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Jeb Stuart

By: John William Thomason

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Hardly any biography could contain the robust and romantic Jeb Stuart, but John W. Thomason Jr. goes as far as anyone ever has in pinning down the quality of the Confederate cavalry commander. Virginia-bred, James Ewell Brown Stuart graduated from West Point, where he was called ?Beauty,? and rode with the Mounted Rifles against the Apaches and Comanches on the western frontier. When Virginia seceded from the Union, Jeb Stuart joined the Confederate army. His lightning-like raids became legendary. From Bull Run to Brandy Station he served as Robert E. Lee?s eyes and ears, becoming a major general at the age of twenty-eight. Less than three years later Stuart?s meteoric career ended with his death in a cavalry charge.

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U of Nebraska Press

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0803294247

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9780803294240

The United States Army Second Division Northwest of Chateau Thierry in World War I

By: John W. Thomason, Jr.

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The United States Army Second Division Northwest of Chateau Thierry in World War I

By: John W. Thomason, Jr.

In 1927, at the request of his superiors, John W. Thomason, Jr., set out to chronicle the history of the U.S. Army 2nd Division, particularly during the bloody action of 1918. A proven writer with a solid military background through his service in the Marine Corps and at thta time two successful books under his belt, Thomason was a natural choice to write this important document. The project ran into trouble, however, when Thomason made unflattering discoveries regarding command decisions of both Army and Marine officers. His subsequent removal from the project (at his own request) left the document permanently incomplete. Here is Thomason's manuscript, faithfully reproduced. The work of editor George Clark is deliberately limited to matters of spelling and consistency, with Clark's comments (clearly set apart from Thomason's work) present only when necessary for clarification. Clark also includes a short biography of Thomason and a brief historical sketch of the 2nd Division to place the action within the framework of the war as a whole. Illustrations include Thomason's own maps and drawings originally intended to accompany the work.

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254

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McFarland

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1476611467

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9781476611464

Spaces of PL Manifolds and Categories of Simple Maps (AM-186)

By: Friedhelm Waldhausen,Bjørn Jahren,John Rognes

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Spaces of PL Manifolds and Categories of Simple Maps (AM-186)

By: Friedhelm Waldhausen,Bjørn Jahren,John Rognes

Since its introduction by Friedhelm Waldhausen in the 1970s, the algebraic K-theory of spaces has been recognized as the main tool for studying parametrized phenomena in the theory of manifolds. However, a full proof of the equivalence relating the two areas has not appeared until now. This book presents such a proof, essentially completing Waldhausen's program from more than thirty years ago. The main result is a stable parametrized h-cobordism theorem, derived from a homotopy equivalence between a space of PL h-cobordisms on a space X and the classifying space of a category of simple maps of spaces having X as deformation retract. The smooth and topological results then follow by smoothing and triangulation theory. The proof has two main parts. The essence of the first part is a "desingularization," improving arbitrary finite simplicial sets to polyhedra. The second part compares polyhedra with PL manifolds by a thickening procedure. Many of the techniques and results developed should be useful in other connections.

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193

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Princeton University Press

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1400846528

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9781400846528

Spies of the Confederacy

By: John Bakeless

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Spies of the Confederacy

By: John Bakeless

A fascinating and well-documented account of the true-life exploits of famous and obscure Southern spies who served the Southern cause. Essential reading for Civil War buffs, American History students and spy story aficionados..

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Courier Corporation

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0486298655

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9780486298658

Lieutenant, Your Cap's on Backwards

By: John Thomason

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Lieutenant, Your Cap's on Backwards

By: John Thomason

This is an account of the experiences of an Army lawyer stationed in Germany during the period 1953-1955, when the Cold War was almost a hot war.

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Lulu.com

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0557025230

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9780557025237

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Jeb Stuart

Jeb Stuart

The United States Army Second Division Northwest of Chateau Thierry in World War I

The United States Army Second Division Northwest of Chateau Thierry in World War I

Spaces of PL Manifolds and Categories of Simple Maps (AM-186)

Spaces of PL Manifolds and Categories of Simple Maps (AM-186)

Spies of the Confederacy

Spies of the Confederacy

Lieutenant, Your Cap's on Backwards

Lieutenant, Your Cap's on Backwards

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