Team America, Paperback, Robert L. O'Connell

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A delicious blend of insight, wit and history, Team Americais a punchpacked introduction to four great military minds and the zeitgeist that produced them. Wall Street JournalRobert OConnell has written a rollicking, insightful story of some particularly American heroes. Evan Thomas, author ofIkes Bluff President Eisenhowers Secret Battle to Save the WorldFrom national bestselling author and acclaimed military historian Robert L. OConnell, a dynamic history of four military leaders whose extraordinary leadership and strategy led the United States to success during World War I and beyond. By the first half of the twentieth century, technology had transformed warfare into a series of intense bloodbaths in which the line between soldiers and civilians was obliterated, resulting in the deaths of one hundred million people. During this period, four men exhibited unparalleled military leadership that led the United States victoriously through two World Wars Douglas MacArthur, George Patton, George Marshall, and Dwight Ike Eisenhower or, as bestselling author Robert OConnell calls them, Team America. OConnell captures these mens unique charisma as he chronicles the path each forgedfrom their upbringings to their educational experiences to their storied military careersexperiences that shaped them into majestic leaders who would play major roles in saving the free world and preserving the security of the United States in times of unparalleled danger. OConnell shows how the lives of... | Robert L. O'Connell Team America Paperback Book