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Effective leadership skills are crucial for managing the varied agendas, profiles, and populations of today's schools. In the expanded third edition of this widely used text, Daresh maintains the original focus on leadership and how foundational theories and models can be applied to supervisory activities in schools. The section "Supervision as Social Action" includes discussions of critical theory, or critical pedagogy, and postmodern thought. In addition, Daresh reviews recent research concerning cognitive development theories of leadership--looking at how leaders think rather than at what leaders do. New material about the world of teachers, particularly the ways in which teachers view leadership practice, and curriculum development has been included. This outstanding text, with its well-organized, easy-to-comprehend approach, practical end-of-chapter activities, and thought-provoking case studies, guides readers in becoming educational leaders of the twenty-first century--in a climate where a broad vision is a necessity and professional development is an ongoing activity.

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Literature and Medicine: Fictive Ills : Literary Perspectives on Wounds and Diseases
Peter W. Graham , and Elizabeth Sewell
Manufacturer: Johns Hopkins Univ Journal
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Fictive ills: Literary perspectives on wounds and diseases (Literature and medicine)
Peter W Graham
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An accessible introduction to probability, stochastic processes, and statistics for computer science and engineering applications

This updated and revised edition of the popular classic relates fundamental concepts in probability and statistics to the computer sciences and engineering. The author uses Markov chains and other statistical tools to illustrate processes in reliability of computer systems and networks, fault tolerance, and performance.

This edition features an entirely new section on stochastic Petri nets?as well as new sections on system availability modeling, wireless system modeling, numerical solution techniques for Markov chains, and software reliability modeling, among other subjects. Extensive revisions take new developments in solution techniques and applications into account and bring this work totally up to date. It includes more than 200 worked examples and self-study exercises for each section.

Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications, Second Edition offers a comprehensive introduction to probability, stochastic processes, and statistics for students of computer science, electrical and computer engineering, and applied mathematics. Its wealth of practical examples and up-to-date information makes it an excellent resource for practitioners as well.

An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all the problems in the book is available from the Wiley editorial department.

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When theory and practical application go together.......2006-07-31

This book from Prof. K. Trivedi is another great guide for the novice student and the expert researcher for modeling tools and techniques. It builds upon neatly explained concepts of probability, queuing and stochastic processes to provide a variety of examples of applications. It is definitely a book that one has to keep at hand, as it contains recipes for a huge number of performance and dependability evaluation needs. Besides the rich content, the structure and the presentation are great: a bit of theory and soon one example from practical life, the reader never gets lost but he is rather brought step by step to a comprehensive understanding of the topics.

A Valuable and Indispensable Book........2004-02-10

The "Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications - 2nd edition " by Kishor S. Trivedi is a valuable reference for students and professionals. Didactically organized the eleven chapters presents the core concepts of probability theory and stochastic processes in an accessible easy-to-understand approach. The rich set of examples and exercises, based on numerous computer science and engineering real world applications, allow the readers to build their knowledge gradually.
I would like to highlight the system reliability fundamentals covered and articulate with the remains topics.

An Excellent Statistics Book for CS Students.......2003-09-01

Second edition of "Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications" by Kishor S. Trivedi is a highly recommendable book. The concepts provided for probability theory and stochastic processes are excellent for students of communication, networking and computer science. It provides a good understanding of stochastic processes and Markov chains which are very relevant for students and teachers especially working in the speech processing area. I found the book and its contents very relevant and the examples provided could be very well related to networking and computer science, a unique aspect of this book. The students grasped the concepts well and found the problems very challenging and helpful in building up their concepts and knowledge. I had previously taught a number of other books and introduced this book last year at my University, I feel very satisfied and content with the decision of choosing this book for my students. All eleven chapters are equipped with excellent examples, problems and exercises broadening the reader's mind. The first 5 chapters constitute the probability theory while the rest of the chapters emphasize on stochastic processes very relevant to students of advanced networking and speech processing. Other books on probability and statistics usually lack an important aspect specially when used for computer science and telecommunication students. The examples and exercises not only make students learn and understand and probability and statistics concepts but also create its relevance to their very fields, therefore the book is an extremely precious gift from Prof. Trivedi specially for the students of computer science and telecommunication. An inexpensive Asian edition (paperback), a solution manual and powerpoint slides of each chapter are now available.

Prof. Trivedi has done a tremendous job in introducing topics of advanced research not found before; the students gained knowledge about the modern research environment and felt confident too. This book is not only recommended for beginners but also for professionals and engineers.

An extremely useful book.......2003-08-06

A very useful book. A good choice for somebody who is just starting to get a feel of the subject, or someone who is looking to build a strong foundation in the area. The best feature of this book is its lucid language. There are many books in the market, which cover a lot of material but, for the average reader, are very difficult to understand. The example-based approach coupled with a comprehensive material coverage are additional selling points. I would highly recommend this book

An extremely useful book.......2003-08-06

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Plagued by insane nightmare visions, Walter Gilman seeks help in Miskatonic University's infamous library of forbidden books, where, in the pages of Abdul Alhazred's dreaded Necronomicon, he finds terrible hints that seem to connect his own studies in advanced mathematics with the fantastic legends of elder magic. “The Dreams in the Witch House,” gathered together here with more than twenty other tales of terror, exemplifies H. P. Lovecraft's primacy among twentieth-century American horror writers.

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The Key-Stone of Lovecraft's Oeuvre, or: Illusions Shattered.......2006-09-26

While reading the penguin omnibus *The Call of Cthulhu* a few years back - my first foray into the Cyclopedean mnemonic-Coliseum of H. P. Lovecraft's oeuvre - it felt as if I were perusing fragments of a much larger cosmology, hinted glimpses of nightmarish mythology, an intuition given credence by the continual reference in the footnotes to other stories, most notably `The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath.' As Lovecraft's work is usually self-contained, I continued through that first volume and the follow-up, *The Thing on the Doorstep*, and the gaps in my conception began to slowly and surely bridge together, fashioning an overall portrait of cosmic horror and lurking fear, gallows-humor and existential doom, all woven together by Lovecraft's gloriously-florid prose. Yet it wasn't until I held this volume, *The Dreams in the Witch House,* that I realized here was compiled at last the keystone and map to the underpinnings of the Cthulhu Mythos... and I recall, upon reading the first half-dozen stories, a sense of irritation, having just completed the Conan stores by Lovecraft's contemporary Robert E. Howard, recently published in their original forms and chronological order; why, I wondered, with the numerous printings of Lovecraft's horror throughout the decades, had a similar treatment not been done? *Dreams in the Witch House* spans the creative arch from the halcyon-phase of 1919 to very near the end, Lovecraft's second-to-last story `The Shadow Out of Time' (1935). I surmised that if Penguin and the editor S. T. Joshi had compiled Lovecraft's oeuvre in a chronological fashion, then all that mystery, all that tension-filled `unknown' from the first and second volume, could have been expanded, given a richer foundation.

Not until I delved deeper into this third (and, I presume, last) Penguin edition that the slow realization as to the particular compilation came forth. *Dreams in the Witch House* is unlike its predecessors in several ways, most notably that it contains the bulk of Lovecraft's more fantastical stories, `tone poems' of a mythology that expanded over the course of a pulp-fiction career, with the style differing from the `standard Lovecraft' treatment - in that, a first person narrative of mortal man stumbling upon the secrets to a vaster and inhumanly horrific universe, and the consequences that ensue from these visions of the Void. Although these `standard' stories filter throughout *Dreams in the Witch House*, around half the book is devoted to the more fantastic imagery inspired by the work of Lord Dunsany, and even the regular stories contain hints or progress themes from this concentrated legendry.

Therein lay the quandary, at least for this reader. Lovecraft's gift for horror lay in his hinting at the hideous and horrific, a struggling-obtuse framework for that beyond human conception; due to the writer's refined technique, this usually imparted both a growing tension and curiosity as to the mystery presented. Even when maddeningly diffuse, Lovecraft managed to reveal just enough to satisfy and stimulate, to give shape in the reader's head of the daemonic reality, despite his protagonist's oft-whimpered reluctance to reveal concise detail. That was Lovecraft's genius - in showing not enough, but just the right amount - a literary technique by and large failed by his predecessors and that, in this day and age of shock n' draung, seems downright antiquated. Yet for me it is the hint that haunts the most, as I find most modern horror with non-psychological basis a paltry swine-trough for necronerds and the emotionally stunted, a tawdry romp within the confines of Western culture's death-fixation through violence and adolescent revenge wish-fulfillment (the slasher/gore genre in general).

So - with the revelations of this volume - a mythology that grows through `The Doom that Came to Sarnath', `The Cats of Ulthar,' `The Nameless City', `The Unnamable' - and culminates with `The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath' - I found the magic dissipated with revelation, the climax of so much sinister suggestion found somewhat lacking in a mythos-construct eerily resembling a macabre Oz. Not to say I didn't enjoy `Dream-Quest' or its related stories in this realm-within-a-realm; I generally enjoyed every story of the three Penguin collections, ever-stirred by Lovecraft's prose and resultant imagery. This was simply a case of shattered illusions, the Pandora's Box opened to personal regret

It came clear by the end of *Dreams in the Witch House* that this collection contained a stronger thematic development than the previous two compilations, with the developmental flow between `Unknown Kadath', `The Silver Key' and the inferior follow-up `Through the Gates of the Silver Key' into `The Shadow Out of Time' - with nearly ten years separating this last from the former entries - giving a sense of apotheosis to Lovecraft's `Cluthu Mythos'. And it is this final story that, for me, seems to represent the absolute best of the author's work. Although the structure is very similar to `At the Mountains of Madness,' the concluding novella `The Shadow Out of Time' begins with an overview of the dimensional / space-time theme and progresses into an evocative yarn of alien-haunted beauty, disturbing in a sense that few of Lovecraft's tales managed to impart on this reader.

At last I understood Joshi & Penguin's intent in combining the more mythical and fantastic elements of Lovecraft's work into a concluding volume. Although the first two compilations can be considered more necessary in terms of story-craft and classical status, *The Dreams in the Witch House* nicely dovetails these two volumes and, in its own way, explains all. Venture with caution, however, lest you wish those illusions - of fitful mortal explorations into alien cosmology, of the delight in the horror of the unknown - revealed and subsequently shattered.

Also, a note: the cover is similar yet different than that presented above. Curious...

Third Collection.......2004-10-21

Having read the two previous collections it was a logical step to go on and get the third (and apparently final)one. So what to expect with this book? Some really good stuff and some really bad stuff (my opinion).

Various kinds of stories are gathered here, as was the case with the previous publications by Penguin; that is, there are some "macabre tales", "dreams and fantasies tales" and some "Great Old Ones tales".

"Polaris", the first story, really gave me a bad impression. It's a short piece but its worthiness is just as short. The second tale is not great either. Fortunately this goes up with the third "The Terrible Old Man," though it's nothing properly astounding.

One of the biggest stories in this collection (100 pages or so), namely "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" is the only Lovecraft story I did not finish after having started it. But this one is just too much. It's a dream tale, lots of beautiful imagery with flowery descriptions, weird names of people and towns and god knows what else, etc... etc... The problem is that its length is way too much for a tale of that kind. The fact that it's all a dream completely kills any kind of suspence or tension or expections: in a world where cats can jump off roofs to go behind the moon to gather is a world where you expect absolutely anything. And that's where the weak spot is. If anything can happen then you're just expecting anything and whatever happens is not surprising. So that is not your usual Lovecraft story; but I expect some readers may like that kind of thing; it's not bad it's just so incredibly long that in the end the potential power of such a tale is flattened entirely because of its unfit length and crowding stuff. I only read half of it but after that my interest was so lacking that I just found it useless to go, besides I had lost the thread of what was going on.

I would say this collection is slightly weaker than the two first ones. It's still worth getting if you like Lovecraft. I was just a bit disappointed by some stories in there that are really weak. Yet there are also some good surprises: "The Nameless City", a kind of pre-At the Mountains of Madness is a very interesting story; "In the Vault", however simple and classical it is, still is a pretty good tale.

I'd recommend you check out "The Call of Cthulhu" if you have never read any Lovecraft before and are interested in doing so. Otherwise this book is worth getting (even if some tales do suck).

PS: the footnotes and individual presentations on each story is as always very interesting and informative.

The Dreams in the Witch House: And Other Weird Stories (Penguin Classics)

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The Dreams in the Witch House: And Other Weird Stories (Penguin Classics)
H. P.; Joshi, S. T. Lovecraft
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OJ9GQ6

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A realistic picture of the US foreign service.

Welcome Home: Who Are You? Tales of a Foreign Service Family
Gene Schmiel , and Kathryn Schmiel
Manufacturer: Aletheia Pubns Inc
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0963926063

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These fascinating vignettes show Foreign Service personnel in action, heading off problems with other nations, reconciling differences, negotiating workable agreements, defusing conflicts, and generally steering Americans out of harm's way while at the same time coping with the myriad unexpected yet often deeply fulfilling aspects of overseas living.

In one vignette, Gene describes his rescue of a wayward young traveler from the clutches of an over-eager police officer who (wrongly) believes he has captured the fugitive Patty Hearst. In another, he recalls the grotesque difficulty of recovering and shipping home the mortal remains of an American sea captain whose life ended in a steamy tropical port with limited refrigeration facilities. Kathryn highlights the challenges of maintaining an American-style home life in a constantly changing, sometimes hostile environment. But her essays point up opportunities as well

as difficulties: When a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier makes a port call, she takes advantage of the chance to show the children a glorious example of American technology.

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A realistic picture of the US foreign service........1998-10-05

In fundamental ways, the U.S. Foreign Service and America's military services are first cousins. Both are instruments of foreign policy, the one relying upon "diplomatic" modes of persuasion, the other upon armed force to achieve policy objectives. Both function under the direction of the President as Commander-in-Chief. Both are intended to cope with challenges to our national interests. And both are deployed mainly outside the nation's borders.

It's remarkable, therefore, how little the American public knows about the Foreign Service-its tasks, its people, its problems-given how familiar most of us are with the men and women who compose our Army, Navy, and Air Force and with the jobs they do. Most have not heard of it at all; among those who have, the stereotype persists of non-stop cocktail parties, duty-free liquor, pampering servants, and taxpayer-paid tourism. The stereotype is unfortunate and grossly unfair. It is in fact the unheralded Foreign Service whose everyday work is to head off problems with other nations, reconcile differences, negotiate workable agreements, defuse conflicts, and generally steer Americans out of harm's way, precisely so that the Commander-in-Chief need not respond with deadly force to every challenge.

The collection of essays and narratives put together by Gene and Kathryn Schmiel should help overcome that stereotype, painting a human face on the skilled, dedicated, and highly motivated people who compose the U.S. Foreign Service. With humor, charm, and often poignance, they write from personal experience about the taxing, unglamorous work Foreign Service people do, day after day, all over the world, on behalf of Americans.

* Gene describes his rescue of a wayward young traveler from the clutches of an over-eager police officer who (wrongly) believes he has captured the fugitive Patty Hearst; and he recalls the grotesque difficulty of recovering and shipping home the mortal remains of an American sea captain whose life ended in a steamy tropical port with no refrigeration facilities.

* Kathryn highlights even tougher challenges, those of nurturing family values and maintaining a semblance of American-style home life in a constantly changing, often hostile, environment. But her essays point up opportunities as well as difficulties: when a huge U.S. Navy aircraft carrier makes a port call, she takes advantage to show the children a glorious example of American technology, from stem to stern-and they're thrilled, of course!

I've often thought to myself, "If Americans only knew Foreign Service people as I do, they'd be just as proud as they are of their troops in uniform." The Schmiels' book ought to make lots of Americans proud!

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Tales of the China Marines
Edward Spasek
Manufacturer: Xlibris Corporation
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Binding: Paperback

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China Marine

Take China: The Last of the China Marines

ASIN: 1401054943

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Tales of the China Marines, a book of historical fiction, covers the period in China during the years before World War II. It was a fascinating time not only for civilians but also for the servicemen of many nations including the U.S. Marines, Army and Navy. The infantry units of the Army and Navy were stationed primarily in Peking, Shanghai and Tientsin, while the Navy patrolled the Yangtze River, all served with the duty of protecting American civilians and Government property. Also protecting their civilians and trade were World Powers like Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, to name a few. They established their own embassies and enclaves, which were independent of Chinese law to conduct their lucrative business. Into this maelstrom were thrust Darcy and Joe, who spend their Marine Corps careers together or separately in Guam, Peking and Shanghai. They lived in a world often referred to as "The Mysterious Orient."

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Garbage!.......2007-05-30

Mr. Spasek would have us believe that Marines in his novel were more like boyscouts than Marines. For the first time in years I did not finish a book. While I am too young to have been a China Marine, I did spend several years in the Corps and could see no comparison between what I know about Marines and the characters in his book.

A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service: The Memoirs of Sir Ian Scott (Radcliffe Press)

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A British Tale of Indian and Foreign Service: The Memoirs of Sir Ian Scott (Radcliffe Press)
Sir Ian Scott
Manufacturer: I. B. Tauris
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Binding: Hardcover

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The memoirs of Sir Ian Scott are an important contribution to our understanding of Britain's history from before the Second World War until the late 1960s. Setting down his recollections of a long and distinguished career spent mainly in the Indian Civil Service but also as a Foreign Office official and finally as a British ambassador, Sir Ian paints an entertaining and illuminating picture of many different places. Among the great events which the book covers are the growth of Indian nationalism and the partition of the subcontinent in 1947, as well as the post-war crises in the Congo and Lebanon. Sir Ian Scott paints vivid portraits of powerful public figures such as Mountbatten, Wavell, Nehru, Jinnah, de Gaulle, Bevan, George Brown and Barbara Castle.

The Eighth Continent: Tales of the Foreign Service

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Witty, poignant, eminently readable
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The Eighth Continent: Tales of the Foreign Service
Philip Gould
Manufacturer: Backinprint.com
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 0595094511

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"In brilliantly depicting the 'hazards and delusions of foreign service life'…Gould assembles his three-part story around a theme of tragedy and retribution. A powerful and haunting resolution ties together 'the many networks of people in their life'. Gould handles exotic settings and character portrayal with impressive skill."—Publisher's Weekly

"Marvelous reportage on some far places."—Kirkus Review

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Witty, poignant, eminently readable.......2000-10-14

A floating and barely perceptible island of sophisticated innocents abroad, the eighth continent is not entirely unknown in other fictions or in films. There, its topography is rendered in broad strokes of primary color; but in this narrative, Philip Gould provides some key nuances, both chromatic and structural. Even more than his first novel, _Kitty Collins_, _The Eighth Continent_ draws strength from Gould's sure sense of place and his sensitivity to fragile, ambiguous situations, as well as his ear for the stress points and lacunae of speech between characters of radically different disposition and culture. A witty, poignant, eminently readable book.

Publishers Weekly and Other Reviews.......2000-09-02

"In brilliantly depicting the 'hazards and delusions of foreign service life,'Gould assembles his three-part story around a theme of tragedy and retribution. A powerful and haunting resolution ties together 'the many networks of people in this life.' Gould handles exotic settings and nuanced character portrayal with impressive skill." --Publishers Weekly

"A chewy, tripartite novel with old-timey foreign service atmospheric appeal. Marvelous reportage on some far places." --Kirkus Reviews

"Gould packs an astonishing amount of history and character observation into this incisive shadow game and writes in a flexible, lyrical shorthand that conjures erotic longing, political background and physical description with equal aplomb." --The Seattle Times

"Gould's writing is tight and expressive, his charcters complex and absorbing." --Los Angeles Reader

"Disciplined story telling, lean, lucid, literate." --Buffalo News

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The Eighth Continent - Tales Of The Foreign Service
Philip Gould
Manufacturer: Algonquin Books
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000IUSK4U

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ELLERY QUEEN'S DOUBLE DOZEN - 19th Mystery Annual: Funny the Way Things Work Out; The Happy Days Club; Three Tales from Home; The Future of the Service; Foreign Agent; Death Scene; The Color of Truth; Tough Cop; Mrs Dearly's Special Day; Blood Money
Ellery (editor) (John D. MacDonald; James M. Ullman; L. E. Behney; Michael Gilbert; George Sumner Albee; Helen Nielsen; Roy Vickers; Borden Deal; Fletcher Flora; Avram Davidson; William O'Farrell; Norman Daniels; Hugh Pentecost; Victor Canning) Queen
Manufacturer: Random House
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000GVW8CQ

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Tales From the COLD WAR, 13th Armored Infantry Battalion on Freedom's Frontier
The 13th Armored Infantry Battalion
Manufacturer: Trafford Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 1412035333

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This book had its origins at a reunion of former members of the 13th Armored Infantry Battalion when at the closing dinner each person present was asked to tell a story from that era of his service with the Battalion. It was a wonderful occasion and the stories were both humorous and serious. This led to a determination to capture them and others for our children and grandchildren. This desire, has led in turn to this book which tells part of the history of our Army through our experiences at an important transitional time for our country. We hope it will be of interest to all readers interested in unit history and of this era of the American Army.

The turmoil of these years to get ready, to stay ready and to be ever ready to fight provided an incredible rich vein of stories. Some of the stories are about officers and noncommissioned officers with distinguished prior records from World War II and Korea. Some are about young soldiers who would go on to serve in Vietnam and Laos in positions of responsibility. Some are about young soldiers who did their two year tour with the colors and then returned to their civilian pursuits. Some stories are about unhappy warriors and some stories are about happy warriors who provided humor, not always intentionally. For all it was, as we look back on it, a privilege to have served the people of the United States and to have helped preserve the peace in Europe. We think you will enjoy sharing our experiences and the quotations on the military experience throughout the ages, interspersed between the stories.

The book also tells the story of a division and its units moving from a training division status to a fully trained and deployable armored division. It also records the experience of Operation Gyroscope, an experience shared with other units and with other divisions. This was the Army's attempt to rotate whole divisions as unit moves to Europe and back again, being replaced by a sister division from the United States. The three year draftees after one year in Germany. The goal of Operation Gyroscope was that it would provide, particularly for the career enlisted soldier, a permanent home in the United States that he would always return to through out his career as he rotated with his parent unit. Alas, while a good idea, it was too ambitious and on too large a scale. The book records the result of a late decision to abandon Operation Gyroscope on the units in Germany. Many in the Army was welded to the individual replacement system of World War II and the Korean War that caused so many unnecessary losses as replacements tried to get assimilated into their unit on the battlefield. Only in ''modern times'' has the Army recaptured a successful unit replacement system. The bonding that occurred in the 13th Armored Infantry Battalion over four years proved the value of such a system.

Frederic Remington, the great painter of the Frontier Army, once said that he regretted the loss of all the wonderful stories he heard over the campfires of that Army and wished that someone had taken the time to record them., This is an attempt to presreve the stories of another generation of soldiers. We hope that you and future generations will appreciate a look at the Army during the early days of the Cold War in Europe. HONOR AND PRIDE!

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Tales of the Foreign Service

Manufacturer: University of South Carolina Press
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ASIN: 0872493598

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Tales of the Foreign Service
Ralph (Editor) Hilton
Manufacturer: U. of South Carolina Press
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ASIN: B000IA5ZTI

Undiplomatic notes: Tales from the Canadian Foreign Service

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Undiplomatic notes: Tales from the Canadian Foreign Service
Sidney Freifeld
Manufacturer: Hounslow Press
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Doris Aiken had a vision to alleviate drunk driving, which senselessly claims so many innocent lives. Against all odds, she took on the alcohol industry, the government, defense lawyers and an apathetic public. Stunningly, she won. This is her journey to changing our nation's views and policies, as well as saving so many lives.

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My life and times with the American pit bull terrier

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My life and times with the American pit bull terrier
James Crenshaw
Manufacturer: Walsworh Pub. Co
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ASIN: B0006RGNSA

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