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Different Valor The Story Of General Joseph E. Johnston


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English | 2016 | pages: 478 | ISBN: 1258178354, 0914427814 | EPUB | 3,5 mb
For many years Joe Johnston has been given far less than his due as a Confederate hero, and able, devoted general. This partial eclipse was the work of his powerful enemy, Jefferson Davis, who emerges as the second leading figure in this book. The two men held opposing strategic views. Against the best of the Union commanders Johnston’s record matches Lee’s. But Davis missed no opportunity to blacken Johnston’s reputation. only his patriotic devotion to the Southern cause prevented him from resigning. Govan and Livingwood write quietly, but their material cuts deep. in the process, they explode some long, unchallenged beliefs and cut off some exalted heads.

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Principles of General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry, 3rd Edition


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by Janice Gorzynski Smith

English | 2023 | ISBN: 126651712X | 743 pages | True PDF | 397.62 MB
Principles of General, Organic, & Biological Chemistry, 3e, is written for the 1-semester General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry course, for students pursuing careers in nursing, nutrition, environmental science, food science, and a wide variety of other health-related professions. This new edition is available in ALEKS, featuring:

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Introduction to General Relativity and Cosmology (Second Edition)


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by Ian R Kenyon

English | 2023 | ISBN: 0750337613 | 327 pages | True PDF EPUB | 38.93 MB
Einstein’s general theory of relativity has transformed how we perceive space-time and its interplay with matter. This second edition presents a modern, compact and digestible account of modern cosmology and general relativity. With updated and expanded chapters, topics covered include equivalence principles, space-time curvature, Einstein’s theory, tests of GR, black hole theory, gravitational waves, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), the large-scale structure of the Universe, and quantum gravity. Each chapter contains a set of exercises to consolidate the material and other challenges for students. Fully worked solutions are provided, accessible only by instructors. This comprehensive book caters for third and fourth year undergraduates reading for degrees in physics, astrophysics, and related degree programmes, and is useful as a reference for postgraduates.

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General, Organic, and Biochemistry, 11th Edition


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by Katherine J. Denniston Danaè R. Quirk Joseph J. Topping Robert L. Caret

English | 2023 | ISBN: 126513846X | 945 pages | True PDF | 186.98 MB
The eleventh edition of General, Organic, and Biochemistry offers a problem-solving approach and is designed to help undergraduate majors in health-related fields understand key concepts and appreciate significant connections among chemistry, health, and the treatment of disease. This new edition is available in ALEKS, featuring:

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No Place for Glory Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg


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English | March 27, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0BZQCV852 | Format: M4B / Bitrate: 64 Kbps / 11 hours and 56 minutes | 650 Mb
Over the years, many top historians have cited Major General Robert E. Rodes as the best division commander in Robert E. Lee’s vaunted army. Despite those accolades, Rodes faltered badly at Gettysburg, which stands as the only major blemish on his otherwise sterling record. Although his subordinates were guilty of significant blunders, Rodes shared the blame for the disjointed attack that led to the destruction of Alfred Iverson’s brigade on the first day of the battle. His lack of initiative on the following day was regarded by some in the army as much worse. Whether justified or not, they directly faulted him for not supporting Jubal Early’s division in a night attack on Cemetery Hill that nearly succeeded in decisively turning the enemy’s flank.
The reasons behind Rodes’s flawed performance at Gettysburg have long proven difficult to decipher with any certainty. Because his personal papers were destroyed, primary sources on his role in battle remain sparse. Other than the official reports on the battle, the record of what occurred there is mostly limited to the letters and diaries of his subordinates. In this new study, however, Robert J. Wynstra draws on sources heretofore unexamined, including rare soldiers’ letters published in local newspapers and other firsthand accounts located in small historical societies, to shed light on the reasons behind Rodes’s missteps.

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The Tale Untwisted General George B. McClellan, the Maryland Campaign, and the Discovery of Lee’s Lost Orders [Audiobook]


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English | ASIN: B0CCX4GDLY | 2023 | 5 hours and 1 minute | M4B@128 kbps | 278 MB
Author: Gene M. Thorp, Alexander B. Rossino
Narrator: Chris Sorensen

The discovery of Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders No. 191 outside of Frederick, Maryland, on September 13, 1862, is one of the most important and hotly disputed events of the American Civil War. For more than 150 years, historians have debated if George McClellan, commander of the Union Army of the Potomac, dawdled after receiving a copy of the orders before warily advancing to challenge Lee’s forces atop South Mountain. In The Tale Untwisted, authors Gene Thorp and Alexander Rossino document in exhaustive fashion how "Little Mac" in fact moved with uncharacteristic energy to counter the Confederate threat and take advantage of Lee’s divided forces, seizing the initiative and striking a blow in the process that wrecked Lee’s plans and sent his army reeling back toward Virginia. This study is a beautifully woven tour de force of primary research that may well be the final word on the debate over the fate and impact of the Lost Orders on the history of the 1862 Maryland Campaign.

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Racing for the Bomb The True Story of General Leslie R. Groves, the Man Behind the Birth of the Atomic Age


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English | 2014 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B00P71I0TA | M4B@64 kbps | 23h 1m | 627 Mb
In September 1942, Colonel Leslie R. Groves was given the job of building the atomic bomb. As a career officer in the Army Corps of Engineers, Groves had overseen hundreds of military construction projects, including the Pentagon. Until now, scientists have received the credit for the Manhattan Project’s remarkable achievements. And yet, it was Leslie R. Groves who made things happen. It was Groves who drove manufacturers, construction crews, scientists, industrialists, and military and civilian officials to come up with the money, the materials, and the plans to solve thousands of problems and build the bomb in only two years. It was his operation, and in Racing for the Bomb, he emerges as a take-charge, can-do figure who succeeds in the face of formidable odds. Revealed for the first time in Racing for the Bomb, Groves played a crucial and decisive role in the planning, timing, and targeting of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki missions. Norris offers new insights into the complex and controversial questions surrounding the decision to drop the bomb in Japan and Groves’s actions during World War II, which had a lasting imprint on the nuclear age and the Cold War that followed. Groves’s extensive influence on key institutions of postwar America has been overlooked for too long. In this full-scale biography, which includes archival material and family letters and documents and features several previously unpublished photographs, Norris places Groves at the center of the amazing Manhattan Project story.

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