Bücher von Harry Gael Michaels

The State of the Republic is an overview of significant political, social, and economic events since the end of WWII, along with a look at the criminal justice system, that has led up to the quagmire of disorder witnessed daily among our political leaders in Washington.The American people are fraught with frustration and mistrust of our governmental leadership and children are growing up unsure of just what the nation's values are or what this country stands for the conclusions are: American leadership in the world has digressed in moral/ethical stature and responsibilities; the federal government, itself, has become so politically incestuous that the people have lost control; crime, violence, and disorder have become rampant and a housecleaning in Washington is long overdue.The author's experience as a juvenile probation officer and later as a school psychologist at the secondary level has given him a unique perspective, over the years, as a credible observer of the political leadership in our country and how it has influenced the morale and self-esteem of our people and, particularly, the youth of America. His baccalaureate degree in political science and history and his graduate degree in student personnel services contributes to his understanding of the implications of political leadership on the State of the Republic.

The State of the Republic is an overview of significant political, social, and economic events since the end of WWII, along with a look at the criminal justice system, that has led up to the quagmire of disorder witnessed daily among our political leaders in Washington.The American people are fraught with frustration and mistrust of our governmental leadership and children are growing up unsure of just what the nation's values are or what this country stands for the conclusions are: American leadership in the world has digressed in moral/ethical stature and responsibilities; the federal government, itself, has become so politically incestuous that the people have lost control; crime, violence, and disorder have become rampant and a housecleaning in Washington is long overdue.The author's experience as a juvenile probation officer and later as a school psychologist at the secondary level has given him a unique perspective, over the years, as a credible observer of the political leadership in our country and how it has influenced the morale and self-esteem of our people and, particularly, the youth of America. His baccalaureate degree in political science and history and his graduate degree in student personnel services contributes to his understanding of the implications of political leadership on the State of the Republic.

This is a story about one young man of Irish immigrant parents growing up in San Francisco and entering the Army shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.During his high school years, he works at the Fisherman's Wharf on weekends where he falls in love with the daughter of a fishing boat skipper. This relationship ends in tragedy as the war begins. After joining the military service he qualifies for flight school and then goes to Europe as the pilot of a B-26 medium attack bomber---the type that was used almost exclusively during the Normandy invasion of June 6, 1944.Following a crash and while recuperating from physical and emotional exhaustion from a bombing mission in France his flight surgeon sends him off for a stay with friends in a small fishing village on the eastern coast of Ireland. There he finds renewed vigor for life especially in the mutual interest of the daughter of this loving family who is coming of age. They eventually marry and return to San Francisco to start a new life together.