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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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Lewis Sorley, a third-generation graduate of West Point, served in Vietnam, in NATO forces, and as a Pentagon staff officer. He has taught at West Point and the U.S. Army War College, and has written widely on military affairs and national security. He lives in Potomac, Maryland.
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Trade paperback. Condition: Very good. 429, [1] pages, Includes Introduction to the Indiana University Press Edition. 35 black and white illustrations between pages 178-179. Also includes Acknowledgments, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Other Sources, and Index. Lewis Stone "Bob" Sorley III (born August 3, 1934) is an American intelligence analyst and military historian. His books about the U.S. war in Vietnam, in which he served as an officer, have been highly influential in government circles. Lewis Sorley graduated from, the United States Military Academy in 1956. In 1963, he received a Master of Arts degree in English Literature from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1963 to 1966 he served at the United States Military Academy as an instructor and assistant professor in the Department of English. From 1966 to 1967 he served as Executive Officer, 1st Tank Battalion, 69th Armor, U.S. Army in the Republic of Vietnam. From 1968 to 1970 he served as Assistant Secretary of the General Staff, Office of the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army. In 1973 he joined the faculty of the U.S. Army War College as the Program Director in the Department of Military Planning and Strategy. In 1975 he became the Senior Military Assistant to the Director of Net Assessment, Office of the Secretary of Defense. In 1976, he retired from the Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and joined the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where he became the Chief of the Policy and Plans Division, Intelligence Community Staff. In 1982 he was appointed Program Manager, National Intelligence Emergency Support Office where he served until 1983. Meticulously researched and richly detailed, this book explores the brilliant career of this authentic military hero, from cadet to Army Chief of Staff. Drawing on interviews with contemporaries and family members as well as on archival sources, Sorley (a USMA graduate who served in Vietnam) offers an unsentimental portrait of a career officer. Derived from a Kirkus review: A fine appreciation of the military professional who arguably ranks among America's very best generals. Drawing on interviews with contemporaries and family members as well as on archival sources, Sorley offers an unsentimental portrait of a career officer who fought in three wars. A member of West Point's Class of `36, Abrams became an authentic hero leading a tank battalion in WW II's ETO. Winning promotion to brigadier general after a tour of duty in Korea, he handled a number of increasingly responsible assignments before being posted to Southeast Asia as General William Westmoreland's deputy and successor. As Sorley makes clear, Abrams probably would be better and more warmly remembered today had he been given a better war to fight. In any case, Abrams gave a brilliant account of himself despite restrictive rules of engagement and the fact that his civilian superiors had begun a phased reduction of US combat forces. Back in the States after a four-year absence, he was appointed chief of staff, a position that allowed him to initiate the reforms that eventually helped the US Army win in the Persian Gulf. While Sorley focuses on the talents that gained Abrams renown as a world-class strategist and tactician, he does not scant the qualities that also made him a soldier's soldier and a very human being. In addition to recounting the feats of arms that earned the colorful, cigar-chomping Abrams a legendary reputation among front- line troops and peers, the author provides affecting glimpses of his subject's personal life. Though tough-minded and a stickler for integrity and honesty, Abrams was evidently a devoted father of six, a loving husband, and a compassionate, if demanding, commander. A well-told tale of a paradigmatic warrior. Indiana University Press Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Seller Inventory # 79783
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