America's Corporal

America's Corporal
Author: James Alan Marten
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2014
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 082034320X

The first biography of one of the Civil War's most famous disabled veterans and most prominent public figures in the Gilded Age. An examination of the dynamics of disability, the culture and politics of the Gilded Age, and the aftereffects of the Civil War.

America's Heroes

America's Heroes
Author: James H. Willbanks
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 829
Release: 2011-03-11
Genre: History
ISBN:

This book features the stories of 200 heroic individuals awarded the Medal of Honor for their distinguished military service while fighting for their country, from the Civil War to the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. America's Heroes: Medal of Honor Recipients from the Civil War to Afghanistan pays tribute to Americans who have demonstrated uncommon valor in the face of great danger. The Medal of Honor recipients featured in this book all acted heroically to earn this highly coveted award, many of them by risking—or sacrificing—their lives to save the lives of others. The stories of these individuals—chosen to reflect the wide diversity of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, branches of service, and conflicts of the recipients—will broaden readers' understanding and appreciation of the Medal of Honor and the distinguished Americans who have received it. In addition to the gripping stories of these heroic Americans, this unique encyclopedia includes an introduction that chronicles the evolution in the award's significance. The Medal of Honor has changed greatly over the last 150 years, not only in the design of the physical decoration itself, but also in terms of the qualifying criteria for the award's recipients.

America's Battalion

America's Battalion
Author: Otto J. Lehrack
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2005-02-11
Genre: History
ISBN: 0817314520

"The 3rd of the 3rd, also known as "America's Battalion," had just returned from deployment in the summer of 1990 when they were required to immediately re-deploy to a strange land to face a battle-hardened enemy after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Theirs was only the second Marine battalion to arrive in Saudi Arabia. They participated in the first allied ground operation of the war, played a key role in the battle for the city of Khafji, and were the first to infiltrate the Iraqi wire and minefield barrier in order to provide flank security for the beginning of the allied offensive."

Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Encyclopedia of Behavior Modification and Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Author: Michel Hersen
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 1857
Release: 2005-01-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0761927476

Provides a thorough examination of the components of behavior modification, behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy, and applied behavior analysis for both child and adult populations in a variety of settings. Although the focus is on technical applications, entries also provide the historical context in which behavior therapists have worked, including research issues and strategies.

AMERICAN ABSOLUTISM

AMERICAN ABSOLUTISM
Author: Gary A. Freitas
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2024-01-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

Disrupting the Generational Cycle of Distrust in America's 600 Year Cultural War You are about to scan a high-resolution MRI of the psychological forces generating discord and disrupting the American democratic experiment. Absolute-mindedness is not a personality type, clinical disorder or social psychopathology, but an archaic "trust" adaptation giving rise to much of today's populist frustration and anger. When trust is disrupted early in life -- complexity, ambiguity, and disappointment fixate on a trust-mistrust duality -- good-bad, right-wrong, us versus them. Republicans and Democrats are undergoing cultural mitosis. An evolutionary social and political speciation driving us toward an autocratic America. Constitutional "originalists" were raised in parental originalism emphasizing principle and discipline over empathy and reasoning. Solo mass shootings are a predictable abandonment pattern over the course of America's history of gun rights and vigilante ethos. Conspiracy theories are repetitive information diffusion in dense social networks during times of social unrest, triggering individuals pre-wired for resignation, grievance, and revenge. The modern dictator: a "dark triad" of malignant narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism. American Absolutism explores what happens when human adaptation loses viability as it comes face-to-face with an exponentially evolving complexity that is the modern human condition.

America's Fighting Force

America's Fighting Force
Author: Thomas Hurley
Publisher: Nightengale Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2005-01-10
Genre:
ISBN: 1933449225

Spanning eight years of active military service, this text showcases a side of the military that is not often written about: the everyday true-life side. Written from September 2003 to July 2005, it is a thoroughly detailed account that can be related to by not only members of the military, but every American with a sense of patriotism.

Parenthood in America [2 volumes]

Parenthood in America [2 volumes]
Author: Lawrence Balter
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 780
Release: 2000-12-13
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1576073874

Critically acclaimed and highly authoritative collection of parenting issues, featuring a unique balance of practical and scholarly information. This illustrated, A–Z encyclopedia on parenthood in America offers fresh insights and solid information, all based on the latest research. Parenthood in America is the work of the nation's real authorities, the heavy-hitters in psychology, health, sociology, anthropology, and family history. It aims to fill the gap between how-to books (which generally blend popular notions and authors' pet theories) and specialized texts aimed at scholars. Parents, teachers, students, and professionals working in the field will find something here to inform, surprise, and even entertain. Entries are concise, carefully illustrated, and accompanied by suggestions for further reading. Readers will find entries on the superstars of the field, both popular (Dr. Spock, Dr. Seuss, Mr. Rogers) and scholarly (Ainsworth, Bowlby, Erikson).