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A Soldier's Story (Modern Library) (Paperback)

by Omar N. Bradley (Author)
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  • Paperback: 688 pages
  • Publisher: Modern Library Inc; Modern Library Pbk. Ed edition (1 Jul 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0375754210
  • ISBN-13: 978-0375754210
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 105,126 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Superb history and literature...surpassed only by the magnificent volumes of Winston Churchill." -- The Saturday Review
"A Soldier's Story tells, better than any other book of its kind to date, how the war in the European theater was fought and why it was fought that way."
--A. J. Liebling, "The New Yorker"

Synopsis
The memoirs of Omar Bradley 'The GI General', who surrounded by a sea of prima donnas during World War II, never stopped quietly learing his trade until he became, during the conquest of Germany in 1945, aguable the most progressive and important senior American commander in the European theater.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A view of the Second World War from the back stage., 27 Jun 1999
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Omar Bradley's book wins my approval for its behind-the-scenes narrative and honest retelling of the men involved in marshalling and directing the war. It is not so much a soldier's story as a commander's story. It is not merely a biography, but it also describes the strategies of the various campaigns in the European Theater. It is powerful because it is objective, not bothering to propagandize or immortalize men such as Patton or Montgomery; enough books have already done that. Bradley gives a look at the men behind the legends and their failures and shortcomings as well as the victories and attributes that turned them into historical figures of perhaps inhuman stature.
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5.0 out of 5 stars An humane account of war, 9 April 2008
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General bradley's memoirs are so modest and self-effacing that at times it is easy to forget the awesome responsibilities that he carried. he is very clear eyed as to what is really going on around him but his actions always seem to be devoid of ego and grand standing. There appeared to be an awful lot of that going on around him and perhaps he was determined not to allow himself to follow that path himself.

A great and good man and perhaps the most under rated of the war?
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