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Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times (edición 1992)

por Lewis Sorley (Autor)

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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 him a legend in his profession. Thunderbolt is the definitive biography of the man who commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam during the withdrawal stage and for whom the army's main battle tank is named. With a new introduction by the author, this edition places the complex and sophisticated Abrams and his many achievements in the context of the army he served and ultimately led, and of the national and international events in which he played a vital role. Thunderbolt is a stirring portrait of the quintessential soldier and of the transformation of the U.S. Army from the horse brigades of the 1930s to the high-tech military force of today.… (más)
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Título:Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times
Autores:Lewis Sorley (Autor)
Información:Simon & Schuster (1992), Edition: First Edition, 429 pages
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Etiquetas:biography, World War II, Vietnam, Army, general

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5755. Thunderbolt General Creighton Abrams and the Army of his Times, by Lewis Sorley (read 31 Aug 2021) This biography, published in 1992, is well researched and is laudatory of Abrams, who followed General Westmoreland as the American general in Vietnam. Abrams graduated from West Point in 1936 was in World War II at the Battle of the Bulge, and was the American general in Vietnam as the war was trying to be Vietnamized. After Vietnam he was named Army Chief of Staff but died before he served two years as such. His wife was Catholic and his six kids were all raised Catholic and he himself became a Catholic a few years before he died on Sept 4, 1974.. He was a tough guy and no doubt inspired fear at times in those serving under him, I found the closing chapters of the book moving and it raised my feeling about the book . The author is a West Point grad himself and spends much time exploring Abrams' ideas on military concepts and how the Army should be. ( )
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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 him a legend in his profession. Thunderbolt is the definitive biography of the man who commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam during the withdrawal stage and for whom the army's main battle tank is named. With a new introduction by the author, this edition places the complex and sophisticated Abrams and his many achievements in the context of the army he served and ultimately led, and of the national and international events in which he played a vital role. Thunderbolt is a stirring portrait of the quintessential soldier and of the transformation of the U.S. Army from the horse brigades of the 1930s to the high-tech military force of today.

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