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Fighting the Cold War - A Soldier's Memoir (Hardcover)
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Fighting the Cold War - A Soldier's Memoir (Hardcover)
Series: American Warriors Series
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When four-star general John Rogers Galvin retired from the US Army
after forty-four years of distinguished service in 1992, the
Washington Post hailed him as a man "without peer among living
generals." In Fighting the Cold War: A Soldier's Memoir, the
celebrated soldier, scholar, and statesman recounts his active
participation in more than sixty years of international history --
from the onset of World War II through the fall of the Berlin Wall
and the post--Cold War era. Galvin's illustrious tenure included
the rare opportunity to lead two different Department of Defense
unified commands: United States Southern Command in Panama from
1985 to 1987 and United States European Command from 1987 to 1992.
In his memoir, he recounts fascinating behind-the-scenes anecdotes
about his interactions with world leaders, describing encounters
such as his experience of watching President Jose Napoleon Duarte
argue eloquently against US intervention in El Salvador; a private
conversation with Pope John Paul II in which the pontiff spoke to
him about what it means to be a man of peace; and his discussion
with General William Westmoreland about soldiers' conduct in the
jungles of Vietnam and Cambodia. In addition, Galvin recalls his
complex negotiations with a number of often difficult foreign heads
of state, including Manuel Noriega, Augusto Pinochet, Mikhail
Gorbachev, and Ratko Mladic. As NATO Supreme Allied Commander in
Europe during the tumultuous five years that ended the Cold War,
Galvin played a key role in shaping a new era. Fighting the Cold
War illuminates his leadership and service as one of America's
premier soldier-statesmen, revealing him to be not only a brilliant
strategist and consummate diplomat but also a gifted historian and
writer who taught and mentored generations of students.
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