Political Jargon Written Well in the Book "The Warrior State."

While shifting through the political details that did not interest me, I was able to easily skim read the parts that sparked my interest and got a delectable read; three stars for "The Warrior State; Pakistan in the Contemporary World released in December.

Honestly, I maybe read about ten percent of this book, but details of the 1000 year war between Pakistan and India do not interest me. What ignited my passion was a quote from Charles Tilly;

"War made the state and the state made war," Tilly said.

This statement is true for all the leading nations of the world, the U.S., China, Russia, and many other nations. As we all know from our reading, there are currently more than 50 wars going on in the world. War is a huge money maker for the select few who run the world. "The Warrior State" does not focus on the issue of war.

"The Warrior State" details such things as how Pakistan is a hotbed of religious, ethnic and sectarian conflict. According to Wikipedia, sectarian is bigotry, discrimination because of religion, class or political beliefs to name a few. Intriguing how Pakistan ranks a 133 out of a 148 countries in global competitiveness, yet is number five in its possession of nuclear weaponry.

Politics and religion go hand in hand in Pakistan, and "The Warrior State" emphasis how political leaders in Pakistan use the young who blindly buy into the Muslim faith and are willing to die for their cause.

The youth who adhere to political lies die in Pakistan like everywhere else in the world, such as the U.S., whose leaders send other people's children to war so they can enhance their insane greed for more power and money.

This book was not written to expose political corruption in the world, but I interpreted that way with many of the things the novel embellished upon. The books author, T.V. Paul is a professor at McGill University in Montreal with 15 published books.

Recently Released Novel "Road to Recknoning" is Below Average

The novel "Road to Reckoning," ruins intense subject matter and thrust the story into the throngs of terrible.

Writer Robert Lautner's book "Road to Reckoning," released in February is a tedious tale of boring characters dwelling in 1837. Twelve-year-old Thomas Walker and his father, a Samuel Colt hand gun sales man travel the U.S., and the father is murdered in front of his son by Thomas Herwood. Herwood, along with three other nefarious fellows steal the fathers guns and leave the boy alive and alone.

The young Walker, after a boring time spent with a distant aunt and her young black slave ends up on the trails of the old country side with an ex-ranger, Henry Stands. The two encounter unsavory Indians and various thieves along the way, but ultimately it's a dispassionate story that never grips its reader.

Murder and the quest for revenge can often be a savagely graceful tale of justice, but in "Road to Reckoning" it's an anecdote of awful. On the bright side, the trial in the book is good, and a fast reader can breeze the novel in an hour perhaps. At 235 pages, it's definitely an afternoon read, a wasted one.

On an impressive note, no profanity was used, and despite the graphic subject matter, it's an appropriate read for young adults. Final rating: One and a half stars.