| Crusader Lib/E: General Donn Starry and the Army of His Times Contributor(s): Guardia, Mike (Author), Dempsey USA Retired, Gen Martin E. (Foreword by), Heller, Johnny (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1982665467 ISBN-13: 9781982665463 Publisher: Spoken Realms OUR PRICE: $62.10 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Military - United States - History | United States - 20th Century |
| Dewey: B |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Holiday - Memorial Day - Holiday - Veteran's Day |
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| Publisher Description: Although he missed combat in World War II and Korea, Donn Starry became one of the most influential commanders of the Vietnam War, and after Vietnam was one of the intellectual giants who reshaped the US Army and its doctrines. Throughout his career he worked to improve training, leadership, and conditions for the men who served under him. Starry was a leading advocate for tank warfare in Vietnam, and his recommendations helped shape the contours for American armor in Southeast Asia-and paved the way for his success as commander of Eleventh Armored Cavalry during the invasion of Cambodia. When commander of Fort Knox and the Armor Center and School in the 1970s, Starry redeveloped armor tactics and doctrine and improved training. In his sixteen months as commander of V Corps, he thoroughly tested the doctrine of Active Defense, then used his observations to create a new doctrine, AirLand Battle, which paved the way for overwhelming victory in the Gulf War. Like most battlefield commanders from the Vietnam era, Starry's legacy is often overshadowed by the controversy of the war itself and the turmoil of the immediate postwar Army. However, with the invasion of Cambodia and the development of AirLand Battle, it is hard to imagine anyone who has had a greater impact on modern maneuver warfare. In this new biography of General Donn Starry, armor officer Mike Guardia examines the life and work of this pioneering, crusading officer using extracts from interviews with veterans and family, and from Starry's personal papers. |
Contributor Bio(s): Guardia, Mike: - Mike Guardia is an internationally recognized author and military historian. A veteran of the US Army, he served six years on active duty as an armor officer. He has twice been nominated for the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Book Award and is an active member in the Military Writers Society of America. Heller, Johnny: -Johnny Heller, winner of dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, is a two-time winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration and was named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013. |