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A review by michaelhold
It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf by Norman Schwarzkopf
5.0
One of the best biographies and rare for its time period
From Vietnam to invasion of Grenada and Iraq attack on Kuwait
Back then Schwarzkopf was military advisor with masters degree from adults college in engineering who has promised to go back to school after Vietnam ends, back then nobody called Vietnam a war. And people did not know what is going on there. Like with special ops as secret.
Back at Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was insisting on delaying attack and pissing off headquarters in pleiku ( Vietnam ) and one particular colonel. As there was no air support.
His commander officer approved and everyone else, to the point that Schwarzkopf became major.
During, United States invasion of Grenada Army told students in captivity that their way of action, that will be shooting first on Grenadines Position and that these students has to stay on the floor, with white stripes on the arms.
However Edward Trobaugh didn't want to send marines helicopters for infantry. (sea forces that could aid land forces). Although finally he carried out the order given by Schwarzkopf.
And Schwarzkopf was also right about Iraq will invade Kuwait. With Saddam's Army that was only lesser than that of China, Soviet Union, Vietnam. US, back than, was on seventh place. Iraqi army was of 900 000 people, equipped with soviet tanks T-72 south African altylery guns 155 mm, Chinese and Soviet multi-head missile launchers. Chinese rockets Silkworm, and french rockets Exocet. Soviet fighter planes MIG-29. And long range bomber planes Su-24. French fighter planes M- 1 Mirage. And that is not all.
Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.' was his father, When his son, author was making troubles with fire in backyard as a boy he told him(after learning about the past incident) never to play with fire and that we don't lie.
He also gave Mein Kampf to him in '40s to read saying that many of what Hitler said is happening. But later on this son admitted, that they won with German, that they won with Japanese and they will win with Communist threat.
His sister, Ruth Ann Schwarzkopf his fathers favorite child, at college wanted to become Communist. She has wrote to her father letter that they don't want her in communist party because of him(father). After she committed herself with The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Who later married French Jewish lecturer from University.
Good biography indeed.
From Vietnam to invasion of Grenada and Iraq attack on Kuwait
Back then Schwarzkopf was military advisor with masters degree from adults college in engineering who has promised to go back to school after Vietnam ends, back then nobody called Vietnam a war. And people did not know what is going on there. Like with special ops as secret.
Back at Vietnam, Schwarzkopf was insisting on delaying attack and pissing off headquarters in pleiku ( Vietnam ) and one particular colonel. As there was no air support.
His commander officer approved and everyone else, to the point that Schwarzkopf became major.
During, United States invasion of Grenada Army told students in captivity that their way of action, that will be shooting first on Grenadines Position and that these students has to stay on the floor, with white stripes on the arms.
However Edward Trobaugh didn't want to send marines helicopters for infantry. (sea forces that could aid land forces). Although finally he carried out the order given by Schwarzkopf.
And Schwarzkopf was also right about Iraq will invade Kuwait. With Saddam's Army that was only lesser than that of China, Soviet Union, Vietnam. US, back than, was on seventh place. Iraqi army was of 900 000 people, equipped with soviet tanks T-72 south African altylery guns 155 mm, Chinese and Soviet multi-head missile launchers. Chinese rockets Silkworm, and french rockets Exocet. Soviet fighter planes MIG-29. And long range bomber planes Su-24. French fighter planes M- 1 Mirage. And that is not all.
Norman Schwarzkopf Sr.' was his father, When his son, author was making troubles with fire in backyard as a boy he told him(after learning about the past incident) never to play with fire and that we don't lie.
He also gave Mein Kampf to him in '40s to read saying that many of what Hitler said is happening. But later on this son admitted, that they won with German, that they won with Japanese and they will win with Communist threat.
His sister, Ruth Ann Schwarzkopf his fathers favorite child, at college wanted to become Communist. She has wrote to her father letter that they don't want her in communist party because of him(father). After she committed herself with The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Who later married French Jewish lecturer from University.
Good biography indeed.