Pershing: A Biography

by Jim Lacey, General Wesley K. Clark Narrated by Tom Weiner

Overview

In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing's legacy as the nation's first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today's four-star officers. When the US entered into World War I in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled a one-million-man army against forty battle-hardened German divisions, defending the hellish Meuse-Argonne and turning the tide of the war. With focus and clarity, Lacey traces Pershing's development from Indian fighter to guerrilla warrior against the Philippine insurgency to victorious WWI commander.

Editorial Reviews

OCTOBER 2008 - AudioFile

General of the Armies (six-star) John James Pershing was a native of Laclede, Missouri, and his first memory was of Confederate guerillas raiding his hometown in 1863. After completing West Point, he saw service against the Apaches in the Southwest, charged up San Juan Hill in Cuba, subdued the Moros in the Philippines, and commanded the 1916 expedition that chased Pancho Villa in Mexico. Pershing's WWI leadership of the American Expeditionary Force influenced such future leaders of the Army as Marshall, MacArthur, Patton, and Eisenhower. Tom Weiner's resonant baritone voice is a good match for Pershing’s story. His staccato delivery is somewhat quick but clear, and he narrates with the confidence and authority befitting a general. Weiner makes one want to hear the entire work in one sitting. M.T.F. © AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169861679
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	01/01/2007
Series:	The Great Generals Series
Edition description:	Unabridged

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