book review of A War Like No Other

 A War Like No Other by Victor Davis Hanson

our review needs to include an Opening Paragraph with a brief description (5-6 lines long) of the nature of this assignment telling me specifically what are your expectations going into reading and reviewing this book.  If you DO NOT do an Opening Paragraph at the start of your review I will subtract 3 (Three) points from your overall score.   

Your review will then be graded on how you answer questions from the following categories:
1.) AUTHOR WRITING STYLE AND BOOK ORGANIZATION- 45 POINTS A. How interesting to read was this author’s writing style? B. How easy to understand was this author’s writing style? C. Describe how this book was generally structured, was it done in a straight topical ordering, a straight chronological ordering, or a combination of these two kinds of structures (topical/chronological ordering)? Next, did the way this book was generally structured help you its reader stay focused on the information presented in this book?
2.) AUTHOR POINT OF VIEW-60 POINTS A. Explain in full detail the main theme(s) of this book. B. Explain how well the author supported this book’s main theme(s). C. Outside of the main theme(s), give 2 (TWO) other opinions, any kind of noticeable likes or dislikes about the people, places & events of this book’s subject matter, the AUTHOR revealed in writing the book you are doing your assignment on, however subtle they may or may not be to you the reader. You MUST give 2 examples here to earn FULL CREDIT for answering this question. D. Explain how well the author supported these (their) outside opinions.
3.) BOOK SUMMARY SECTION-45 POINTS A. Describe at least one good point and at least one bad point of this book. You MUST give at least one good and bad point to earn FULL CREDIT for this question. B. How appropriate was this book for this particular history class? C. Tell me something you learned from reading this book that helped you better understand the society we live in today.

 Any review turned in WITHOUT a Separate Title Page will AUTOMATICALLY receive a 5 (Five) point reduction penalty off their final score. Also, any Separate Title Page that does not follow the below instructions will receive point reductions too: Center Of The Page- Book Title & Author Name, Bottom RightHand Corner- Student Name, Instructor Name, Course Title & Semester.  
     Any review turned in WITHOUT a Separate Works Cited Page will AUTOMATICALLY receive a 3 (Three) point reduction penalty off of their final score.  Please follow standard MLA citation procedures to appropriately complete your Separate Works Cited Page.

Book Review Requirements                                                                                                             
     1.)  This review from my Fall ’21 Book List  MUST  be successfully submitted to me by you in a DOUBLE-SPACED format in Blackboard’s Book Review Turn In Link by its deadline. NO SINGLE-SPACED format and/or E-MAIL ATTACHMENT work will be accepted as a Final Copy of your review and graded.
     2.) The Final Copy of your review  MUST  be successfully submitted to me in Blackboard through your Book Review Turn In Link by its deadline.  The deadline of your review is Thursday, November 4th at 3:00 PM. Any review NOT turned in at this time will be considered LATE & ALL LATE REVIEWS will automatically receive a ONE-FIFTH (20%) reduction penalty as part of their overall score. Any review NOT turned in by Monday, November 8th at 3:00 PM, will automatically earn the student a score of “0” (Zero) for this assignment.
     3.) The MAIN BODY of this review (Opening Paragraph + Questions 1A through 3C) will be NO longer than “7” (Seven) full typewritten pages.  My expectation is that your review’s main body will be as close to 7 pages as possible.  A  7 page review  gives you a good chance to fully develop all of your format sheet questions and score well on this assignment.  Any review with a MAIN BODY OVER “7” (Seven) full typewritten pages will receive a TEN (10%) reduction penalty off their review’s overall score.
     4.) A COMPLETE ANSWER = (3 STEP APPROACH) to the questions found in your Book Review Format Sheet in Sections 1,2&3 WILL include the following:
1) giving your OPINION/RESPONSE to a particular question
2) giving a GENERAL EXPLANATION for your opinion/response to a particular question
3) giving a couple of SUPPORTING DETAILS for your general explanation to a particular question. These