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John Buford

John Buford, Jr. (1826 1863) was one of the Unions toughest cavalry officers during the Civil War, and hes remembered today for his vital role in the Battle of Gettysburg, beginning that battle with his cavalry forces skirmishing against the advancing Army of Northern Virginia just outside of town on the morning of July 1, 1863. Bufords actions allowed the I Corps of the Army of the Potomac to reach Gettysburg and engage the Confederates, eventually setting the stage for the biggest and most ...

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John Buford, Heather Yu, Eng Keong Lua

Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks enable users to directly share digital content (such as audio, video, and text files) as well as real-time data (such as telephony traffic) with other users without depending on a central server. Although originally popularized by unlicensed online music services such as Napster, P2P networking has recently emerged as a viable multimillion dollar business model for the distribution of information, telecommunications, and social networking. Written at an accessib...

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John Buford, PhD, Sean Georges, JD, LLM

Become a mission-focused, people-centric leaderOn Mission serves as a resource for personal leadership development, crafted by Sean Georges and John Buford, two former marine officers with a combined 80 years of leadership experience in military, business, nonprofit, and education. This book is for those who aspire to lead authentically across the spectrum of their lives by taking responsibility for and committing to their unique learning journey.U...

Future Internet Services and Service Architectures presents state-of-the-art results in services and service architectures based on designs for the future Internet and related emerging networks. The discussions include technology issues, key services, business models, and security. The work describes important trends and directions. Future Internet Services and Service Architectures is intended to provide readers with a comprehensive reference for the most current developments in the field...

Future Internet Services and Service Architectures presents state-of-the-art results in services and service architectures based on designs for the future Internet and related emerging networks. The discussions include technology issues, key services, business models, and security. The work describes important trends and directions. Future Internet Services and Service Architectures is intended to provide readers with a comprehensive reference for the most current developments in the field...

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Deborah S. Nichols Larsen, Deborah K. Kegelmeyer, John A. Buford, Anne D. Kloos, Jill C. Heathcock, D. Michele Basso

This expert guide integrates full-color illustrations with neuromuscular skeletal content to help readers quickly and effectively master this topicA Doody's Core Title for 2024!Providing comprehensive coverage of the structure and function of the human nervous system, Neurorehabilitation in Physical Therapy discusses normal motor development and motor control, as well as common treatment techniques in physical therapy. In order to ...

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John Buford, PhD, Sean Georges, JD, LLM

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Mike Lenz

On Mission serves as a resource for personal leadership development, crafted by Sean Georges and John Buford, two former Marine Corps officers with a combined 80 years of leadership experience in military, business, nonprofit, education, and the wilderness. This book is for those who aspire to lead authentically across the spectrum of their lives by taking responsibility for and committing to their unique learning journey.Using a simple but powerful servant leadership model with a ...

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John Pearson

In the most practical, humorous, and fast-moving chapters you've ever read on business and nonprofit leadership and management, this in-the-trenches management expert presents his 20 Management Buckets System for understanding and organizing your important mission. "When you don't know what you don't know," says John Pearson, "the Law of Unintended Consequences will derail you every time." Based on Pearson's 48-hour Management Buckets Workshop Experience, Mastering the Management Bucke...

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Edward Porter Alexander

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life. Just 25 years old when the war broke out, Porter Alexander had already served as an engineer and officer in the U.S. Army, but the native Georgian resigned his commission in May 1861 and joined the Confederacy after his home state seceded. Porter Alexander spent 1861 as an intelligence officer, and he served as part of a signal guard, but he soon became chief of ordnance for Joseph Johnstons...

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Isaac R. Pennypacker

The most famous attack of the Civil War was also one of its most flawed and deadly. Having been unable to break the Army of the Potomacs lines on the left and right flank during Day 2 of the Battle of Gettysburg, Lee decided to make a thrust at the center of the Unions line with about 15,000 men spread out over three divisions. Though it is now known as Picketts Charge, named after division commander George Pickett, the assignment for the charge was given to General James Longstreet, whose 1s...

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Joshua Chamberlain & H.S. Melcher

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a man of many hats, both in battle and in the classroom. Chamberlain is known today for being President of Bowdoin College in Maine and being one of the main heroes of Little Round Top while in command of the 20th Maine on Day 2 at Gettysburg. Chamberlains regiment earned lasting fame on July 2, 1863, holding the extreme left of the Union line at Gettysburg. Chamberlains actions repelling a series of attacks on Little Round Top earned him the Congressional Meda...

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Charles S. Venable

With the exception of George Washington, perhaps the most famous and celebrated general in American history is Robert E. Lee (January 19, 1807 October 12, 1870), despite the fact he led the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia against the Union in the Civil War. The son of U.S. Revolutionary War hero Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, a relative of Martha Custis Washington, and a top graduate of West Point, Lee had distinguished himself so well before the Civil War that President Lincoln as...