Ju-88, Volume One

[FalkeEins]

Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen

There was no such thing as a "Rooseveltian ideology"? Of course there was: it was called the "One World" ideology.

that's hardly an 'ideology' on a par with Fascism. You're talking about a set of ideas applied to public policy, like "Thatcherism" - for argument's sake - accepted consensually by a majority of society. It is hardly an explicit system of thought, it is no more than pragmatism...'regime' implies no alternative or alternance, not a word you can use with 'democrat' ..capital 'D' or not...

[Nick Beale]

To argue that the few surviving democracies were "ideological" in the same terms as the Soviet and Nazi regimes, you'd need to demonstrate convincingly that any of them had in their constitution or laws something directly comparable to the USSR's "leading role of the Communist Party" or the "Führerprinzip" under National Socialism in Germany.

Certainly Britain and France (for example) have had elected leaders who tended to delusions of personally embodying the nation (too much power for too long will do that to a person, apparently) but they never entrenched those delusions in law, I'm delighted to say.

[Jukka Juutinen]

According to Hoover Crooksevelt's power grab was in practice a coup d'état that breached everything that was hold dear.

[Nick Beale]

Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen

According to Hoover Crooksevelt's power grab was in practice a coup d'état that breached everything that was hold dear.

If this was the same Herbert Hoover who was Roosevelt's defeated Republican opponent in the 1932 election, should we take his impartiality for granted?

[Jukka Juutinen]

Originally Posted by Nick Beale

If this was the same Herbert Hoover who was Roosevelt's defeated Republican opponent in the 1932 election, should we take his impartiality for granted?

Hoover's thesis is quite well supported by many other authors to whom the Constitution was/is their guiding principle.

And by the way, do read Hoover's book in conjunction with Fleming and Vasili Mitrohin to see how thoroughly FDR's administration was infiltrated by Soviet spies and moles.

[Peter Achs]

Apart from the bad text here another aspect:
My friend Hans-Jürgen posted this on a board for Illustrators.
Mr Noszczak copied my drawing of the Ju 288 almost 1 to 1, of course with my mistakes. (Mr Noszczak's drawing is black, my drawing is red, see p.158) And he didn’t ask me. That is dishonest, but it fits the rest of the book. Mr Noszczak also works for the trash publisher Kagero from Eastern Europe. That explains it - I think.

Regards
Peter

[Maciej Noszczak]

Originally Posted by Peter Achs

Apart from the bad text here another aspect:
My friend Hans-Jürgen posted this on a board for Illustrators.
Mr Noszczak copied my drawing of the Ju 288 almost 1 to 1, of course with my mistakes. (Mr Noszczak's drawing is black, my drawing is red, see p.158) And he didn’t ask me. That is dishonest, but it fits the rest of the book. Mr Noszczak also works for the trash publisher Kagero from Eastern Europe. That explains it - I think.

Regards
Peter

Dear Peter:
I've sent my explains for Your PM and got no answer till today. Of course it was my mistake (I have to say clearly) that I haven't asked for permit to use it as one of the sources at my drawing (it is one drawing made of about 20 different profiles of Ju 88/188 done to this book (sic!) ) . So at this forum I would like to say clearly I'm sorry for this afront and my fault.

The other thing is that at very rude words You said: "trash publisher Kagero". I have to say one more - thanks to this "thrasher publisher" and my almost six years of very hard work to them and cooperating with them (I have completly different opinion - Kagero have started just after comunism ended at Poland and made long way to be one of the most known publishing houses). Thanks Kagero You were able to see one of the best scale plans ever made for Ju 88. And of course I'm very sorry that I'm from Eastern Europe In my opinion it nothing explain. Simply it was normal mistake whom anyone could do and repair just like me today at above words.

[ChrisS]

I've personally found Artie Bob's book very good and would like to congratulate him on a very readable account. In the same vein I greatly look forward to Volume 2 and hope that such a negative review has not dissuaded him from continuing. I want to particularily congratulate Artie for having the courage to publish his book in the face of a worldwide recession (except in Germany) and in English a far more accessable language to the vast majority of the world than in German, a minority language.

I cannot comment on the books accuracy as I am not an Ju 88 expert, but I greatly look forward to Peter Achs' publishing his own book on the Ju 88 which, of course, will be 100% accurate and in splended German. Easy to write a review, not so easy to write a book, so Herr Achs if you are a Junkers Ju 88 expert, how about your own book on the '88?

[Nick Beale]

Why is it still necessary to ask people not to use TOCH to pursue feuds begun in other forums?

Discussion and criticism of the book is fine, but Peter if you genuinely think your own work has been misused then take it up directly with the person you believe is at fault. I have no doubt that the publisher will pass your letter on to him.

If, on the other hand you want to publicise your own planned work, it would be much easier — and altogether more positive — to announce and give progress reports it in a new thread, as other authors have done. The quality of your work on the Ju 288 has been referred to and I am sure that many people will look forward to your studies of other members of the '88 family.

[Peter Achs]

Ok, ok. But I feel a latent (or more open) animosity. My review was not gloating, but fairly and objectively. I would have written almost the same thing if the book had been written by a German or Indian author.

When I try, my book can be completed in two years. But I still have a job.
If there is interest, a translation into English is possible.

Regards
Peter