Author: New York (State). GovernorPublisher:
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Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Miscellaneous Messages. 1919-1948
Author: New York (State). GovernorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New York (State)
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
Message of the President of the United States Transmitting the Budget
Author: United States. Bureau of the BudgetPublisher:
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 1178
Book Description
Message of the President of the United States Transmitting the Budget for the Service of the Fiscal Year Ending ...
Author: United StatesPublisher:
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Category : Budget
Languages : en
Pages : 1512
Book Description
Message and Documents Communicated to the Legislature of Connecticut
Author: Miscellaneous Publication
Author: Rufus Jones (1863-1948)
Author: Claus BernetPublisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783631589304
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Rufus Jones (1863-1948) helped organize the Quäkerspeisung (Quaker feeding effort), saving millions from starvation after the First World War. In Germany he is best known for having travelled to Berlin to seek a personal meeting with Hitler after the Kristallnacht in 1938. And, at the conclusion of a long life devoted to service, it was largely due to Jones that the American Friends Service Committee was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. But Jones was also the quintessential «American scholar», seeking to harmonize theory and practice. He was a pivotal figure of the 20thcentury who stayed in close touch with authors and statesmen the world over. He earned a reputation as a modern mystic and an active pacifist, and was regarded as the moral conscience of his era. His scholarship encompassed education and pedagogy, philosophical questions, church and Quaker history, as well as the political issues of the day. Jones dealt with such issues as justice, democracy, and child-rearing. His ideas are still alive today and still arouse controversy. He was particularly anxious to avoid the cultivation of an elite, pleading instead for individual growth and personality development. Over the course of his life, he was awarded twelve academic titles, taught at numerous universities, delivered countless lectures, and was one of the first theologians to recognise the significance of radio and to make full use of it. To this day Rufus Jones is still honored as a «seer», «Protestant mystic», and even as a «Master Quaker» and «Quaker Giant». It is time also to take a critical look at these honors.
The 4th Marine Brigade at Belleau Wood and Soissons
Author: J. Michael MillerPublisher: University Press of Kansas
ISBN: 0700629572
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
The battles of Belleau Wood and Soissons in June and July of 1918 marked a turning point in World War I and in the stature of the US Marine Corps, whose fighting proved so critical in repelling the Germans that the French would later rename Belleau “Bois de la Brigade de Marine.” In this book J. Michael Miller, a historian of the Marine Corps and veteran chronicler of battle, takes us to the battlefields of Belleau Wood and Soissons, immersing us in the experience of a single brigade of marines at the forefront of the fighting. Through a close-up look at the doughboys’ singular impact on Allied victory in 1918, his work illuminates America’s bloody sacrifice during World War I. The 4th Marine Brigade at Belleau Wood and Soissons for the first time treats these two battles as one campaign and demonstrates why it is impossible to fully understand one without the other. Miller outlines the company and platoon levels of combat throughout the campaign, establishing a basic tactical understanding of the fighting; he also draws on letters, diaries, memoirs, and interviews to create a vivid and personal reconstruction of the battles. His use of French and German sources, also a first, adds unprecedented insights to this boots-on-the-ground account. The book includes detailed mapping of both battlefields, with a thirty-six-stop guide linking the text with the actual terrain. For each of these stops Miller gives GPS coordinates to provide a virtual tour of the sites he discusses. With its strategic overview and ground-level perspective, Miller’s work suggests a new interpretation and offers a new experience of an iconic moment in American military history—and in the story of the Marine Corps.
United States Government Publications Monthly Catalog
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1654
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