LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis Lemay

Warren Kozak

Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, Oct 17, 2011 - Biography & Autobiography - 434 pages

Hero or Villain?THE FIREBOMBING OF TOKYO. Strategic Air Command. John F. Kennedy. Dr. Strangelove. George Wallace. All of these have one man in common?General Curtis LeMay, who remains as unknowable and controversial as he was in life.Until now. Warren Kozak traces the trajectory of America's most infamous general, from his troubled background and heroic service in Europe to his firebombing of Tokyo, guardianship of the U.S. nuclear arsenal in the Cold War, frustrated career in government, and short-lived political run. Curtis LeMay's life spanned an epoch in Americ.

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Curtis Lemay was and is one of the most amazing and villified military men of the 20th Century. Both one of the most inspiring military leaders and also, one of the most frightening ones. He was also ...

Bibliographic information

• Title: LeMay: The Life and Wars of General Curtis Lemay
• Author: Warren Kozak
• Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Incorporated, An Eagle Publishing Company, 2011
• ISBN: 1596982705, 9781596982703
• Length: 434 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Military; HISTORY / Military / World War II