Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia is vehoae's first of a series that draws parallels between European invader's personal perspectives and motivaitons and professional decisions to subjugate and exterminate "heathen red-skinned impediments." Having a profound appreciation for non-revisionist history, vehoae provides primary document details typically avoided in favor of political correctness.
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By c. codding
Review of Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia by vehoae
Written by Michael W. Hinkle, award-winning author of The Butane Gospel.
Review posted by: C. Codding
"Balzac is credited with saying 'Behind every great fortune there is a great crime.' As a corollary to this statement, it might be said, 'The prosperity of every great nation is founded on a series of great crimes.' This corollary doubtless applies to the prosperity of the United States. An impartial judge inquiring into these crimes would find a reasonable summary of the facts in [Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia] by Shirl Yancey who writes under the name, vehoae.
In this scholarly, well reasoned and amply documented work, vehoae assembles and presents a devastating barrage of damning documents. Beginning with the insatiable greed of the European colonial powers and continuing through the shameful duplicity of the US federal government, vehoae calls on primary sources to illustrate the callous beliefs and actions that prompted and attempted to justify the enormous crimes perpetrated against the Native Americans who she refers to as 'The Nations.' In a modern world where daily lip service is paid to the protection and advancement of human rights, Conscience: as the title suggests, issues a clear call against arrogance and hypocrisy.
The author presents her evidence in a compelling and straightforward fashion leaving the reader to wonder whether it would ever be possible to advance a counterargument. Vehoae is never strident or hysterical. She simply presents the evidence and invites the reader to draw his/her own conclusions. It is clear from the subtext, however, that vehoae is passionate about her subject and she clearly has strong emotional connections to 'The Nations.'...
Conscience: is an important addition to the body of work shining a light on the powerful and ambiguous mixture of crimes and triumphs that went into the making of the United States of America. This is a valuable resource for anyone interested in putting modern American prosperity in its proper historical context."
Written by Michael W. Hinkle, award-winning author of The Butane Gospel.
Review posted by: C. Codding
"Balzac is credited with saying 'Behind every great fortune there is a great crime.' As a corollary to this statement, it might be said, 'The prosperity of every great nation is founded on a series of great crimes.' This corollary doubtless applies to the prosperity of the United States. An impartial judge inquiring into these crimes would find a reasonable summary of the facts in [Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia] by Shirl Yancey who writes under the name, vehoae.
In this scholarly, well reasoned and amply documented work, vehoae assembles and presents a devastating barrage of damning documents. Beginning with the insatiable greed of the European colonial powers and continuing through the shameful duplicity of the US federal government, vehoae calls on primary sources to illustrate the callous beliefs and actions that prompted and attempted to justify the enormous crimes perpetrated against the Native Americans who she refers to as 'The Nations.' In a modern world where daily lip service is paid to the protection and advancement of human rights, Conscience: as the title suggests, issues a clear call against arrogance and hypocrisy.
The author presents her evidence in a compelling and straightforward fashion leaving the reader to wonder whether it would ever be possible to advance a counterargument. Vehoae is never strident or hysterical. She simply presents the evidence and invites the reader to draw his/her own conclusions. It is clear from the subtext, however, that vehoae is passionate about her subject and she clearly has strong emotional connections to 'The Nations.'...
Conscience: is an important addition to the body of work shining a light on the powerful and ambiguous mixture of crimes and triumphs that went into the making of the United States of America. This is a valuable resource for anyone interested in putting modern American prosperity in its proper historical context."
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Review by: Robby McMurtry, award winning author and graphic illustrator; Gunplay: The true Story of Pistol Pete on the Hootowl Trail; Native Heart: The Life and Times of Ned Christie, Cherokee Patriot and Renegade.
About: Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia by vehoae
Posted by: L. Codding
"Statesmen are memorialized for their words: 'Ask not ...' (Jack Kennedy); 'I have a dream!' (MLK); 'Remember the Alamo!' (Sam Houston?). They are often haunted, too, by less gracious words captured on video or paper.
In Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia, vehoae uses quotes from primary sources to compile a record of conquistadores, governors, kings and presidents whose careers spanned the conquest of North America. Using their own words, the author chronicles the process of appropriation of our continent by European elitists and their progeny.
Most people, American and otherwise, are aware in some vague sense that white people 'stole' the land from the red people. Conscience reveals the politicians and very documents who facilitated the process. And to read aloud the words, written by Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, etc. as they came to terms with the 'Indian Problem' is to realize that the more we study these statesmen the less we truly understand them. Whatever humanitarian, philosophical, or economic justifications these men use to explain their acts seem to blend seamlessly into the grand sweep of inevitable history; but as real words, they are uncomfortable threats giving voice to that history as it moves as real words, they are uncomfortable threats giving voice to that history as it moves through diplomacy to war to subjugation.
Conscience goes further, though, by revealing some of the ways Native family life was deliberately dismantled as a step toward de-tribalization as it played out in the words of politicians who had the power to implement sweeping policies that separated children from parents, citing arrogant notions that 'government' knew best.
Ultimately, vehoae's book seems to stand as a warning against government itself, and it is no great leap to apply the lessons therein to modern American society: that government unchecked grows hungrier; that government tends to think it knows what is best for people."
About: Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia by vehoae
Posted by: L. Codding
"Statesmen are memorialized for their words: 'Ask not ...' (Jack Kennedy); 'I have a dream!' (MLK); 'Remember the Alamo!' (Sam Houston?). They are often haunted, too, by less gracious words captured on video or paper.
In Conscience: Breaching Social Amnesia, vehoae uses quotes from primary sources to compile a record of conquistadores, governors, kings and presidents whose careers spanned the conquest of North America. Using their own words, the author chronicles the process of appropriation of our continent by European elitists and their progeny.
Most people, American and otherwise, are aware in some vague sense that white people 'stole' the land from the red people. Conscience reveals the politicians and very documents who facilitated the process. And to read aloud the words, written by Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, etc. as they came to terms with the 'Indian Problem' is to realize that the more we study these statesmen the less we truly understand them. Whatever humanitarian, philosophical, or economic justifications these men use to explain their acts seem to blend seamlessly into the grand sweep of inevitable history; but as real words, they are uncomfortable threats giving voice to that history as it moves as real words, they are uncomfortable threats giving voice to that history as it moves through diplomacy to war to subjugation.
Conscience goes further, though, by revealing some of the ways Native family life was deliberately dismantled as a step toward de-tribalization as it played out in the words of politicians who had the power to implement sweeping policies that separated children from parents, citing arrogant notions that 'government' knew best.
Ultimately, vehoae's book seems to stand as a warning against government itself, and it is no great leap to apply the lessons therein to modern American society: that government unchecked grows hungrier; that government tends to think it knows what is best for people."
Vehoae has uncovered the truth concerning the "facts" most people think they know
about the history of our country in relation to the Native Tribes. Vehoae presents the truth by going back and citing from original primary sources. The author has a definite point of view but is neither strident nor off-putting while having her say. By providing an abundance of footnotes and an extensive bibilography, the reader can be sure of the real truth, not the revisionist truth, that is presented.
The author has a style of writing that holds the readers attention with a
conversational tone and flow that is seldom found in works of nonfiction.
about the history of our country in relation to the Native Tribes. Vehoae presents the truth by going back and citing from original primary sources. The author has a definite point of view but is neither strident nor off-putting while having her say. By providing an abundance of footnotes and an extensive bibilography, the reader can be sure of the real truth, not the revisionist truth, that is presented.
The author has a style of writing that holds the readers attention with a
conversational tone and flow that is seldom found in works of nonfiction.
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