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Tillman, Barrett. LeMay.(Book review)

Publication: Naval War College Review
Publication Date: 22-SEP-07
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Tillman, Barrett. LeMay. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. 205pp. $21.95

Some great leaders are remembered only as a caricature, and General Curtis E. LeMay may be the epitome of this unfortunate tendency. Mention LeMay, and many see only the movie character General "Buck" Turgidson in...

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...the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove. Barrett Tillman's balanced and concise depiction of LeMay puts this limited (and largely inaccurate) view into context. More importantly, he retrieves some of the enduring lessons of leadership that...

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