Review of American Nuclear Deception
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Review of American Nuclear Deception
[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "American Nuclear Deception" by Daisy Brown Herndon.]
American Nuclear Deception: Why "the Port Chicago Experiment" Must Be Investigated is an expository book by Daisy B. Herndon. The book reveals the gaps and unanswered questions contained in the history of the Port Chicago explosion. The research for the book stems from the author stumbling upon the information and knowledge contained in the book while conducting independent research for a novel set in World War II. The author uses pictures to show proof of what she is saying. She talks about the true story behind the American nuclear bombing and the suppression of the true facts behind that story and the Manhattan Project.
Daisy, in defying history with her narrative, shows what commonsense objections there will be to her postulations and the evidence against such objections. For example, it is common sense that if a nuclear explosion had occurred at Port Chicago, the truth would have come out by now. Meanwhile, the evidence suggests that the government is doing all it can to keep the truth under wraps. The author states the roles that people like Admiral Parsons, Oppenheimer, and President Roosevelt played in the Manhattan Project.
There are a few positive aspects of the book. First, the voice in which the book was written is the voice of courage. The book challenged the history of the Port Chicago explosion and revealed the secrets of the powers-that-be as to the true intention behind the explosion. Second, the book is educational. For example, the book contains the African proverb that the hunter is seen as the victor until the lion tells its story.
Despite the positive aspects of the book, there are several negative aspects. First, the preface to the book is unnecessarily lengthy. Also, the author had placed the acknowledgement and dedication sections at the end of the book. These sections form part of the preliminary sections of a book and should be at the beginning of the book. Third, the author would have kept the Terms to Know at the beginning of the book since she wanted the readers to familiarize themselves with them before delving fully into the book. After all, some of those terms had appeared in previous parts before the chapter on terms to know. Also, there are too many repetitions of certain facts in the book. For example, they repeated that it was not Einstein who wrote the letter to the president about the German bomb, that Sach was not just a mere courier, and that the president did not read the letter. Another fact that was repeated was the goal of the book and what had motivated the author to write it. These were stated in the preface of the book and even in some of the early chapters of the book.
There are a few errors in the book. This shows the level of professionalism employed in editing the book. I will be rating the book 4 out of 5 stars. This is because of the negatives identified above. I recommend this book to historians and scholars who are interested in the truth behind the Port Chicago explosion. I also recommend this book to all Americans desirous of a change from the American century to the people’s century.
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American Nuclear Deception
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American Nuclear Deception: Why "the Port Chicago Experiment" Must Be Investigated is an expository book by Daisy B. Herndon. The book reveals the gaps and unanswered questions contained in the history of the Port Chicago explosion. The research for the book stems from the author stumbling upon the information and knowledge contained in the book while conducting independent research for a novel set in World War II. The author uses pictures to show proof of what she is saying. She talks about the true story behind the American nuclear bombing and the suppression of the true facts behind that story and the Manhattan Project.
Daisy, in defying history with her narrative, shows what commonsense objections there will be to her postulations and the evidence against such objections. For example, it is common sense that if a nuclear explosion had occurred at Port Chicago, the truth would have come out by now. Meanwhile, the evidence suggests that the government is doing all it can to keep the truth under wraps. The author states the roles that people like Admiral Parsons, Oppenheimer, and President Roosevelt played in the Manhattan Project.
There are a few positive aspects of the book. First, the voice in which the book was written is the voice of courage. The book challenged the history of the Port Chicago explosion and revealed the secrets of the powers-that-be as to the true intention behind the explosion. Second, the book is educational. For example, the book contains the African proverb that the hunter is seen as the victor until the lion tells its story.
Despite the positive aspects of the book, there are several negative aspects. First, the preface to the book is unnecessarily lengthy. Also, the author had placed the acknowledgement and dedication sections at the end of the book. These sections form part of the preliminary sections of a book and should be at the beginning of the book. Third, the author would have kept the Terms to Know at the beginning of the book since she wanted the readers to familiarize themselves with them before delving fully into the book. After all, some of those terms had appeared in previous parts before the chapter on terms to know. Also, there are too many repetitions of certain facts in the book. For example, they repeated that it was not Einstein who wrote the letter to the president about the German bomb, that Sach was not just a mere courier, and that the president did not read the letter. Another fact that was repeated was the goal of the book and what had motivated the author to write it. These were stated in the preface of the book and even in some of the early chapters of the book.
There are a few errors in the book. This shows the level of professionalism employed in editing the book. I will be rating the book 4 out of 5 stars. This is because of the negatives identified above. I recommend this book to historians and scholars who are interested in the truth behind the Port Chicago explosion. I also recommend this book to all Americans desirous of a change from the American century to the people’s century.
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American Nuclear Deception
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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