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General's Life, A: An Autobiography, by Bradley, Omar N. and Clay Blair
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I am intrigued by the lot of American’s who were born in the 1890’s decade and lived life to it’s fullest in the 20th Century. Omar Bradley born in 1893 is yet another amazing individual.
Of all the famous WWII Army generals I selected Bradley as my first choice to read about his life history. As a youth he was poor, but his parents provided him with basic values that enriched him. The West Point graduate class of 1915 was afforded a curriculum in math, science and engineering that seems so lack ...more
Of all the famous WWII Army generals I selected Bradley as my first choice to read about his life history. As a youth he was poor, but his parents provided him with basic values that enriched him. The West Point graduate class of 1915 was afforded a curriculum in math, science and engineering that seems so lack ...more
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"I pray that history records his moral cowardice" (Patton). A lovely experience this book. loved the style of Clay Blair. it was more of a 3 D experience as the writer was not writing on hind sight or from one man's notes. he was looking at all corners. luvd it
Excellent read. I met General of the Army Bradley when I was a ROTC cadet. It made reading this book extra special. It filled in a number of gaps in my knowledge of history; especially Bradley's impact on post-WWII events. It also shows the Mac Arthur was wrong - old soldiers don't slowly fade away; they write books.
When Clausewitz says "war is politics" I am not sure that he meant this. Bradley's story is about how politics between the generals determined the strategy as much as the Germans.
This book by Bradley, "A General's Life," was published posthumously. (On BookTV, the other book by Omar Bradley, "A Soldier's Story," was recommended by Rick Atkinson.)
Probably the best overall General Officer the United States had in the field during WWII. He tells his story as only Omar Bradley could.
This was close to my interest. I was surprised to see the General's photograph hanging in my audiologists office at the V.A. with the signature below. My audio was Bradley's audio for several years. I told him I had read the book and he commented that he had also and that it was a very good account of the Man. It was interesting to read his comments on Eisenhauer and Patton and added some mystique to futher reading on those individuals as military leaders. I want to get to that in the near futur
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I had just finished Patton's biography and thought reading Bradley's would be a good counterpoint to issues the two of them faced in WWII. I found this book to be straightforward and Bradley was very willing to tell it like he thought it was even if people commented on might be offended. I was surprised at the comments about WWII becuase there really was little in the way of battlefield analysis. It was more complaining about Montgomery and how Ike bent over backwards to benefit the British.
BATTLE OF THE BULGE: "Every scrap of intelligence we had available, including a mountain of Ultra, indicated beyond doubt that owing to our rapid and effective countermeasures and the courage of the individual American soldier, Hitler's last great, ill-advised gamble had failed. His panzers had run out of gas and ammo. He had suffered enormous casualties. ... Now was the time to hit back. Not three months from now." (page 370)
It was while reading this book that I realized for the first time that in order to be a leader at that level (whether in the military, business, politics), you have got to have an enormous ego. I mean enormous. Huge. Not sure how Brad, Patton, Ike, and Monty could all be in the same room together without the room exploding.
This is an excellent memoir, especially the parts that cover his participation in WWII. As Bradley moved higher, his job became a lot more political, and those parts of the book drag on.
This book is the autobiography of Omar N. Bradley. Very long and detailed. I appreciated the different perceptions he gave of Eisenhower, Patton and Montgomery.
The writing is definitely no more than a 3 star job. The view of the events from General Bradley are worth 4 stars and the effort to read.
Bradley greatly put down Patton, Monty and even Ike while making himself look better. Interesting how he was the advisor on Patton the movie.
A forgotten, but extremely important, figure from World War II. His insights into Montgomery, Patton, and Marshall make it worth reading.
Bradley needed help, so Clay Blair collaborated on this autobiography. Found it interesting. Not so interesting that I skipped sections.
A very good read and an interesting approach to autobiography
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Omar Nelson Bradley was a senior U.S. Army field commander in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army. He was the last surviving five-star commissioned officer of the United States and the first general to be selected Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Omar N. Bradley served on active duty with the United States Army from 1915-1953.
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