MILITARY BIOGRAPHY OF GENERALISSIMO
Author | : RAFAEL L. TRUJILLOMOLINA |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1956 |
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Author | : RAFAEL L. TRUJILLOMOLINA |
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Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1956 |
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Author | : Ernesto Vega Y. Pagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2013-10 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781258892517 |
This is a new release of the original 1956 edition.
Author | : Ernesto Vega y. Pagan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 2009-07 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781104835590 |
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Author | : Ernesto Vega i Pagán |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 220 |
Release | : 1956 |
Genre | : Dictators |
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Author | : Jay Taylor |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 737 |
Release | : 2009-04-15 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0674033388 |
One of the most momentous stories of the last century is China’s rise from a self-satisfied, anti-modern, decaying society into a global power that promises to one day rival the United States. Chiang Kai-shek, an autocratic, larger-than-life figure, dominates this story. A modernist as well as a neo-Confucianist, Chiang was a man of war who led the most ancient and populous country in the world through a quarter century of bloody revolutions, civil conflict, and wars of resistance against Japanese aggression. In 1949, when he was defeated by Mao Zedong—his archrival for leadership of China—he fled to Taiwan, where he ruled for another twenty-five years. Playing a key role in the cold war with China, Chiang suppressed opposition with his “white terror,” controlled inflation and corruption, carried out land reform, and raised personal income, health, and educational levels on the island. Consciously or not, he set the stage for Taiwan’s evolution of a Chinese model of democratic modernization. Drawing heavily on Chinese sources including Chiang’s diaries, The Generalissimo provides the most lively, sweeping, and objective biography yet of a man whose length of uninterrupted, active engagement at the highest levels in the march of history is excelled by few, if any, in modern history. Jay Taylor shows a man who was exceedingly ruthless and temperamental but who was also courageous and conscientious in matters of state. Revealing fascinating aspects of Chiang’s life, Taylor provides penetrating insight into the dynamics of the past that lie behind the struggle for modernity of mainland China and its relationship with Taiwan.
Author | : Norman H. Finkelstein |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780875183961 |
Covers the life and career of the U.S. Army five-star general from his early life in various military outposts to a career in two World Wars.
Author | : Biographiq |
Publisher | : Biographiq |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008-05 |
Genre | : Command of troops |
ISBN | : 9781599863719 |
General George S. Patton - Old Blood and Guts is the biography of General George S. Patton, a leading U.S. Army general in World War II in campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany (1943-1945). During World War I, Patton was a senior commander of the new tank corps and saw action in France. After the war he was an advocate of armored warfare but was reassigned to the cavalry. In World War II he commanded both corps and armies in North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. The popular image of "Old Blood and Guts" contrasts with historians' image of a brilliant military leader whose record was stained by a lack of personal control and his outspoken behavior. General George S. Patton - Old Blood and Guts is highly recommended for those interested in the history and life of this controversial American army general.
Author | : H. Norman Schwarzkopf |
Publisher | : Bantam |
Total Pages | : 590 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780553089448 |
"In this candid, eagerly awaited autobiography General H. Norman Schwarzkopf reveals the story of his remarkable life and career. Here is the story of his boyhood years during World War II and a unique adolescence spent in the Middle East and Europe that would later prove invaluable to his understanding of the Gulf. Here, too, is a frank account of the West Point graduate's early disillusionment with the "real" Army - a disappointment that nearly prompted him to leave the military." "General Schwarzkopf speaks openly about his two tours of duty in Vietnam. He recounts the "dark years" that followed, and his own role in the struggle to reform the military." "For the first time ever General Schwarzkopf provides his personal, behind-the-scenes account of Desert Shield/Desert Storm, including candid portraits of such major figures as Colin Powell, Richard Cheney and President George Bush. From the general's unique perspective we experience firsthand the complexities of coordinating the campaign in a country deeply suspicious of foreigners; of maintaining strategic secrecy during America's first internationally televised war; and of ensuring that this war would not be another Vietnam." "Thoughtful and provocative, It Doesn't Take a Hero is an intensely personal portrait of an American life, the triumphant journey of a soldier who set his star by a simple but timeless motto: duty, honor, and country."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Author | : Michael M. van Ness |
Publisher | : Koehler Books |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2019-06-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781633938496 |
Prime Minister Winston Churchill crossed the Rhine River on March 25th, 1945. His presence was calculated to emphasize the British role in the defeat of the Germans and to divert attention away from Patton and the Americans who had crossed the Rhine at Remagen two weeks earlier. Supreme Allied Commander Dwight Eisenhower had warned his commanders that Churchill would seek to steal the limelight. Eisenhower ordered his commanders to refuse any requests to cross the Rhine; "The answer must be NO!" But when Eisenhower and Bradley left, the Prime Minister seized his chance. This photograph caught the moment and was printed on the front page of newspapers around the world. Once again, the wily Prime Minister had captured the world's attention at the expense of the Americans. The joint American, Canadian, and British operation appeared to be primarily a triumph of British arms. Eisenhower, Bradley, and Patton were furious. Eisenhower could do nothing about the Prime Minister, but he never forgave the American generals involved. And General Eisenhower had other things on his mind. It took ten years and an act of Congress for General William Simpson to receive the fourth star due him as Commanding General of the US Ninth Army. Major General John B. Anderson still waits his third star as Commanding General US XVI Corps. In the meantime, General in Command: The Life of Major General John B. Anderson is his triumphant story from the Iowa cornfields to command of the largest combat corps in Europe in the Second World War.
Author | : Stanley G. Payne |
Publisher | : University of Wisconsin Pres |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 2014-11-24 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0299302105 |
The first comprehensive scholarly biography of Franco in English, presenting an objective and deeply researched account of the Spanish dictator's personal, professional, and political life.