Fighting the Cold War - A Soldier''s Memoir

Fighting the Cold War illuminates his leadership and service as one of America's premier soldier-statesmen, revealing him to be not only a brilliant strategist and consummate diplomat but a gifted historian and writer who taught and mentored generations of students.

About the author

General John R. Galvin, USA (Ret.), was dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and is the author of The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution ; Air Assault: the Development of Airmobile Warfare ; and Three Men of Boston: Leadership and Conflict at the Start of the American Revolution. He has received numerous awards, including the Legion of Merit and the Army Distinguished Service Medal.

Summary

When four-star general John Rogers Galvin retired from the US Army after 44 years of distinguished service in 1992, the Washington Post hailed him as a man “without peer among living generals.” In Fighting the Cold War, the soldier, scholar, and statesman recounts his active participation in more than sixty years of international history.

Product details

• Authors: John R. Galvin Usa (Ret.), John R Galvin, John R. Galvin, John R. Petraeus Galvin, David H. Petraeus
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9780813176000
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-7600-0
• No. of pages: 568
• Series: American Warriors; American Warriors Series; American Warriors; American Warriors Series
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration