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Major General Maurice Rose (1899-1945), commander of 3rd Amored,
First Army's legendary "Spearhead" division, was the
highest-ranking American Jewish officer ever killed in battle, and
the only individual casualty to spark a War Crimes Investigation.
This, the first and only biography of this important World War II
figure, tells the dramatic story of Rose's life--from his childhood
as a son of a rabbi, through his experiences in World War I and in
the U.S. cavalry, to his meteoric rise as America's answer to
Rommel. In 1943, Rose negotiated and accepted the surrender of the
German Army in Tunisia, the first large-scale surrender to an
American force during World War II. At the Battle of Carentan in
June 1944, he saved the 506th Parachute Infantry (of Band of
Brothers fame), and might very well have saved the entire Normandy
beachhead from a catastrophic German counterattack. His brilliant,
daring, and aggressive defensive tactics during the Battle of the
Bulge prevented an enemy breakthrough to the Meuse River and
beyond, thereby frustrating the German advance. Based on original
archival research and exclusive interviews, this biography shatters
old myths and factual distortions, and offers a refreshingly
inquisitive and critical perspective. Steven L. Ossad and Don R.
Marsh reveal new insights into Rose's controversial death--was he
killed because he was Jewish or because he went for his
weapon?--and about the even more controversial investigations that
followed. As compelling and extraordinary as the life that it
describes, this biography pays long-overdue tribute to one of
America's greatest heroes.
This book explores the multiple pathways from scholarships for
international study to positive social change. Bringing together
studies from academic researchers, evaluators and program designers
and policymakers from Africa, Asia, Latin and North America,
Europe, and Australia, the book compiles the latest research and
analysis on the policy, practice, and outcomes of international
scholarship programs. Contributions examine the broad trends in
sponsored overseas study, program design considerations, the
dynamics of the immediate post-scholarship period and the impact of
scholarships on international education and development. Particular
attention is focused on assessment and evaluation, the complexities
of selecting awardees, the dynamics of returning home and concerns
about brain drain and the state of knowledge and research on
long-term outcomes of international scholarships with social change
aims.nt>
This book explores the multiple pathways from scholarships for
international study to positive social change. Bringing together
studies from academic researchers, evaluators and program designers
and policymakers from Africa, Asia, Latin and North America,
Europe, and Australia, the book compiles the latest research and
analysis on the policy, practice, and outcomes of international
scholarship programs. Contributions examine the broad trends in
sponsored overseas study, program design considerations, the
dynamics of the immediate post-scholarship period and the impact of
scholarships on international education and development. Particular
attention is focused on assessment and evaluation, the complexities
of selecting awardees, the dynamics of returning home and concerns
about brain drain and the state of knowledge and research on
long-term outcomes of international scholarships with social change
aims.nt>
Since 1985 Russia has experienced a dramatic cultural and social
revolution. Rosalind Marsh presents the first study encompassing
one important aspect of this process, that is the major part which
literature has played in reassessing the past, transforming public
opinion, and hence in promoting political change in Russia. She
provides a chronology of literary politics in this period, and
analyses the content and influence of newly published literature on
a variety of historical themes, including Stalin and Stalinism,
Lenin, the Civil War, the February and October Revolutions and the
fall of Tsarism. She explores the heated moral and political
debates inspired among different sections of Russian society by the
works of many authors, including Rybakov, Solzhenitsyn, Grossman,
Bunin and Gorky.
Since 1985 Russia has experienced a dramatic cultural and social
revolution. Rosalind Marsh presents the first study encompassing
one important aspect of this process, that is the major part which
literature has played in reassessing the past, transforming public
opinion, and hence in promoting political change in Russia. She
provides a chronology of literary politics in this period, and
analyses the content and influence of newly published literature on
a variety of historical themes, including Stalin and Stalinism,
Lenin, the Civil War, the February and October Revolutions and the
fall of Tsarism. She explores the heated moral and political
debates inspired among different sections of Russian society by the
works of many authors, including Rybakov, Solzhenitsyn, Grossman,
Bunin and Gorky.
The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-1926 includes
over 20,000 analytical, theoretical and practical works on American
and British Law. It includes the writings of major legal theorists,
including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames
Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others. Legal
Treatises includes casebooks, local practice manuals, form books,
works for lay readers, pamphlets, letters, speeches and other works
of the most influential writers of their time. It is of great value
to researchers of domestic and international law, government and
politics, legal history, business and economics, criminology and
much more.++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure
edition identification: ++++Harvard Law School
Libraryocm13355263Review signed: Luther R. Marsh.New York: Narine
& Co, 1854. 75 p.; 23 cm.
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Alazon (Hardcover)
Dean R. Marsh
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R1,110
Discovery Miles 11 100
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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain
imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed
pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we
have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting,
preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger
Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and
hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone
Drawing boundaries around wilderness areas often serves a double
purpose: protection of the land within the boundary and release of
the land outside the boundary to resource extraction and other
development. In Drawing Lines in the Forest, Kevin R. Marsh
discusses the roles played by various groups-the Forest Service,
the timber industry, recreationists, and environmentalists-in
arriving at these boundaries. He shows that pragmatic, rather than
ideological, goals were often paramount, with all sides benefiting.
After World War II, representatives of both logging and recreation
use sought to draw boundaries that would serve to guarantee access
to specific areas of public lands. The logging industry wanted to
secure a guaranteed supply of timber, as an era of stewardship of
the nation's public forests gave way to an emphasis on rapid
extraction of timber resources. This spawned a grassroots
preservationist movement that ultimately challenged the managerial
power of the Forest Service. The Wilderness Act of 1964 provided an
opportunity for groups on all sides to participate openly and
effectively in the political process of defining wilderness
boundaries. The often contentious debates over the creation of
wilderness areas in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon and Washington
represent the most significant stages in the national history of
wilderness conservation since World War II: Three Sisters, North
Cascades and Glacier Peak, Mount Jefferson, Alpine Lakes, French
Pete, and the state-wide wilderness acts of 1984.
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