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The Evolution Controversy in America

By: George E. Webb

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The Evolution Controversy in America

By: George E. Webb

On April 30, 1975, Saigon and the government of South Vietnam fell to the communist regime of North Vietnam, ending -- for American military forces -- exactly twenty-five year of courageous but unavailing struggle. This is not the story of how America became embroiled in a conflict in a small country half-way around the globe, nor of why our armed forces remained there so long after the futility of our efforts became obvious to many. It is the story of what went wrong there militarily, and why. The author is a professional soldier who experienced the Vietnam war in the field and in the highest command echelons. General Palmer's insights into the key events and decisions that shaped American's military role in Vietnam are uncommonly perceptive. America's most serious error, he believes, was committing its armed forces to a war in which neither political nor military goals were ever fully articulated by our civilian leaders. Our armed forces, lacking clear objectives, failed to develop an appropriate strategy, instead relinquishing the offensive to Hanoi. Yet an achievable strategy could have been devised, Palmer believes. Moreover, our South Vietnamese allies could have been bolstered by appropriate aid but were instead overwhelmed by the massive American military presence. Compounding these errors were the flawed civilian and military chains of command. The result was defeat for America and disaster for South Vietnam. General Palmer presents here an insider's history of the war and an astute critique of America's military strengths and successes as well as its weaknesses and failures.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813190495

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9780813190495

Autobiography of Seven Years

By: George F. Hoar

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Autobiography of Seven Years

By: George F. Hoar

Reproduction of the original: Autobiography of Seven Years by George F. Hoar

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669

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3752366680

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9783752366686

The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

By: George S. Maharay

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The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

By: George S. Maharay

This book describes the changes in leadership and organization for the Army of the Potomac. The author explores the reasons for the changes and shows them in 23 pictorial organization charts.

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254

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iUniverse

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1440179476

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9781440179471

Analogia

The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control

By: George Dyson

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Analogia

The Emergence of Technology Beyond Programmable Control

By: George Dyson

Named one of WIRED’s "The Best Pop Culture That Got Us Through 2020" In Analogia, technology historian George Dyson presents a startling look back at the analog age and life before the digital revolution—and an unsettling vision of what comes next. In 1716, the philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz spent eight days taking the cure with Peter the Great at Bad Pyrmont in Saxony, trying to persuade the tsar to launch a voyage of discovery from Russia to America and to adopt digital computing as the foundation for a remaking of life on earth. In two classic books, Darwin Among the Machines and Turing’s Cathedral, George Dyson chronicled the realization of the second of Leibniz’s visions. In Analogia, his pathbreaking new book, he brings the story full circle, starting with the Russian American expedition of 1741 and ending with the beyond-digital revolution that will complete the transformation of the world. Dyson enlists a startling cast of characters, from the time of Catherine the Great to the age of machine intelligence, and draws heavily on his own experiences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and onward to the rain forest of the Northwest Coast. We are, Dyson reveals, entering a new epoch in human history, one driven by a generation of machines whose powers are no longer under programmable control. Includes black-and-white illustrations

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Macmillan + ORM

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0374710074

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9780374710071

But There Was No Peace

The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction

By: George C. Rable

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But There Was No Peace

The Role of Violence in the Politics of Reconstruction

By: George C. Rable

This is a comprehensive examination of the use of violence by conservative southerners in the post-Civil War South to subvert Federal Reconstruction policies, overthrow Republican state governments, restore Democratic power, and reestablish white racial hegemony. Historians have often stressed the limited and even conservative nature of Federal policy in the Reconstruction South. However, George C. Rable argues, white southerners saw the intent and the results of that policy as revolutionary. Violence therefore became a counterrevolutionary instrument, placing the South in a pattern familiar to students of world revolution.

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University of Georgia Press

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0820330116

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9780820330112

What It Was

By: George Pelecanos

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What It Was

By: George Pelecanos

Washington, D.C., 1972. Derek Strange has left the police department and set up shop as a private investigator. His former partner, Frank "Hound Dog" Vaughn, is still on the force. When a young woman comes to Strange asking for his help recovering a cheap ring she claims has sentimental value, the case leads him onto Vaughn's turf, where a local drug addict's been murdered, shot point-blank in his apartment. Soon both men are on the trail of a ruthless killer: Red Fury, so called for his looks and the car his girlfriend drives, but a name that fits his personality all too well. Red Fury doesn't have a retirement plan, as Vaughn points out - he doesn't care who he has to cross, or kill, to get what he wants. As the violence escalates and the stakes get higher, Strange and Vaughn know the only way to catch their man is to do it their own way. Rich with details of place and time - the cars, the music, the clothes - and fueled by non-stop action, this is Pelecanos writing in the hard-boiled noir style that won him his earliest fans and placed him firmly in the ranks of the top crime writers in America.

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166

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Reagan Arthur Books

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0316209554

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9780316209557

Baldy

Major General William F. Smith

By: George S. Maharay

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Baldy

Major General William F. Smith

By: George S. Maharay

Major General William F. (Baldy) Smith was a genuine, but largely unsung hero of the Civil War. After he devised and carried out the plan that saved the Army of the Cumberland at Chattanooga, General Grant said, He [Smith] is possessed of one of the clearest military minds in the army; is very practical and industrious. Grant advocated making General Smith commander of the Army of the Potomac, replacing General Meade. For a variety of reasons, that didnt happen. General Smith was then assigned to command the Eighteenth Corps of the Army of the James under Major General Benjamin F. Butler, the man Lincoln called The Damnedest Scoundrel. Grant expected Smith, to keep him [Butler] straight in military matters. It was an impossible task. Butler was powerful politically, and in a presidential year, could not be controlled. Eventually, either Butler or Smith had to go, and Smith lost out. This book is the story about the life of Major General Baldy Smith, Vermont hero.

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237

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iUniverse

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1475998384

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9781475998382

An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln

John G. Nicolay's Interviews and Essays

By: John George Nicolay

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An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln

John G. Nicolay's Interviews and Essays

By: John George Nicolay

Uncovers buried Lincoln treasure from the papers of one of Lincoln's private secretaries, John G Nicolay. Through the interviews, Nicolay learned that Lincoln broke off his initial engagement to Mary Todd in 1841, that he suffered from frequent despondency, and that he was constantly anxious that his wife would embarrass him.

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SIU Press

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0809326841

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9780809326846

Book's by George Butler

The Evolution Controversy in America

The Evolution Controversy in America

Autobiography of Seven Years

Autobiography of Seven Years

The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

The Ever-Changing Leaders and Organization of the Army of the Potomac

Analogia

Analogia

But There Was No Peace

But There Was No Peace

What It Was

What It Was

Baldy

Baldy

An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln

An Oral History of Abraham Lincoln

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