A Soldier's Story
- Paperback
688 pages
- Release Date
15 June 1999
Summary
D-Day, the Battle of the Bulge, the liberation of Paris, the relentless drive through Germany toward Allied victory—Omar Bradley, the “GI General,” was there for every major engagement in the European theater. A Soldier’s Story is the behind-the-scenes eyewitness account of the war that shaped our century: the tremendous manpower at work, the unprecedented stakes, the snafus that almost led to defeat, the larger-than-life personalities and brilliant generals (Patton, Eisenhower, Mont…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375754210 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375754210 |
| Author: | Omar N. Bradley, A.J. Liebling |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 688 |
| Release Date: | 15 June 1999 |
| Weight: | 815g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 155mm x 38mm |
| Series: | Modern Library War |
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“Superb history and literature…surpassed only by the magnificent volumes of
“Superb history and literature…surpassed only by the magnificent volumes of Winston Churchill.” – The Saturday Review
“A Soldier’s Story tells, better than any other book of its kind to date, how the war in the European theater was fought and why it was fought that way.”
–A. J. Liebling, The New Yorker
About The Author
Omar N. Bradley
Omar N. Bradley was born in Clark, Missouri, on February 12, 1893. He was the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and only the fourth American to rise to the rank of five-star general. He died on April 8, 1981, and was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery.
Caleb Carr is the bestselling author of the novels The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness, as well as a critically acclaimed biography of an American mercenary, The Devil Soldier. He writes frequently on military history for The New York Times and MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, where he is a contributing editor.
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