The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army

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The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army

Author: David Cloud
Publisher: Crown Publishers, Inc.
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 330
Cover Price: $ 28.00

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They were four exceptional soldiers, a new generation asked to save an Army that had been hollowed out after Vietnam. They became the Army's most influential generals in the crucible of Iraq. Collectively, their lives tell the story of the Army over the last four decades and illuminate the path it must travel to protect the nation over the next century. The careers of this elite quartet show how the most powerful military force in the world entered a major war unprepared, and how the Army, drawing on a reservoir of talent that few thought it possessed, saved itself from crushing defeat against a ruthless, low-tech foe. In The Fourth Star, you'll follow:

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Background Information

The United States slid slowly into the position previously held by France in Indochina and became engulfed in a long war in Vietnam. The Continental Army was disbanded after the American Revolution and, after a short interval, the United States Army was created to be the country's principal defense on land.