Thunderbolt by Lewis Sorley

Thunderbolt by Lewis Sorley

General Creighton Abrams has been called the greatest American general since Ulysses S. Grant, yet at the time this book was first published in 1992, he was little known by most Americans. For more than four decades, in three wars and in challenging peacetime assignments, Abrams demonstrated the skill, courage, integrity, and compassion that made him a legend in his profession. Thunderbolt is the definitive biography of the man who commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam during the withdrawal stage and for whom the army's main battle tank is named. With a new introduction by the author, this edition places the complex and sophisticated Abrams and his many achievements in the context of the army he served and ultimately led, and of the national and international events in which he played a vital role. Thunderbolt is a stirring portrait of the quintessential soldier and of the transformation of the U.S. Army from the horse brigades of the 1930s to the high-tech military force of today.

Lewis Sorley, a noted intelligence analyst and military historian, is the author of a number of works, including A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Last Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam, Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Ford, and A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam. Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam, and Johnson and the Ethics of Leadership.