The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today

By Thomas E. Ricks

Book Overview

A New York Times bestseller An epic history of the decline of American military leadership--from the bestselling author of Fiasco and Churchill and Orwell. While history has been kind to the American... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594204047
• ISBN13: 9781594204043
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 1.8" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

The Generals is an excellent book describing the true Generals and the Fake Generals

In this book the author describes the characteristics of the two different types of generals in the military. Some are egotistical con artists who don’t have the skills to understand the intricacies of leadership. Others are born leaders. Unfortunately there are more former than latter generals. Very well written book!

Interesting read

I've read the bios on these guys before. This approach was interesting: Generals who should have fired other generals or generals who should have been fired themselves. Filled in a lot of gaps in my history knowledge. I recommend.