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Article: The will to win: The Life of General James A. Van Fleet. (Book Reviews).
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- Parameters
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- December 22, 2001
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The Will to win: The life of general James A. Van Fleet. By Paul F. Braim. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 2001. 417 pages. $42.50. Reviewed by Lieutenant General Richard G. Trefry, USA Ret., Inspector General of the Army, 1978-83, and Military Assistant to the President, 1989-92.
Dr. Paul Braim (Colonel, USA Ret.) struck gold with this story of the life of General James A. Van Fleet. General Van Fleet was an extraordinary leader who graduated from West Point with the famed class of 1915--"the class the stars fell on"--but whose reputation would not become well known until the autumn of 1944.
While most of the major combat leaders of World War II ...