Book Reviews

Josephine Butler Katherine Soule In Josephine Butler, the author has focused on the woman behind the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts-a new approach which helps the reader understand the evolution of personal support for women’s rights among men and women across multiple classes of society.

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Comrades at Odds: The United States and India, 1947–1964 Ron Leonhardt Northern Illinois University "Although Rotter outlines each aspect of culture in significant detail, he fails to convincingly illustrate that US-Indian relations were centrally influenced by culture."

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Shattered Mirrors: Our Search for Identity and Community in the AIDS Era Francis Tannie Arnsdorff Armstrong Atlantic State University "Shattered Mirrors is successful in outlining many social obstacles to proper preventative education and the methods needed for slowing the spread of AIDS."

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I Was a Communist for the FBI: Matt Cvetic The True Life and Times of Undercover Agent Matt Cvetic Charles Halton Thomson Armstrong Atlantic State University "There is no problem with R. E. Gus Payne’s portrayal of Cvetic as a spy, but conflict arises where man meets job and vice-versa."

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A Safe Haven: Harry S. Truman and the Founding of Israel Frank Oesterheld Armstrong Atlantic State University "It is a detailed, erudite treatment of a very complex series of events that never descends into academic pedantry."

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Mountaineers in Gray: The Nineteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. Michelle Teplis Armstrong Atlantic State University "John Fowler achieves excellence in Mountaineers in Gray. The story starts slow, but his vivid descriptions are superb."

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Ecology of a Cracker Childhood Jordan Shiver Armstrong Atlantic State University Janisse Ray’s Ecology of a Cracker Childhood brings to mind lessons from the reviewer's childhood.

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