Product Description: Known by his troops in World War II as "The Soldier's General" because of his care of and compassion for the soldiers under his command, Omar Bradley commanded the U.S. Twelfth Army Group in Europe. By the spring of 1945, this group contained four field armies, twelve corps, forty-eight divisions, and more than 1,300,000 men--the largest exclusively American field command in U...read more

Product Description: General George C. Marshall was a skillful and compassionate leader with a unique legacy. He never fired a shot during WWII and led no troops into battle―his brilliance was purely strategic and diplomatic, and incredibly effective...read more

Product Description: Bernard Law Montgomery was a dedicated battlefield tactician, though a controversial one. In North Africa in 1942, he commanded the Eighth Army to a great triumph against Rommel at El Alamein, which Churchill hailed as the beginning of the end of the war...read more

Product Description: George S. Patton embodied contradiction: a cavalryman steeped in romantic military tradition, he nevertheless pulled a reluctant American military into the most advanced realms of highly mobile armored warfare. An autocratic snob, Patton created unparalleled rapport and loyalty with the lowliest private in his command; an outspoken racist, he led the only racially integrated U...read more

Product Description: This best-selling introductory sociology reader provides classical, contemporary and cross-cultural readings on each key sociological topic. "Seeing Ourselves "strives to showcase the different perspectives sociology offers and the complexity of the social world...read more

[This is the MP3CD audiobook format in vinyl case.] *Foreword by General Wesley K. Clark *Afterword by General Klaus Naumann Modeled on the acclaimed 'Great Generals' Series, which features the strategy and legacy of famous American generals, 'World Generals' broadens the scope to include the world's finest military leaders. Each volume includes a foreword by General Wesley K. Clark and is coedited with an afterword by a different foreign general. This exciting series opens with ''the Desert Fox,'' the most famous German field marshal in World War II, Erwin Rommel. A hero of the people of the Third Reich and widely respected by his opponents, Rommel proved himself highly adept at blitzkrieg warfare. Both in France and North Africa he consistently outwitted his adversaries through his ability to sense the weak spot in his enemy's deployment and by the pace at which he conducted his operations. Rommel was seriously wounded in France just three days before the aborted attempt on Hitler's life. Rommel subsequently came under suspicion of being involved in the plot and, under pressure, committed suicide. Rommel displayed an outstanding ability to seize the initiative and retain it, and here, Charles Messenger draws on the skills behind this ability for the benefit of modern-day leaders.

As a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War, William Tecumseh Sherman received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy, as well as criticism for the harshness of the scorched earth policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate states.