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The fourth star : four generals and the epic struggle for the future of the United States Army / David Cloud and Greg Jaffe.
- Title
- The fourth star : four generals and the epic struggle for the future of the United States Army / David Cloud and Greg Jaffe.
- Author
- Cloud, David.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DS79.76 .J338 2009 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Jaffe, Greg.
- Description
- 330 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly col.); 25 cm.
- Summary
- "They were four exceptional soldiers, a new generation asked to save an army that had been hollowed out after Vietnam. They survived the military's brutal winnowing to reach its top echelon. They became the Army's most influential generals in the crucible of Iraq." "Collectively, their lives tell the story of the Army over the last four decades and illuminate the path it must travel to protect the nation over the next century. Theirs is a story of successes and failures, of ambitions achieved and thwarted, of the responsibilities and perils of command. The careers of this elite quartet show how the most powerful military force in the world entered a major war unprepared, and how the Army, drawing on a reservoir of talent that few thought it possessed, saved itself from crushing defeat against a ruthless, low-tech foe." "The Fourth Star ranges far beyond today's battlefields, evoking the Army's tumultuous history since Vietnam through these four captivating lives and ultimately revealing a fascinating irony: In an institution that prizes obedience, the most effective warriors are often those who dare to question the prevailing orthodoxy and in doing so redefine the American way of war."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subject
- ISBN
- 0307409066
- 9780307409065
- LCCN
- 2009015591
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries