European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Books getting a read on important political Page by Brian e. Crowley Quot Cox news service during More than a decade of covering politics on state National Levels one of the most disturbing things i discovered about politicians was that they did no to read Many books a if any. Instead they spent a lot of time Reading magazines newspapers position papers. A a just done to have time to read books a they would Tell me. What a shame. There is still no better Way to explore new ideas or get a deeper understanding of the problems that trouble this nation than to read books. There Are a number of Fine writers such As Seymour Hersh Jonathan Kozol Nicholas Lemann who in the past year have Given us powerful books exploring Complex subjects. Unfortunately i suspect far too few of our Public leaders have taken the time to read them. Here a a list of thought provoking books that candidates a voters a should read Savage inequalities by Jonathan Kozol Crown publishers. This Book is a shameful reminder that America is still a country that cares too Little for those who need caring the most. After visiting schools in East St. Louis 111. New York City san Antonio Chicago Washington . And Camden n.j., Kozol concludes that Little has changed since Martin Luther King or. Fought for school desegregation Equality. The nation s schools Are bastions of segregation where the poor Are ignored because they Are considered hopeless while the Rich Are catered to As the heirs of government a prosperous future Kozol writes. In the Bronx Kozol finds children in ghetto schools where overcrowding is so severe that a four kindergartens a sixth Grade class of Spanish speaking children have been packed into a single room. There is no recess because there is no says one bitter principal a a this would not happen to White a meanwhile in the nearby suburb of Riverdale White students attend a spacious Campus where shortages of supplies librarians Are made up by private Money raising drives parents volunteering to work in the libraries. Kozolys solution to these problems is Money. But not just giving additional Money to poorer schools or assuring equity in the minimum amount each school receives. He wants to take Money away from Richer schools so they will not have an unfair advantage. What makes his Book so important troubling is that he easily found living school conditions in this country a major cities that Are As bad As what Are found in some third world countries. The promised lands the great Black migration How it changed America by Nicholas Lemann Alfred a. Knopf. Lemann National correspondent for the Atlantic Magazine spent nearly seven years researching writing the promised land. His Effort has resulted in a compelling examination of the largest migration in this nations history the movement from 1940 to 1970 of 5 million Blacks from the Cotton Fields of the South to the ghettos of the North. And our nations failure to Cope with the inherent problems of the ghettos. Ghettos represent Lemann says a a the most significant remaining unfinished business in our country s Long struggle to overcome its original sin of slavery. He reminds us that past Federal programs helped millions successfully leave the ghettos abandoning these programs has made the situation worse. What we need he argues is a sustained determined i s i ski i sex president Nixon author of seize the moment. Federal program for ghetto improvement. The Samson option by Seymour Hersh random House. In ancient jewish history there is a Story about 900 jewish defenders who decided to commit suicide in . 73 rather than surrender to the romans. The problem with that kind of nobility is that the enemy survived. Should the jewish defenders of Israel Ever find themselves confronted with that dilemma today they Are again prepared to commit suicide. But this time according to Hersh Israel is prepared to use its nuclear weapons to take a Large chunk of the world with it. The Samson option is an astonishing Story covering 40 years of cowardice at the White House deceit duplicity in the israeli government israelis incredible decision to give vital . Intelligence to the soviets. Even More frightening is the revelation that Israel has gone to full nuclear Alert at least three times. What is the morality of the Samson option do the people of Israel support the governments nuclear policy should . Leaders continue to appear like fools to the world by demanding non proliferation of nuclear weapons while continuing to pretend Israel is not a nuclear Power what should be this country a policy toward israelis nuclear weapons these Are the Type of challenging questions provoked by the Samson option. Seize the moment americans Challenge in a one superpower world by Richard Nixon Simon amp schuster. This is Nixon a latest Effort at elder statesmanship. He sees the United states As the sole global Power the Only nation in the world with Quot the military economic political Power to Lead the Way in defending extending Freedom in deterring resisting a for Many on the american left right the knee Jerk response to the decline of the soviet Union As a credible superpower is to withdraw into a new isolationism Quot Nixon writes. Quot but in fact american world leadership will be indispensable in the coming Nixon then dissects the world carefully analysing the strength weakness of each Region. He then proposes a Host of made in the Usa solutions. His Overall View is optimistic pessimistic. While the time May be Ripe for spreading democracy Nixon says regional conflicts might be More threatening then Ever. Regardless of your opinion of the old Veteran of the cold War Nixon a world View is intriguing Worth careful York times list fiction 1 the Pelcin Brief by John Grisham last week 1. Werts on not 7 2 Quot i Quot 1$ Tor innocent by sue Grafton first week on list 3 All around the town by Mary Higgins Clark Tirol week on list 4 rising Sun by Michael Crichlon last week 2, weeks on list 11 5 Jan by Toni Morrison last week 15. 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Jackson Brownjr weeks on list 37 2 attack of the deranged mutant killer monster Snow doom by b in Walterson weeks on list 6 3 the to doctor fit Grom counter by Jamie Pope curule maim weeks on list 85 4 the seven hahns of highly effective people by Stephen r Cove r a a it gtd on Lisl 66 5 live learn pass it on by h Jackson Brownjr Lisl week on id at stars stripes bookstores latest available list of Best sol Lora at stars stripes shopping Center bookstores fiction 1 hideaway by Dean Koontz 2 the roed to Mihe by Robert Laudium 3 he Queen of Sonners by Terry Brooks 4 rising Sun by Michael Crichton 5 Une of fire by w e b Grill 6 trial by fire by Harold Coyle 7 acts of Faith by Erich Segal 8 to by Nicholson Baker 9 Disney s Beauty the beast by gallery books Pengam in a 10 Scarlett by Alexandra Riple non Fly ton 1 the Jordan rules by Sam Smith 2 revolution from within by Gloria Ste Mem 3 Den of thieves by James b Stewart 4 brother Eagle sister sky a message from chief Seattle Susan Jeffers 5 backlash by Susan Faludi 6 memories by Ralph Emery with Tom Carter 7 the world is my Homo by James Michener 8 unto the sons by Gay Talese 9 plausible denial by Mark Lane 10 under fire by Oliver i Norm Wun do 1.1 april 26, 1992 sunday a Page 26
