MixedNew York Journal of Books\"In this memoir, Raban has produced an excellent personal account of his father’s wartime experiences as he relayed them to his wife as much as he was allowed, backed by a good historical narrative to augment those experiences. However, there is a missed opportunity for the son to show how those experiences impacted his life, especially as he was undergoing his own recovery from a serious life-threatening ordeal.\
Nadia Durrani and Brian Fagan
PositiveNew York Journal of Books... a fascinating study of human species’ adaptation through cycles of drought and flooding in pre-industrial and post-industrial times ... the authors aptly show us that local solutions were key and simple societies, who could easily move to better locations, who relied on kinship and reliable leadership, and who passed down their environmental knowledge were able to adapt ... By the time the authors bring us to climate history in North America, the observant reader will notice a pattern developing—local adaptations firmly based on traditional experience and knowledge with \'conservative strategies that minimize risk, combined with flexibility and opportunism, ensured survival in diverse and semiarid landscapes.\'
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