Listen to What Your Kids Aren't Telling You
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    Listen to What Your Kids Aren't Telling You
    Michael Pritchard
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    Listen up, parents! Your children may not be telling you all the amazing things going on in their lives. Or maybe you're just not listening! But Michael Pritchard has listened. And this PBS series host and award-winning youth counselor has some wondrous stories about your kids that you need to read.

    Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II
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    • A summary history of the Battle for Okinawa.
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    Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II
    Robert Leckie
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    3 out of 5 stars I'VE READ BETTER - BUT THIS WAS A EASY READ.......2005-11-01

    I was just a bit disappointed with this particular work. The only words I can use, off the top of my head are "thin" and "shallow." Fortunately, this was a fast and very easy read and was worth the small effort it took to read. As pointed out by other reviewers, there were no maps! It is difficult, if not impossible to glean helpful information in reference to battle with out them. There were many, many aspects of this particular battle which were briefly touched upon, but nothing in depth. Perhaps the most unfortunate aspect of this work is the fact that while I can complain about lack of information, etc. which is not really all that important, the true wonderful men who fought this battle, I feel, are quite short changed here. They, the men, deserve better. I suppose I can recommend this one if you want a brief overview, but other works should certainly be read and pondered.

    3 out of 5 stars Why no maps?.......2004-04-06

    Okinawa
    The Last Battle of World War II Robert Leckie

    The author describes in detail the various battles using landmarks on maps. Unfortunately, the book has not a single map. If you want to read this book, get your own detailed map of Okinawa to try and follow along.

    The author at the end tries to say that Truman thought the use of the a bomb was a mistake using a letter he wrote to his sister at the time saying that the decision to bomb was a terrible decision. Obviously, the decision was terrible. He knew that many thousands would die. The decision was not a mistake however, and Truman never said that it was.

    As the Author points out, Okinawa was a compromise between what Adm King wanted, which was an invasion of Formosa, and Okinawa. Formosa had 3 times as many Japs defending it. King agreed, as Okinawa would also would provide a jumping off point, but to Kings chagrin, was not nearly as close to China, which King also wanted to help.
    Casualty estimates to attack Formosa were 150,000 Americans, much too costly.
    With Saipan taken, Iwo Jima and Okinawa were natural stepping stones to Japan. Taking Okinawa would also cut off the supply line of oil to Japan.
    Okinawa was to be the jumping off point for the invasion of Japan in the fall of 1945.

    The island was fortified and was made of coral. The Japs would also use the kamikaze for the first time in large numbers. The author spends a long time discussing the history and use of the kamikaze flyer. He discussed the Jap generals in charge of the defense of Okinawa. The kamikazes destroyed a bunch of Navy ships. Each is detailed by the author.
    The force invading was larger than the D Day invasion force in terms of ocean going ships, Navy firepower, tonnage, and numbers of troops invading. Ike had 150,000 troops invading, Gen Buckner had 184,000 invading. Kelly Turner was the Navy man in charge of getting the troops to shore. He had a habit of trying to manage the assault force after it got ashore too, and caused a bunch of fights with the Marine officer. Turner had screwed up the Guadalcanal invasion causing a bunch of Marines to be killed, so the Marines were not happy to have him in charge again.17 carriers were used.
    Okinawa was pounded for several days by the ships as they did not want to make the same mistake as at Iwo, which only 2 days bombardment by the ships left many Jap fortifications and Japs alive to kill Marines when they came ashore.
    Several medals of honor were won by the Navy, Marines, and Army.
    The Japs did not defend the beaches, so it was a couple of days before they came upon the enemy lines.
    The largest battleship afloat, then or now, the Yamato, made a one way kamikaze trip from Japan to try and use her 18 inch guns to stop the landings, but was sunk on its way there. It was hit by sub torpedoes, as well as by bombs and torpedoes from American Navy planes. The ships escorting her were also sunk.
    The death of Ernie Pyle is described.
    The battle of Kakazu ridge is discussed in detail
    The Japs mostly defended from fortified positions. When they came out for Banzai charges, they were slaughtered by the Americans.
    Two ammunition ships were lost to kamikazes on April 6, and the loss of the ammo was felt for a long time.
    Hodge made and attack and was hurled back by the Japs.
    The air force and Navy both attacked the kamikaze air bases.
    Army Gen Buckner, in charge of the Okinawa operation did not give the Marines a chance to make a behind the lines invasion that could have stopped the fighting a lot sooner. The Marines were not suffering the ammunition shortage the Army was, and could have done the invasion.
    The Navy was getting tired of Buckner's slow progress, and they wished that Marine Gen Holland Smith was in charge. The quicker the invasion was over, the quicker the navy ships could move out of range of the kamikazes.
    Adm Nimitz had loaned some of his ships to MacArthur, and wanted them back, but Mac refused, saying they were being used. Mac had invented a task for the ships so that he did not have to return them.
    May 7, an attack started and continued for days. Finally the Jap lines broke and the Jap generals killed themselves.
    According to the author, the capture of Okinawa finally convinced Emperor Hirohito that the Japs had lost the war. He now would help the peace group trying to find a way to stop the war.

    3 out of 5 stars A summary history of the Battle for Okinawa........2004-01-31

    I have many of Leckie's books about American history. His books are average reads generally. In this book, Leckie details the last battle of World War II and why Okinawa was picked as an island to be invaded by the Marines and U.S. Army. At a little over two hundred pages, it is an easy read and one can understand the ferocious fight that developed between the Americans and Japanese.
    Five chapters of this book deal with the kamikazes and the effects on the U.S. Navy. Only four pages deal with the attack on the Yamato, which I believe was a significant event of the battle for the island. The rest of the book concerns the desperate struggle for the island and the death or capture of the Japanese forces. As a previous reviewer has noted, some of battles for the island have been shorted or left out in this summary history. Leckie does include some interesting details, such as the fact 10,000 Japanese soldiers surrendered rather than commit suicide.
    This is an average read about a great battle. Leckie provides a lot of upfront history prior to explaining the great battle over the island, and this might lessen the interest of those who want to read about the subject of the book. Operation Iceberg is a more detailed book about this battle.

    4 out of 5 stars The "Rock".......2001-06-27

    I read this book while my husband (with his family in tow) was stationed at Butler on Okinawa. We lived on Kinser, visited the ER on Lester, shopped at Courtney, Foster & Kadena (ect.), and visited every base on the Island over the 3 years we were there.

    I thought Leckies books was both powerful & noble in the telling of the Battle for Okinawa. I could actually SEE the battle as my family & I visited memorials and battle sites. Leckie's book brought it all to life for me.

    Here's something of intrest for all those who read Mr. Leckie's book; The Camp Kinser Commissary is built on the site of a former temp. cemetery for those who died in the battle for Sugar Loaf Hill. There wasn't a trip for groceries at Kinser that I wasn't reminded why my Marine was on Oki.

    1 out of 5 stars okinowa,the last battle.......2000-04-24

    I have read this book...The author was not on Okinawa, but mydad was and the book falls short in telling of the horror.This battlewas for naught,the men killed for nothing,the war was over soonafter,the men not knowing this fought like it was the last battle.Unfortunately for the dead it was,for the living a nightmare.Every man came home scarred in some way,the Japanese fought to the death,100,000 of them died.It was the bloodiest battle of the war in every way.Leckie borrows some pictures and uses notes from others to make a buck...lest we forget! END
    Okinawa 1945: The Last Battle (Campaign)
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    • Too much detail and not enough context
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    Okinawa 1945: The Last Battle (Campaign)
    Gordon Rottman
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    ASIN: 1855326078
    Release Date: 2002-03-25

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    By the spring of 1945 the Allies were sweeping all before them in the Pacific War against Japan, and a series of victories had reclaimed many of the islands and territories seized by the Imperial Japanese forces in the early months of the war. The dark days of humiliating defeat were far behind the unstoppable Allied juggernaut - victory was now assured. The question was where the last battle would be fought. That place was the island of Okinawa. This book details the struggle for the island as US Marines and Army units battled determined Japanese defenders in the last battle of World War II.

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    2 out of 5 stars Too much detail and not enough context.......2002-11-01

    Okinawa 1945: The Last Battle (Campaign, 96)by Gordon Rottman is packed full of details concerning the Okinawa landings. If one wants to merely know about troop movements then this is the book for you. However, the battle was about more than troop movments. As, such Rottman's book seems sterile. Thie is espically true after reading Ospery's other books about the War in the Pacific, espically Iwo Jima and Tarawa.

    What is missing from the book is any context for the battle or any notion that men fought the battle. Okinawa was the last major battle of the War and resulted in a devesting loss of life. Rottman cites the statistics, but in order to understand the battle mere statistics are insufficent. The Ospery format certainly limits the ability of Rottman to move beyond the basics of the battle. However, the books on Iwo Jima and Tarawa prove that it can be done.

    2 out of 5 stars Too much detail and not enough context.......2002-11-01

    Okinawa 1945: The Last Battle (Campaign, 96)by Gordon Rottman is packed full of details concerning the Okinawa landings. If one wants to merely know about troop movements then this is the book for you. However, the battle was about more than troop movements. As, such Rottman's book seems sterile. This is especially true after reading Ospery's other books about the War in the Pacific, especially Iwo Jima and Tarawa.

    What is missing from the book is any context for the battle or any notion that men fought the battle. Okinawa was the last major battle of the War and resulted in a devesting loss of life. Rottman cites the statistics, but in order to understand the battle mere statistics are insufficient. The Ospery format certainly limits the ability of Rottman to move beyond the basics of the battle. However, the books on Iwo Jima and Tarawa prove that it can be done.

    5 out of 5 stars One of the Best of the Campaign Series.......2002-05-02

    Former Green Beret Gordon L. Rottman provides an excellent summary of America's last great amphibious invasion of the Second World War in Osprey's Campaign #96, Okinawa 1945. Quite simply, this is one of the better titles in Osprey's campaign series and shows that it is possible to pack a great deal about a major military operation into a 96-page format. This book is particularly useful as a case study for military officers, thanks to the author's attention to many pertinent details that escape most civilian authors. Overall, Okinawa 1945 is a "must-have" for anyone interested in the later stages of the Pacific War.

    Although Rottman follows the standard Osprey campaign format, the opening chapters of this volume are far more in-depth than virtually all the other titles in the series. An 11-page introduction covers the history and terrain of Okinawa, as well as the American strategic debate about whether to invade Okinawa or Formosa. The section on opposing plans is also quite detailed, totaling 10 pages. Seven pages are used to cover opposing high-level commanders on both sides. Another 12 pages are used to cover opposing forces, including succinct but detailed discussions of tactical organization and strength and weaknesses of each major unit. Pertinent characteristics are included; such as each US Army division in the invasion was about 1,000 infantrymen under strength due to a shortage of replacements and the fact that one of the two Japanese divisions on the island had no organic artillery. Taken together, Rottman provides a far more detailed introduction to the campaign than any other Osprey title, by spending fully 52% of the volume on the background material. Unfortunately, the strength of the introduction leads to the weakness of the main campaign narrative that - while good - is overly succinct. The invasion itself is covered in 33 pages: sections on the initial landings, the continuing offensive, actions at sea, and the push southward. There are three color battle scenes: Japanese suicide boats at Naha, Marines reducing a bunker and the virtual annihilation of the US 193rd Tank Battalion on 19 April 1945. There are a total of five 2-D maps (strategic situation, Okinawa, the initial landings, the Ie Shima assault, and the withdrawal of the 32nd Army)and three 3-D "Birds Eye View" maps (the Japanese counteroffensive on May 4-6, 1945, the Battle for Sugar Loaf Hill, and the final stand in the south). The author also effectively uses footnotes at the end of each section to provide additional details.

    Okinawa 1945 has a great many strengths. The author's discussion of terrain and weather (e.g. the impact of rain on operations) greatly enhances the reader's appreciation for the operational environment. Rottman also makes very good use of statistics, particularly concerning military and civilian casualties. For example, I was unaware that 153 of 354 American tanks used on Okinawa were knocked out by the Japanese - a 43% loss rate for US armor. Nor was I aware that fully one-third of Okinawa's civilian population died in the campaign. The author also covers the challenges of civil-military operations (CMO); the US military had to screen and care for over 285,000 indigenous civilians on Okinawa. The introduction of some new weapons - such as the American 75mm recoilless rifles is discussed, as well as how both sides adapted their tactics based upon lessons learned from previous island battles. In particular, the Japanese adoption of defense-in-depth and attritional tactics allowed the Americans to get ashore at low cost, but provided the basis for a bloody, protracted campaign. Finally, the author provides a superb order of battle for both sides, including information on support units such as signal, engineer, medical, quartermaster, and MPs. Even the US Marine Corps' three canine platoons are included.

    The only real disadvantage of Okinawa 1945 - which is the overly short shrift given to the main battles on the Shuri Line - is not the author's fault, but rather due to Osprey's size limits. The last six weeks of the campaign are covered in about six pages, which leaves room for only a bare-bones account. No eyewitness accounts are incorporated into the campaign narrative, which could have been used to add intensity and grunt-level perspective. Otherwise, the campaign seems just like flags moving on a map, without real soldiers bleeding and dying. The maps are also a bit inadequate, particularly since no map depicts the initial battles or dispositions on the Machinato Line. The question of General Buckner's operational plans is also studiously avoided; over 7,600 Americans died on Okinawa and the question should have been raised if these losses were excessive. Due to the Japanese concentration of most of their forces in the south of the island, Buckner was able to land his troops and occupy the vital airfields and more than two-thirds of the island at the cost of fewer than 500 dead. The Americans came to Okinawa to get the airfields and they succeeded in seizing them at very low cost. Was it really necessary to engage the remaining Japanese garrison - hopelessly trapped in one corner of the island - in a bloody attritional battle for over 80 days? With so many Japanese garrisons bypassed across the Pacific, it seems odd that Buckner never considered sealing the Japanese 32nd Division off and slowly reducing them to impotence by bombardment and starvation. Particularly given the fact that the Joint Chiefs of Staff knew of the impending Atomic Bomb raids, it seems odd that so many American leaders would endorse an attritional battle like Okinawa at this stage of the war.
    The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
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      The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
      Bill Sloan
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      The Ultimate Battle is the full story of the last great clash of World War II as it has never before been told. With the same "grunt's-eye-view" narrative style that distinguished his Brotherhood of Heroes (on the Battle of Peleliu), Bill Sloan presents a gripping and uniquely personal saga of heroism and sacrifice in which at least 115,000 soldiers, sailors, and airmen from both sides were killed, as were nearly 150,000 civilians caught in the crossfire or encouraged to commit suicide by Japanese troops.

      It is a story set against a panorama of more than 1,500 American ships, nearly two thousand Japanese kamikazes sworn to sink those ships, and two huge armies locked in a no-quarter struggle to the death -- the 541,000 GIs and Marines of the U.S. Tenth Army, and Japan's 110,000-man 32nd Army. Woven into the broader narrative, in Band of Brothers style, are the personal stories of men who endured this epic battle and were interviewed by the author. In many cases, their experiences are told here in print for the first time.

      A few days after Japanese defenders surprised American assault troops by allowing them to land virtually unopposed on April 1, 1945, scouts of the 96th Division stumbled onto the outerworks of formidable Japanese defenses near Kakazu Ridge, where fierce fighting erupted. It would continue without respite for nearly three months as American forces used every weapon and strategy at their disposal to break through three cunningly designed Japanese lines of defense, each anchored by commanding high ground, intricate underground installations, and massed artillery. When one line was about to be breached, the Japanese would slip away to the next one, forcing the Americans to repeat the same exhausting and deadly "corkscrew and blowtorch" assaults all over again.

      Much of the action in The Ultimate Battle unfolds among men pinned down under relentless fire on disputed hillsides, in the ruins of shell-blasted villages, and inside stricken tanks and armored cars. Sloan also takes readers aboard flaming ships and into the cockpits of night-fighter aircraft to capture the horror and heroism of men and vessels besieged by kamikazes.

      When the battle was over, most of the GIs, Marines, and sailors who survived it were too worn out to celebrate. More than 49,000 of their comrades had been killed or wounded, and they knew that the even more brutal invasion of Japan's home islands loomed just ahead. But as Sloan makes clear, the slaughter at Okinawa helped to convince President Truman to use the atomic bomb against Japanese cities in the hope of shortening the war and averting a far more horrific loss of life.

      The Ultimate Battle is a searing and unforgettable recreation of the Okinawa campaign as it was experienced by men who were there. It is filled with fresh insights that only those men can provide.

      Okinawa: the last battle (United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific)
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        Okinawa: the last battle (United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific)
        Roy Edgar Appleman
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        OKINAWA 1945-GATEWAY TO JAPAN:The first balanced examination of the last major battle.
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            By April of 1945, the outcome of the war was practically a done deal. Everyone knew the Allies couldnt be stopped, including the Japanese. But the enemy was determined to make final victory as costly to the victors as possible. Okinawa, an important Japanese air base, was the logical first stop on the way to the mainland. The bloody battle was the only engagement on Japanese soil. Nearly 200,000 soldiers and civilians were killed. The largest amphibious campaign of the Pacific explodes back into life in Ospreys Okinawa 1945. From the initial battle plans to the staggering loss of life and armaments (including the destruction of the hitherto indestructible battleship Yamato), this volume is a must-read for those interested in the engagement which truly marked the end of the war in the east. 10 color line cuts. 55 B/W photos. 96 pages. The Japanese attempt to slowly grind down the enemys will to fight is summed up in the 32nd Armys slogan: One plane for one warship One boat for one ship One man for ten of the enemy or one tank
            Okinawa: The Last Battle Ww II (The World War II Reader)
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            5 out of 5 stars Okinawa The Last Battle,by Appleman........2002-03-24

            I have purchased 2 of these books, 1 with maps and one with no mape. I want to know if the used one for sale by jenwelch2 used has the maps in the back of the book. I want to purchase this for a friend and need the book with the maps.

            On Page 419 Under Base Development line 13 it should read of the six only IHEYA and KUNE were taken. I landed on Iheya.
            Okinawa: The last battle,
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              Roy Edgar Appleman
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              Okinawa: The Last World War II Battle
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              • One of the Greatest Generation Speaks
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              Okinawa: The Last World War II Battle
              Robert McLaughlin
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              Okinawa, The Last World War II Battle, is one U.S. soldier's eyewitness account of death, war and survival on the island of Okinawa against Japan.

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              5 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest Generation Speaks.......2002-10-21

              A common soldier's tale is never common. Former Infantry Sergeant McLaughlin's book is a touching gift to his children which happily he decided to share with us. Although my combat experience was in Viet Nam, not WWII, I appreciate the understated dignity of this tale. I wish more of "the Greatest Generation" would record their impressions as McLaughlin has.

              5 out of 5 stars This eyewitness account comes alive.......2002-09-14

              Robert J. McLaughlin writes the story like no one else. His quick thinking saved his life on more than once. Bob's distast for war is obvious and he comes to admire the Koreans and their lifestyle when they are liberated during the occupation.
              A patriot through and through, I recommend this book for students and history buffs alike.

              A History of Young People in the West, Volume I, Ancient and Medieval Rites of Passage (History of Young People)
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                Childhood, like death and taxes, is an inescapable fact of life. Everyone goes through it, and as any parent of a teenager will tell you, sometimes it seems to go on forever. But what is childhood, exactly? What are its parameters? When does one cease to be a youth and become an adult? In ancient Egypt, 9-year-old Tutankhamen became Pharaoh, married the same year, and fathered two stillborn children before his death at age 18. In medieval times, girls regularly married at 12 or 13 and were mothers several times over by the time they were 20. Obviously, the youth of previous ages had a far different experience of childhood, adolescence, and adulthood than their counterparts today. In A History of Young People in the West, Giovanni Levi and Jean-Claude Schmitt have put together a collection of writing and illustrations that span the ages in an effort to explicate the changing role of children throughout history.

                Though this history is a bit patchy--Volume 1 jumps from ancient Greece and Rome to medieval Europe, leaving a gap of 1,300 years--what's here is quite interesting. And reading about the lives of children in previous eras is almost guaranteed to make you feel better about your own.

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                However swiftly it passes, youth is always with us, a perpetual passing phase, an apprenticeship to the myriad ways of the world, subject of panegyrics and diatribes, romances and cautionary tales from antiquity to our day. This two-volume history is the first to present a comprehensive account of what youth has been in the West and what it has meant through the ages. Brought together by Giovanni Levi and Jean-Claude Schmitt, a company of gifted historians and social scientists traces the changing character and status of young people from the gymnasia of ancient Greece to the lycées of modern France, from the sweatshops of the industrial revolution to the crucibles of Nazi youth.

                Monumental in its scope, minute in its attention to detail, A History of Young People takes us into the sensational rituals surrounding youth in Roman antiquity (such as the Lupercalia, with its nudity and whipping) and into the chivalric trials awaiting the privileged young of the Middle Ages. Elisabeth Crouzet-Pavan and Michel Pastoureau explore the elusive question of what defines youth, a concept that over time has reached from infancy to the age of forty. Elliott Horowitz and Renata Ago consider the young in the context of the family--within the different worlds of European Judaism and Catholicism through the Renaissance. Sabina Loriga takes us through three centuries of military experience to temper and complicate our assumptions about the youthful face of war. Michelle Perrot focuses on working-class youth, and Jean-Claude Caron on the young at school. The obedient and the rebellious are here, the cherished and the sacrificed, the children catapulted into adult responsibility, the adults who have yet to forsake the protections of childhood. What emerges in this history as never before is a vast, richly textured picture of youth as a changing constant of culture, society, economics, politics, and art, and as a uniquely complex experience of acculturation in every life.

                Biological Magnetic Resonance - Volume 17: Structural Computation and Dynamics in Protein (Biological Magnetic Resonance)
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                  Biological Magnetic Resonance - Volume 17: Structural Computation and Dynamics in Protein (Biological Magnetic Resonance)
                  N. Rama, Ed. Krishna
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                  Volume 17 of Biological Magnetic Resonance ( Structure Computation and Dynamics) represents significant advances in the biomolecular NMR field, with emphasis on developments during the recent years. This book brings together some of the world's foremost experts who have provided broad leadership in advancing the field.
                  Volume 17 is devoted to topics on structure computational methods and protein dynamics. It covers advances in molecular modeling on the basis of spectroscopic or diffraction data, pulse sequences and computational methods for automated assignment and structure determination, structure calculation of symmetric oligomer proteins, structure refinement by hybrid-hybrid matrix method from 3D NOESY-NOESY data, conformational ensemble calculations, complete relaxation and conformational exchange matrix analysis of NOESY spectra of ligand-receptor complexes, and advances involving field-induced residual dipolar couplings in weakly aligned macromolecules, protein dynamics from 15N and 13C relaxation, and protein hydration from multinuclear relaxation dispersion and intermolecular water-solute NOEs.
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                    Lawrence J. Berliner (, N. Rama Krishna
                    Manufacturer: Springer
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