{"product_id":"the-generals-american-military-command-from-world-war-ii-to-today-paperback","title":"The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas E. Ricks\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn epic history of the decline of American military leadership--from the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFiasco \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eChurchill and Orwell\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile history has been kind to the American generals of World War II--Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley--it has been less kind to the generals of the wars that followed, such as Koster, Franks, Sanchez, and Petraeus. In \u003ci\u003eThe Generals\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas E. Ricks sets out to explain why that is. In chronicling the widening gulf between performance and accountability among the top brass of the U.S. military, Ricks tells the stories of great leaders and suspect ones, generals who rose to the occasion and generals who failed themselves and their soldiers. In Ricks's hands, this story resounds with larger meaning: about the transmission of values, about strategic thinking, and about the difference between an organization that learns and one that fails.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas E. Ricks \u003c\/b\u003eis an adviser on national security at the New America Foundation, where he participates in its Future of War project. He was previously a fellow at the Center for a New American Security and is a contributing editor of \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003emagazine, for which he writes the prizewinning blog The Best Defense. A member of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams, he covered U.S. military activities in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Generals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Gamble\u003c\/i\u003e, and the number one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eFiasco\u003c\/i\u003e, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His newest book, \u003ci\u003eChurchill and Orwell: The Fight For Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e, is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 592\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 29, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753757606176,"sku":"9780143124092","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/522ca992464b27a155e55c1d65e6875f.webp?v=1780026894","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-generals-american-military-command-from-world-war-ii-to-today-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}