George C. Marshall: Education of a General, 1889-19391 review Forrest C. Pogue Viking Pr, 1999 TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO SOMEONE WHO CHANGED THE COURSE OF AMERICAN HISTORY Technically speaking, George C. Marshall: Education of a General 1880 - 1939 by Forrest C. Progue is not a comprehensive biography but rather a study of the experiences that shaped the mind of someone who became the leader of the Army during World War II and Secretary of State and Defense during ...             Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant65 reviews Ulysses S. Grant Cosimo Classics, 2006 Simplicity of character is sometimes the highest form + If you only read one book on the Union war effort, read this one + Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant + U S Grant Personal Memoirs + Remarkable Memoirs             Winfield Scott: The Quest for Military Glory2 reviews Timothy D. Johnson University Press of Kansas, 1998 Old Fuss and Feathers at His Best + Academic writing at its best This is a superlative bio of Scott, a man who spanned a considerable amount of time in the formulative years of the United States and its army. The events of the Civil War, and all its eccentric generals and characters have tended to overlook Scott, but his overall influence on the period can not ...             Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War (Da Capo Paperback)1 review G. F. R. Henderson Da Capo Press, 1988 This is the book for any person who loves Stonewall!!! I have been a fan of the American Civil War for over five years, and I have read many books on the subject and especially on Stonewall Jackson. I have never found a book more thorough about both subjects in my life. The author dives into several contravercies like: Why did the Civil War ...             Wiser in Battle: A Soldier's Story24 reviews Ricardo S. Sanchez, Donald T. Phillips Harper, 2008 A Soldier of the Preeminent Democracy + Wiser in Battle + Heart in the right place, but... + Lt General Sanchez believes he was unfairly made a scapegoat to cover up for dumb decisions + An American Heroe.             Diplomat in Khaki: Major General Frank Ross McCoy and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1949 Andrew J. Bacevich Univ Pr of Kansas, 1989 Hailed by the New York Times as "one of the best soldiers this country has produced," Frank Ross McCoy was, throughout his distinguished career, much more than just a good soldier. As friend and confidant to such leaders as Theodore Roosevelt, Leonard Wood, and Henry Stimson, he disproves the standard view of the military before 1940 as having no role in American foreign policy. Instead, as A. ...             My American Journey87 reviews Colin Powell, Joseph E., ... Ballantine Books, 2003 Valued Early Bird over Spies and Secrecy + His Perspective... + Wonderful, insightful book I read biographies of key officials as a means of trying to understand how they make decisions, and on what basis of fact or fancy they make decisions. Colin Powell is a great man, and I hope he returns as Secretary of State under a transpartisan team. He was destroyed by Dick Cheney and his ...             General John M. Palmer, Citizen Soldiers, and the Army of a Democracy (Contributions in Military Studies) I. B. Holley Greenwood Press, 1982             Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Time9 reviews Lewis Sorley Simon & Schuster, 1992 Finest Kind + Military Excellence + Finest Kind + An Unconventional, but Great, General + "Best U.S. General Since Grant"             John M. Schofield and the Politics of Generalship (Civil War America)2 reviews Donald B. Connelly The University of North Carolina Press, 2006 Review of John M. Schofield & the Politics of Generalship + An overlooked officer This is truly a wonderful book. I have always maintained an interest in civil military relations, but until I read this book, I never truly understood the importance of this topic. I am currently a student in a Graduate degree program, and I can't express how often this book touches on our day to ...             The General: Robert L. Bullard and Officership in the United States Army, 1881-1925 (Contributions in ... Allan R. Millett Greenwood Press, 1975             Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order17 reviews John F. Marszalek Southern Illinois University Press, 2007 Sherman's March + Good book + An aversion to anarchy + The South's Best Friend? (Could be)             George C. Marshall: Soldier-Statesman of the American Century (Twayne's Twentieth-Century American Biography ...10 reviews Mark A. Stoler Twayne Publishers, 1989 A Succinct Appraisal of an Extraordinary Leader + Soldier-Statesman + Very good abbreviated biography + Just the Facts Please + Essential Reading for Military & Foreign Policy Enthusiasts             Albert Sidney Johnston: Soldier of Three Republics5 reviews Charles P. Roland University Press of Kentucky, 2001 Still some unanswered questions remain......, + Still the Standard Account of Johnston's Life After 40 Years + An Important Biography of a Major Military Officer of the Civil War Era ....but that is Albert Sidney Johnston's fault, not Dr. Roland's. Almost 150 after his most untimely death at Shiloh, General Johnston remains something of an enigma; he was either a genius for the ages, whose loss cost my people our freedom, or an overrated, drunken, fool, that we were better off ...             Robert E. Lee: A Biography26 reviews Emory M. Thomas W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 An Intimate Portrait of Lee's Little-Known Side + Robert E. Lee - A Principled Failure? + A good update to Robert E. Lee This is the best book on the market of its kind. It is a fascinating and intimate look into the personal and public life of one of the most revered figures of the Civil War. Robert E. Lee was not a man who wore his heart on his sleeve, and only a handful of very close friends, most of them women, ...             The Mind of War: John Boyd and American Security16 reviews Grant T. Hammond Smithsonian, 2004 Build your Boyd Library... and know more than the AF does! + 2 of the best books that I have ever read + Balancing Boyd with Chesterton + The OODA Loop             American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur 1880 - 19644 reviews William Manchester Back Bay Books, 2008 Superb Biography + A Flawed Soldier Statesman + A Legend Comes to Life + Great book, great detail             A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam79 reviews Neil Sheehan Vintage, 1989 long read + "We had also, to all the visitors who came over, been one of the bright shining lies." + Refreshing for its different point of view - compelling read this book was a long read. The wrighting was on the wall. No one paid attention.             My American Journey87 reviews Colin Powell, Joseph E., ... Ballantine Books, 2003 Valued Early Bird over Spies and Secrecy + His Perspective... + Wonderful, insightful book I read biographies of key officials as a means of trying to understand how they make decisions, and on what basis of fact or fancy they make decisions. Colin Powell is a great man, and I hope he returns as Secretary of State under a transpartisan team. He was destroyed by Dick Cheney and his ...             Stonewall Jackson And The American Civil War (Da Capo Paperback)1 review G. F. R. Henderson Da Capo Press, 1988 This is the book for any person who loves Stonewall!!! I have been a fan of the American Civil War for over five years, and I have read many books on the subject and especially on Stonewall Jackson. I have never found a book more thorough about both subjects in my life. The author dives into several contravercies like: Why did the Civil War ...