While the bulk of books on the Vietnam War chart its slow escalation, this in-depth analysis illuminates the later years of America's involvement in the war. Sorley, a war veteran and military history writer, focuses on the years after 1968's Tet Offensive, relying heavily on notes taken from over 400 classified tapes recorded in Saigon between ...
While the bulk of books on the Vietnam War chart its slow escalation, this in-depth analysis illuminates the later years of America's involvement in the war. Sorley, a war veteran and military history writer, focuses on the years after 1968's Tet Offensive, relying heavily on notes taken from over 400 classified tapes recorded in Saigon between ...
The brilliant career of an authentic military hero who went from being a World War II tank battalion commander to army chief of staff and has been credited by the leaders of today's army with initiating the reforms that led to victory in Operation Desert Storm. 16 pages of photographs.
This is a biography of General Harold K. Johnson who rose from obscurity to become LBJ's Army Chief of Staff during the Vietnam War. This should have been a rewarding military career for Johnson but he became mixed up in the politics and ordeal of the war.
General Creighton Abrams has been called the greatest American general since Ulysses S Grant, yet at the time this book was first published in 1992, he was little known by most Americans. For more than four decades, in three wars and in challenging peacetime assignments, Abrams demonstrated the skill, courage, integrity, and compassion that made ...
'During the Iraq War ...we have seen the media rush from one extreme to the other, offering both dire reports filled with pessimistic analysis and upbeat accounts heralding democracy triumphant. It is hard to know what the reality is at any given moment. The Vietnam War suffered famously from such home-front confusion, and from policy confusion ...
This reference handbook takes a close look at the important roles citizen-soldiers have played in America from colonial times through the war in Iraq. Doubler provides ample information and first-hand accounts to better understand how significant the National Guard and Reserve are to America's defense system.
Producing leaders of character for the Army has been West Points mission since its foundation in 1802. Central to West Points success in developing leaders of character is the Cadet Honor Code and System. Developed and refined over two centuries, the honor code is a foundation for a lifelong commitment to doing whats right. Honor Bright chronicles ...
He's been called the greatest American general since Ulysses Grant, the world's champion tank commander, a pure soldier, and, affectionately, General "Abe". Yet relatively little is known by the general public about this man who, for more than four decades, in three wars and in peacetime service, demonstrated the skill, courage, integrity, and ...
The definitive biography of the man who commanded U. S. forces in Vietnam during the withdrawal stage and for whom today's U. S. main battle tank is named. This stirring portrait showcases the quintessential soldier as the Army evolved from the horse brigades of the 1930's to a high-technology force.
Neglected by scholars and journalists alike, the years of conflict in Vietnam from 1968 to 1975 offer surprises not only about how the war was fought, but about what was achieved. Drawing from thousands of hours of previously unavailable (and still classified) tape-recorded meetings between the highest levels of the American military command in ...
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