Effective Church Leadership: A Practical Sourcebook

Reviewed Book: Lee, Harris W. Effective Church Leadership: A Practical Sourcebook. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1989

MS-079: Captain Benjamin F. Lee Collection regarding 28th Pennsylvania Infantry and John W. Geary

The Benjamin F. Lee Collection consists of three series which contain documents relating to requisitions by the 28th Pennsylvania Infantry and correspondence of Lee and John W. Geary between themselves and various other individuals. Special Collections and College Archives Finding Aids are discovery tools used to describe and provide access to our holdings. Finding aids include historical and biographical information about each collection in addition to inventories of their content. More information about our collections can be found on our website http://www.gettysburg.edu/special_collections/collections/.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/findingaidsall/1072/thumbnail.jp

Phase transition strengths from the density of partition function zeroes

We report on a new method to extract thermodynamic properties from the density of partition function zeroes on finite lattices. This allows direct determination of the order and strength of phase transitions numerically. Furthermore, it enables efficient distinguishing between first- and second-order transitions, elucidates crossover between them and illuminates the origins of finite-size scaling. The power of the method is illustrated in typical applications for both Fisher and Lee-Yang zeroes.Comment: 3 pages, LaTeX, 4 postscript figures, Lattice2001(spin

Operation Desert Storm, R. E. Lee or W. T. Sherman?

History has shown that one of the most important elements in a successful combat operation is the quality of the commander. The success of Operation Desert Storm confirmed that American commander, General Norman Schwarzkopf, was no mediocre leader. By extension, the war also paid tribute, albeit a silent one, to a man who is arguably the greatest military leader the United States has ever produced—Robert E. Lee. Not only in the sphere of battlefield tactics, but also in ensuring strict adherence to the laws regulating warfare, Generals Lee and Schwarzkopf had much in common. Unfortunately, however, many are unaware of the phenomenal benefits that our military has drawn from General Lee. When reporters asked General Schwarzkopf which military leaders he most admired, he departed from the opinions of recent prominent American military leaders who typically cited General Lee. Instead, he cited Union leader General William T. Sherman as one of his heroes. In spite of this, and fortunately for the United States, both General Schwarzkopf and the forces under his command emulated the tactics and ethics of General Lee rather than General Sherman. In the context of Operation Desert Storm, General Schwarzkopf took only one quality from Sherman—his reputation for ferocity. In all other respects, whether judged in the light of tactics or of moral conduct, the actions of the American military in the Gulf War reflected the impact of General Lee. For instruction, inspiration, and inculcation, American officers can find no better role model than General Robert E. Lee