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Team America - Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged (Hardcover)
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Team America - Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged (Hardcover)
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Now in paperback, from national bestselling author and acclaimed
military historian Robert L. O'Connell, 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 O'Connell calls them, Team America.
O'Connell captures these men's unique charisma as he chronicles the
path each forged-from their upbringings to their educational
experiences to their storied military careers-experiences 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. O'Connell shows how the
lives of these men-all born within the span of a decade-twisted
around each other like a giant braid in time. Throughout their
careers, they would use each other brilliantly in a series of
symbiotic relationships that would hold increasingly greater
consequences. At the end of their star-studded careers (twenty-four
out of a possible twenty-five), O'Connell concludes that what set
Team America apart was not their ability to wield the proverbial
sword, but rather their ability to plot strategy, give orders, and
inspire others. The key ingredients to their success was mental
agility, a gravitas that masked their intensity, and an almost
intuitive understanding of how armies in the millions actually
functioned and fought. Without the leadership of these men,
O'Connell makes clear, the world we know would be vastly different.
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