Eisenhower, by Geoffrey Perret (HC, 1999, 685 pages, $3.50)
Perret was able to use many unpublished Eisenhower letters and diaries. This is Eisenhower not just in WWII and Korea, but also during the Cold War, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism, the U-2 crisis and Vietnam. Perret claims to have used the fresh sources to resolve many of the varied speculations regarding Kay Summersby, Field Marshal Montgomery, Columbia University, and Nixon. (Of course, any writer wanting to sell a book claims to have definitive answers.)
American Soldier, by General Tommy Franks, Commander in Chief, U. S. Central Command (HC, 2004, 590 pages, $3.50)
We know his name from when he was Commander in Chief of the US Central Comnmand from 2000 to 2003. Originally from Oklahoma, he graduated from Artillery School in 1967, and went on to be awarded with, among others, three Purple Hearts and three Bronze Stars. Whether or not you think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were heroic victories of liberation, his achievements warrant study and respect.
Look for these books in the biography section.
