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Mission Command of General Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was fought for three days from July 1 to 3. The Army of the Potomac, led by General George Meade, repelled the attack of the Confederate’s Army, led by General Robert E. Lee. The purpose of this paper is to examine General Lee’s effectiveness by analyzing his utilization of the mission command, and its principles. Lee’s Plan to End the War The war had been continuing for more than two years at this point. Even though

ahead at 85-57. The Mets would not look back. The Cubs' eight-game losing streak finally ended the next day in St. Louis, but the Mets were in the midst of a ten-game winning streak, and the Cubs, wilting from team fatigue, generally deteriorated in all phases of the game. The Mets would go on to win the World Series. The Cubs, despite a respectable 92-70 record, would be remembered for having lost a remarkable 17½ games in the standings to the Mets in the last quarter of the season. Some superstitious

Eating Disorders in Gymnasts At a gymnastics meet in Budapest, a U.S. judge commented that gymnast Christy Henrich would have to lose weight if she wanted to make the Olympic team. On July 26, 1994, Christy Henrich died of multiple organ failure. She had lost a long battle with anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder that involves extreme weight loss, restricted food intake, and an intense fear of becoming fat. The American Psychiatric Association outlines

Joshua Sobol’s Ghetto is the first part of his Vilna Trilogy, A collection of stories centered around the Vilna Ghetto during the Holocaust, Ghetto premiered in 1984 at Haifa Municipal Theatre in Israel. Since then it has been seen around the world in more than sixty productions and been awarded numerous accolades from countries around the world and even closer to home in Chicago. It won the Jefferson Award for best production in 2000. Since it’s premiere, audiences have been disturbed and moved

worker in a factory with his father, never wanting to leave him behind. Elie Wiesel shared his experience in his autobiography, Night, Published in 1960. After the war Elie Wiesel had become a College Professor, Nazi investigator, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Then we also have Life is Beautiful, an Italian movie released in 1997 about an Italian Jewish family won the the Academy Award for the best foreign language film. Roberto Benigni, the director of Life is Beautiful won the Academy award for best

Adolf Hitler From Youthful Failure to Mighty Leader Few individuals have been able to change the ideals of others; Adolph Hitler was one such individual. His worldly impact began in the 1920’s and continues today. He is associated with both chaos and the complete destruction of many innocent lives. Hitler’s ideology developed when an economic collapse occurred in Germany. He offered ideas to the desperate people of Germany that they could not refuse. These ideas are responsible for the beginning

heart out for a good cause and lies exhausted, but victorious, on the field of battle (Lombardi, 2001, p.46).” These are the words of Vincent Lombardi, perhaps the greatest football coach of all time. Lombardi’s leadership philosophy emphasized the importance of winning…striving for perfection, but not at all costs (Lombardi, 2003, p.ix). He believed in “being a person of character, finishing what you start, never compromising your goals, and

Institutions”, “[…] men must be trained to resist “impulses to empathize with victims” of verbal and physical violence and encouraged to enter dangerous situations enthusiastically.” Hypermasculinity is often seen in some fraternities, military units, police squads, gangs, and prisons. (Wade and Marx, Gender: Ideas, Interactions, Institutions). For men that fall into any of the groups mentioned it is expected for them to be aggressive and may even seem as good especially when protecting women, or defending their

Israel Carreón Dr. Sam McBride ENGL 425 March 21, 2014 John Steinbeck: Literary Journalist It’s no secret that John Steinbeck was a formable figure in world of the written word. His created fictions have been cemented into educational curriculum in the middle/high school and university levels. While it can be debated of his literary genius, no one can deny the amount of influence he has had during the 20th century and beyond. Although Steinbeck is most commonly thought of a novel author first,

particularly Army or ground innovations during the interwar years. Their ingenuity led to other nations taking all or some of the ideas to improve upon or add to their army. However, Britain's army was unable to achieve greatness from their innovations in armored warfare during the Inter-War period because of political constraints and an inability to foresee their future needs. We are all aware of the controversies surrounding the Treaty of Versailles and the End of World War I. Historically, most