
Omar Nelson Bradley
America's GI General, 1893-1981 (American Military Experience)
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Narrado por:
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Bill Nevitt
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Steven L. Ossad
Omar Nelson Bradley was the youngest and last of nine men to earn five-star rank and the only army officer so honored after World War II. This new biography by Steven L. Ossad gives an account of Bradley’s formative years, his decorated career, and his postwar life.
Bradley’s decisions shaped the five Northwest European Campaigns from the D-Day landings to VE Day. As the man who successfully led more Americans in battle than any other in our history, his long-term importance would seem assured.
Bradley’s postwar career as administrator of the original GI Bill and first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Korean War ensures his legacy. These latter contributions, as much as Bradley’s demonstrable World War II leadership, shaped US history and culture in decisive, dramatic, and previously unexamined ways.
The book is published by University of Missouri Press. The audiobook is published by University Press Audiobooks.
Winner of the Society for Military History's 2018 Distinguished Book Award for Biography.
“Superbly researched and well-written.” (Jonathan W. Jordan, author of American Warlords)
“A marvelously illuminating portrait of the last of the great World War II figures to have a full biography. It has been worth the wait!” (Carlo D'Este, author of Patton: A Genius For War)
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until the end where it seemed rushed or the material is that thin. I would have expected harder treatment of his generalship during the Battle of the Bulge. Early career treatment very enlightening. well done.
Omar Bradley, unsung hero
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Personality and Politics
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But when he decided to try, with little expectation of success, to seek an appointment to West Point, he became his congressman's backup appointment. And then the other, primary choice didn't pass the relatively new West Point exams,and Bradley did. He entered West Point with the class of 1915. It was an iconic origin for a man who became an important World War II general, though being a quiet, relatively shy man, with a dislike for newspaper attention, he didn't get as much press as his classmates and colleagues--who of course included Dwight Eisenhower and George Patton, among other well-known World War II names.
After the war, he got an assignment he at first found very disappointing--being the new head of the Veterans' Administration, in need of drastic overhaul to cope with both the great number of new veterans, and the greatly expanded veterans' benefits created by the GI Bill. Before his retirement, he became Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a five-star general.
This is a long, in-depth, and thoughtful biography of an important general. I think Ossad greatly admires his subject, but he's not reluctant to talk about his faults as well as his strengths--or about the strengths as well as the faults of his rivals among the contentious ranks of the Allied generals of the Second World War. Bradley's faults included an unwillingness to admit to mistakes, including completely misjudging the strength of German opposition at the start of what became the Battle of the Bulge.
It's an interesting book from which I learned a lot, about Bradley and about the war, and about the reorganization and growth of the VA after the war.
The narrator, Bill Nevitt, is also excellent, clear, calm, and expressive.
Highly recommended.
I received a free copy of this audiobook from the narrator, and am reviewing it voluntarily.
Good biography of an important WWII general
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Listening to this book reminded me of the time, at age 9, my parents told me there was no Santa Claus. That sad disclosure was perhaps a few years later than it should have been, true, but having formed in my early years a very positive opinion of the good works of St. Nick, supported perfectly by Mrs. Claus and all serving an adoring and grateful world, it was crushing to hear he was in any way . . . a fiction. The author here told me more of Bradley's foibles and medical maladies than he did his first wife or his affections for family and friends, and every grand story about the General was accompanied by some criticism, some scab, crabbiness, weakness, and character flaw. There were no Bradley letters, no personal expressions to let me judge the man as I can Lincoln or Grant or any modern blogger. Bradley's speeches were summarized and criticized but never offered up for public inspection. I felt cheated by that just I felt cheated at Christmas 1956.
If you have any good feelings for Omar Bradley, the last of the WWII 5 Stars, don't buy this book. Oh, by the way, if I never hear "Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force" again in my life, that's OK. The author and reader wrote/said the phrase on every page. Good grief!!!
Disappointing
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He also had strange inflections and put emphasis on words in weird ways. It was just distracting and bothered me, because it was totally unnecessary.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't hate it. Like I said, the information was great, and I really learned a lot. I think it should just be read as a biography, not a fictional drama.
Great information, narrated strangely.
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Enjoyable biography
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one of the backbone of the allies.
Most interesting and kept me listening to learn more of this great man.
Excellent narration.
I received a free copy of this audio book at my own request and voluntarily left this honest review..
Most interesting
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Wrong narrator wrong book
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Awesome Biography of an Awesome Leader
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I think that what made this book seem so long is that it is a biography and therefore not invested with the kind of urgency peculiar to fiction, and also I am not military. But I am a history geek, so I am very glad that I won this audiobook and took the time to really listen to it.
I think that Bill Nevitt does Nonfiction especially well!
A real professional
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