow!.......2004-07-16
This is a great story, with plenty of plot twists that keep you guessing until the end. I enjoyed it very much, and will be keeping this one for my bookshelf collection. I only wish I could find more books by this author --- L. K. Malone is a very talented writer. Let's hope we see more in the future!
Awesome Read!.......2002-12-31
This was a terrific book! If you like Dee Henderson's books, you'll love this first book by LK Malone. I finished it, and then read it again! (I've only done that about 2 times before!) This is one of those books that won't make it to ebay, it's staying in my library! Get your own copy, you won't regret it!
WOW.......2002-05-01
Giselle, the daughter of a high-ranking navy captain, has lived on secure military bases around the world, isolated and protected. Until Raz comes into her life, and touches her heart in a way no one else has. After Raz saves her life from terrorists, Giselle realizes she's fallen in love. Unfortunately, Raz has a dark secret that he can't share. When Giselle stumbles across it, she will do anything to escape, except she isn't quite sure who or what she's running from, as anyone and everyone seem to have a hidden agenda. Giselle travels around the world and back to Italy in his romantic supense novel. A GREAT read for male or female. Made me wish I could have a man like this!
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Years of neglect in the mother country had allowed America's fledgling democracy to gain power, but by 1760 America had become the biggest and fastest-growing part of the British economy, and Britain required tribute. When the revolution came to New York City, it tore apart a community that was already riven by deep-seated familial, political, religious, and economic antagonisms. Focusing on a number of individuals, Divided Loyalties describes their response to increasingly drastic actions taken in London by a succession of the king's ministers, which finally forced people to take sides and decide whether they would continue their loyalty to Great Britain or cast their lot with the American insurgents. Using fascinating detail to draw us into history's narrative, Richard M. Ketchum explains why men with similar life experiences-even members of the same family-chose different sides when the war erupted.
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Informative but boring.......2005-04-28
Having read and very much enjoyed Ketchem's books on Boston, Trenton and Saratoga, I find this book a disapointment. Perhaps because this book is of the politics rather than of battle, it lacks the thrill of the pages that his other works provide. It's as exciting as a cerial box contents list. Most informative. Very cut and dried, and just as hard to swallow.
A Deeper Perspective.......2004-09-21
Ketchum comes up aces with a remarkable chapter in American colonial history,long ignored and oft forgotten within a rich legacy. This should be required reading for anyone interested in the begining flames of the American republic.
Ketchum fills in the gaps with information leading up to the Boston area conflicts including the political climate of England, it's ill placed and executed ideals full of contempt and power.The effects of the stamp act on an American economy in recession. It's effects on trade and the different factions who opposed the act, from the aristocrats who influenced and used the working class to rebel to their benefit.
Had British policy in regards to the French treaty after the French and Indian Wars, assigned Canada to the French, perhaps the revolution would have taken on a much different aspect.
Ketchum reveals the instrumental role that New York played out in the begining trials and tribulations of the new Republic while maintaining a unique style of writing that will appeal to anyone interested in the subject.
Meticulously researched, Ketchum remains the authority for all things revolutionary in our historic past.
A City Torn.......2004-05-11
Richard Ketchum's remarkable "Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York" makes you shake your head and wonder how this country ever got it together enough to fight Great Britain. Certainly the chaos surrounding the official break from England has been well-documented in recent books: Ellis' "Founding Brothers", Chernow's "Alexander Hamilton" and McCullough's "John Adams" quickly come to mind. However, by focusing on New York's population of many religions and races, its diverse business needs, competing powerful families, wily politicians and volatile citizenry, Ketchum has truly captured the confusion, panic, and passions of the time and place.
In an interesting manuever, Ketchum details the workings and feelings of only two of the city's more influential families--the Delanceys and the Livingstons. However, the choice is is a shrewd one, as these clans had their fingers and voices in just about every event leading up to and during the Revolution. Also, these two groups represented the polar views on the break with Great Britain. The letters and diaries of other New Yorkers, prominent and otherwise, really complete the picture.
"Divided Loyalties" is a lengthy book, over 450 pages, but much to Ketchum's credit, the pacing is fairly brisk. The peppering of diary entries, letters, and newspaper accounts gives the reader true, first-hand accounts of the passions that swept through what was America's fastest growing city, in what was the newest nation on Earth.
The American Revolution from a different point of view.......2003-03-16
A book describing the runup to the Revolutionary War from the point of view of New York is an ingenious idea. I wonder why someone didn't think of it before. From high school on, we learn about the Revolution from the perspective of Massachusetts or Virginia where almost all the founding fathers lived. Can you think of an important New York figure in the disputes of the 1760s and `70s? Hamilton was too young; John Jay a minor figure.
New York was actually the most prosperous and cosmopolitan colony during the middle of the eighteenth century. Unlike Massachusetts whose churches were mostly dissenter and Virginia which were mostly Anglican, New York had roughly equal numbers of both, and they disliked each other intensely. New York politics was also a nasty business.
No one looks good in this book. Lord North and the British establishment are as stupid and short-sighted as we've come to expect. But there's nothing to admire on the other side. The more I read about this period, the more I suspect our Revolution was not fought for the freedoms listed in the Bill of Rights but for freedom from taxes (not "taxation without representation" - just no taxes.) The colonies had grown accustomed to not paying taxes, and it was foolish of Britain to try to impose them. No New York leader wanted to pay. Both factions - bitter enemies - appealed to England. One faction was willing to pay if appeals failed. The other - less from idealism than simple contrariness - insisted it would never pay and moved steadily to espousing revolution. The loyalist faction was doomed from the start because their opponents had the mob on their side - the mob meaning the urban poor. This was no minor advantage since there were no police in the eighteenth century. Soldiers were stationed in the city, but they were called out only for major riots. So disputes were often resolved when a loyalist was tarred and feathered or his house burned down or when a dozen ruffians trashed an annoying loyalist newspaper. Freedom of speech or freedom of the press were definitely not part of the revolutionary agenda. The war doesn't began till well after page 300, but there's plenty of entertaining history along the way.
Making the revolutionary era human and accessible.......2002-10-18
Ketchum has done it again...turning revolutionary war figures into flesh and blood, using their own words and actions to explain "how the revolution came to New York". His re-examination of the Seven Years' War, the community and family dynamics within New York is beautifully written. Ketchum's fans won't be disappointed, and anyone not familiar with his work should start here.
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Unique account of a coach and his 2 sons.......1999-06-05
This book is a treasure for anyone who has a link to college basketball in new jersey. I personally know at least 5 people mentioned in the book. The day by day account of mr. hurley's life as a coach and father is great, but some of the 'harsher' realities of grooming inner city young men to be successful basketball players are missing.
truly entertaining.......1998-05-24
Bob Hurley gives an amazing account of what it's like to be a basketball father. He follows the career of his two sons, Bobby, at Duke, and Danny, a guard for Seton Hall. While having two sons to follow in college basketball, Coach Hurley finds time to lead his St. Anthony's team to a state championship. This book speaks volumes about what type of man Bob Hurley Sr. is.
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The Revolutionary War has torn apart eleven-year-old Teddy's family. His father is a Patriot, his mother a Loyalist. Problems at home lead to Teddy's enlistment. He mistakenly joins the wrong unit of the State Garrison Regiment and enters a whole new world of men and boys leaving Williamsburg, Virginia, for the relief of Charleston, South Carolina. As a member of the fife and drum corps, Teddy contends with old enemies and forges new loyalties. Marching at night, the regiment clashes with the British at the Battle of Camden in August 1780.
Teddy advanced with the others. His legs quivered with each step, but he knew he must go forward. The soldiers would be listening for the calls of the fifers and drummers to tell them what to do. A volley of rifle fire swept the regiment. In the moonlight, Teddy saw Colonel Porterfield careen backwards and fall. Still, they moved forward. Teddy heard a roar as loud as thunder followed by a terrible burning sensation on the side of his head. He staggered. Josh grabbed him, cushioning his fall. Teddy reached up and felt hot blood streaming from his head. The last thing he heard was the corps sounding Retreat.
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Undivided praise.......2005-08-28
Undivided praise for this story which encapsulates the dilemmas, complexities, and sacrifices of the Revolutionary War while staying true to eleven-year-old Teddy's point of view. I was caught, like Teddy by his tutor Mr. Grum, from the very first page.
A wonderful book.......2005-08-20
I found this book to be an incredibly fun read. I tend to detest historical fiction, but this book really appealed to me. The author combines historical facts and dates with a captivating, twisting plot that kept me in the book until the very last word. I only wish that the book had been longer, as it left me wishing for more. One of the best books I've read in a while, without a doubt.
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