LA Times winner for The Christopher Isherwood Prize for Autobiographical ProseA New York Times bestsellerA New York Times Editors' Choice A Featured Title in The New York Times Book Review's "Paperback Row"A Bustle "17 Books About Race Every White Person Should Read""Essential reading."--Junot Diaz"Electric...so well reported; so plainly told and so evidently the work of a man who has not grown a callus on his heart."--Dwight Garner; New York Times; "A Top Ten Book of 2016""I'd recommend everyone to read this book because it's not just statistics; it's not just the information; but it's the connective tissue that shows the human story behind it." -- Trevor Noah; The Daily ShowA deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown; Tamir Rice; and Freddie Gray; offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate; moving portrait of those working to end itConducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground; Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery traveled from Ferguson; Missouri; to Cleveland; Ohio; Charleston; South Carolina; and Baltimore; Maryland; and then back to Ferguson to uncover life inside the most heavily policed; if otherwise neglected; corners of America today.In an effort to grasp the magnitude of the repose to Michael Brown's death and understand the scale of the problem police violence represents; Lowery speaks to Brown's family and the families of other victims other victims' families as well as local activists. By posing the question; "What does the loss of any one life mean to the rest of the nation?" Lowery examines the cumulative effect of decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with failing schools; crumbling infrastructure and too few jobs.Studded with moments of joy; and tragedy; They Can't Kill Us All offers a historically informed look at the standoff between the police and those they are sworn to protect; showing that civil unrest is just one tool of resistance in the broader struggle for justice. As Lowery brings vividly to life; the protests against police killings are also about the black community's long history on the receiving end of perceived and actual acts of injustice and discrimination. They Can't Kill Us All grapples with a persistent if also largely unexamined aspect of the otherwise transformative presidency of Barack Obama: the failure to deliver tangible security and opportunity to those Americans most in need of both.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. A fresh view; quite a few years after the drama of the timeBy Gringo on EarthReally interesting and of course it's well written. Endless fascinating details about the US and Soviet Union/Russia relationship at the top levels during the transition. Most of the info is entirely new to me and casts a new; broadly fascinating light on how the U.S. interacted with various countries at the time. Now (2014) of course this isn't a very new book but it's perhaps even more fascinating than it would have been during the upheaval around Gorbachev and the end of the Soviet Union. Having freed ourselves now from the daily TV news blasts and front page details; this book presents to today's reader a whole view of the inner works; most of which were not made public at the time. It's now a fresh; excellent read.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Worth the timeBy Edward W. GogginThough dated; this remains a very trim and crisp read. I found myself startled by details I had not known in what I thought would be fairly familiar ground. I am always beholden to books that courteously address my stubborn ignorance. I thank the authors. Edward W Goggin Ph.D.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. This is about World Leaders not just promises.By JJV at FLACredit for ending the cold war is often given to President Reagan and his hardline approach to communism. Yet this approach was defined in the Truman Doctrine and followed by Presidents Truman; Eisenhower; Kennedy; Johnson; Nixon (except communist China); Ford; Carter; and Reagan. The actions of the administration of George H.W. Bush clearly broke with the previous doctrine at a very opportune time. The Soviet Leader; Mikhail Gorbachev appears to have originally reached out to end the standoff. Both leaders took on major political risks and Mr. Gorbachev was effectively imprisoned for a period. These actions have produced major changes in the future outlook of humanity and the reduced fear of neuclear anniliation. Recent administrations on both sides have not further advanced this approach. Hopefully subsequent administrations will not return the future to the past centuries.Perhaps someday President George H.W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev will be honored by their citizens for their defining contribution to world peace.
