Whatever You Resolve To Be: Essays on Stonewall Jackson

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This is warmed up stuff from over a decade ago!.......2007-03-17

Beware the publication date!
These essays are really from 1992, not 2005, and they have not been revised to take into account recent scholarship.

Excellent Review of Jackson the Man and the Soldier.......2005-11-19

A. Wilson Greene has had a long professional association
with Stonewall Jackson with his many years as a historian with the national park service in Fredericksburg. His 2005 book is an updated version of his 1992 book by the same name. His book is broken into five essays discussing Jackson the mortal man, Jackson's controversial role during the seven days, his defense against Meade at Fredericksburg, his greatest moment (author's opinion)at 2nd Manasas and a final evaluation of Jackson as a general. Greene is very much an admirer of Jackson but he is reasonably objective. Greene writes fluidly and is noted for his scholarsahip and research abilities. The most fascinating essay is Jackson's role at the Seven Days battles where he seemed often late or lethargic. Greene offers insight to Jackson's confusing directions issued to him, confouding maps and guides and orders. At Savage Station, Greene notes that Jackson did not aid Magruder's attack because Lee ordered Jackson to stay in position expecting a Union retreat to White House not realizing that McClellan changed base. Jackson's inaction at Glendale is still hard to fathom but may be due to exhaustion or being ill as Greene indicates. A real bonus in this book is Greene's review of all the literature written on Jackson and his own summaries appraising their content. In addition, his exhaustive detailed notes on his own essays in this section provides interesting bits of fact sometimes correcting minor details of his earlier work. A highly readable and interestong look at 'Old Jack". Greene currently is Executive Director of Pamplin Park: The Musuem of The Civil War Soldier, which is the preserved site of the Petersburg union breakthrough. The park features a great musuem, fantastic spring tours and great symposiums featuring the best CW historians.

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Esta nueva serie de sermones tiene como tema a personajes importantes de la Biblia. Cada tomo de la serie se dedica a un personaje y proporciona una increIble fuente de conocimiento de la verdad bIblica. [This new series is a collection of complete sermons of great Bible characters.]

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In 1945 the Labour Government set out to enable everyone to have a decent home, where people from all walks of life could live together. This dream was destroyed by a succession of avoidable mistakes and almost everyone now seems to believe that it is impossible to re-discover that vision, and that we must live in divided communities where many tenants live in neighbourhoods of concentrated poverty, increasing numbers of young people cannot afford to buy, and record numbers of homeless families are trapped in temporary accommodation. In contrast, most home-owners live in homes with gardens, in suburban or rural areas, benefiting from rising capital assets.
This book challenges that fatalism. It traces the different policy mistakes that have given rise to this inequitable state: the folly of mass housing, the retreat before the forces of nimbyism, the failures of regional economic planning, the under-supply of new homes, the collapse of affordable housing programmes, and the unfair tax privileges of many home owners.
Holmes describes and advocates a new vision for the new millennium, finding solutions variously in development, planning, economic structures, social reform, and political re-assessment to narrow the gap between rich and poor and enabling people in all housing tenures to finally have a choice.

Broad plans for Broadway.(Real Estate & Housing)(National and local developers hatch visions for a mix of housing and shops): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Broad plans for Broadway.(Real Estate & Housing)(National and local developers hatch visions for a mix of housing and shops): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

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Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) (Newspaper)
Date: June 3, 2005
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Design visions and new missions: The origins of high-rise public housing in the United States (Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning. Thesis. 1975. M.C.P)

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Media Relations Handbook: For Agencies, Associations, Nonprofits And Congress (Communication Series)
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A very approachable "how-to" guide

Spend your money elsewhere

Public Affairs Council's IMPACT - and others - recommend

PR students, especially nonprofit & political communication

If you're a Public Information Officer, this book can help

Media Relations Handbook: For Agencies, Associations, Nonprofits And Congress (Communication Series)
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ASIN: 1587330032

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A practical guide to media relations, with tips, checklists and examples. A handbook for those who want to use the most effective means to communicate on behalf of a government agency, a national association or nonprofit, or an elected official.

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A very approachable "how-to" guide.......2005-09-07

I bought this book because I am an administrator in a job which demands some public relations skills that I am having to pick up on the hoof. This book is well laid out, friendly in tone, approachable in content, and practically useful. Though most of the examples are for PR people working in Congress, you can extrapolate from them to most situations. I found the check lists and action points in each chapter particuarly useful.

Spend your money elsewhere.......2004-11-21

Sorry, but I found this book useless and uninspired. What's worse is that author is so desperate for sales he's written a stellar review of this book and then pasted it in the review section of various other P.R. books on amazon. I'm surprised that someone in public relations would use such an obviously tacky gimmick to sell his book.

I suggest you buy:
Guerrilla P.R. : How You Can Wage an Effective Publicity campaign...Without Going Broke, by Michael Levine
Writing Effective News Releases...: How to Get Free Publicity for Yourself, Your Business, or Your Organization, by Catherine V. McIntyre
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Public Affairs Council's IMPACT - and others - recommend .......2004-08-14

Here's what others say about the Media Relations Handbook:

"[T]his book will be of value to students and professionals of political communications and public relations. Summing up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections."

- - - CHOICE, April 2005 (42-4473) - - -

"Want to become a media relations ace? Here's expert advice. The book is loaded with tips for corporate communicators as well. Impact recommends it highly."

- - - Impact (Public Affairs Council), July/August 2004

"Brad Fitch has performed an admirable public service by giving public relations students and professionals alike an indispensable tool. His book provides a road map on both the practicalities and principles of PR, and he shows that honest PR is not an oxymoron. Now it's up to all of us in the media and spin industries to keep our end of the bargain."

- - - Ed Henry, Congressional Correspondent, CNN (formerly Senior Editor of Roll Call)

"Media Relations Handbook is to political campaigns what The Art of War is to military campaigns: an essential strategic reference that winners should never be without."

- - - James Carville, Co-Host CNN Crossfire, author

"Uncertain how to interest the press in your pressing issue? Having difficulty preparing your media-unfriendly boss for a tough interview? Worried about the next communications crisis and how to handle it? Brad Fitch answers those questions and many more in this crisp, clear and completely useful book."

- - - Tucker Carlson, Co-Host CNN Crossfire, author

If you work in Washington, DC, and must garner media attention, you will benefit by using the advice and tips in Media Relations Handbook.

PR students, especially nonprofit & political communication.......2004-07-14

should take a look at "Media Relations Handbook for Agencies, Associations, Nonprofits and Congress."

The author, Brad Fitch, teaches as an adjunct at American University in the School of Communications. He wrote Media Relations Handbook after working on the Hill for more than ten years and teaching PR courses at AU for five years.

Each chapter has a summary, and there are many checklist and tips throghout. He also has a chapter on "Honest Spin: The Ethics of Public Relations"

Great book to use as a college or graduate school text or as a supplement.

If you're a Public Information Officer, this book can help.......2004-07-14

"Offers a wealth of practical advice on public relations that will be of benefit to governmental and non-governmental organizations alike."
-- Municipal World, July 2004

Table of Contents
Ch. 1 First Steps
Ch. 2 Tools of the Craft
Ch. 3 Developing a Message and Communications Plan
Ch. 4 Interacting with Reporters
Ch. 5 Overview of the Media: Print, Radio, and TV
Ch. 6 Web-Based and Online Communications
Ch. 7 Dealing With the Principal
Ch. 8 Interview Preparation
Ch. 9 Internal Issues: Experts, Policy, Numbers, Leaks, Lawyers and Language
Ch. 10 How to Interact with Congressional Campaign Operations
Ch. 11 Communications in a Federal Agency
Ch. 12 Crisis Communications in Public Affairs
Ch. 13 Honest Spin: The Ethics of Public Relations

Although focused on media relations in Washington, PIOs can learn a lot from this book. For example, § 12.8 is "How to Use a Web Site in a Crisis", and § 2.14 is a "Press Conference Checklist".

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Title: Help for press secretaries.(Book Review)
Author: Gene Rose
Publication: State Legislatures (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2004
Publisher: National Conference of State Legislatures
Volume: 30 Issue: 10 Page: 4(1)

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