Indiana University Press
Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times
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- Lewis Sorley
- Indiana University Press
- Paperback
- 9780253220028
- 9 X 6.1 X 1.1 inches
- 1.45 pounds
- Biography & Autobiography > Military
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
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.
Author Bio
Dr. Lewis Sorley is an award winning author and military historian. His most recent book, Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in October 2011.
A former soldier and civilian official of the Central Intelligence Agency, Dr. Sorley has also served on the faculties at West Point and the Army War College. His Army assignments included leadership of tank and armored cavalry units in Germany, Vietnam, and the United States and staff positions in the offices of the Secretary of Defense and the Army Chief of Staff.
Dr. Sorley is an Emeritus Director of the Army Historical Foundation and is Executive Director Emeritus of the Association of Military Colleges and Schools of the United States.
Source: Foreign Policy Research Institute
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