LeMay (Paperback or Softback)

Tillman, Barrett

ISBN 10: 0230613969 / ISBN 13: 9780230613966

Edité par Palgrave MacMillan 4/1/2009, 2009

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LeMay.

N° de réf. du vendeur BBS-9780230613966

Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: LeMay (Paperback or Softback)
• Éditeur: Palgrave MacMillan 4/1/2009
• Date de parution: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0230613969
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780230613966
• Reliure: Paperback or Softback
• État de l'article: New
• Poids: 0,5 livre
• Type de livre: Book

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Synopsis

A close look at the controversial command and strategies of the Air Force Chief of Staff, Curtis LeMay--a terrifying, complex, and brilliant general.

In World War II, LeMay ordered the firebombing of Tokyo and was in charge when Atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He was responsible for tens of thousands of civilian deaths--a fact he liked to celebrate by smoking Cuban cigars. But LeMay was also the man who single-handedly transformed the American air force from a ramshackle team of poorly trained and badly equipped pilots into one of the fiercest and most efficient weapons of the war. Over the last decades, most U.S. military missions were carried out entirely through the employment of the Air Force; this is part of LeMay's complicated legacy.

Packed with breathtaking battles in the air and inspiring leadership tactics on the ground, LeMay will keep readers on their edge of their seats.

À propos des auteurs

Barrett Tillman is a professional author and speaker with more than 40 nonfiction books as well as novels to his credit. His first book, published in 1976, remains in print today as do most of his subsequent titles.

He holds seven awards for history and literature including the 1996 Tailhook Association Lifetime Achievement Award and third place in the US Naval Institute Prize in 2009. Tillman has appeared in more than a dozen documentaries including The History Channel's Dogfights.

General Wesley K. Clark served in the United States Army for thirty-four years and rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He is author of the best selling books Waging Modern War and Winning Modern Wars. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.