Pershing, Jim Lacey
Pershing, Jim Lacey
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Pershing
A Biography

Author: Jim Lacey, General Wesley K. Clark

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 5 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2007

Synopsis

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.

About Jim Lacey

Jim Lacey is an analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses in Washington, DC, and a professor of conflict and global issues at Johns Hopkins University. He was a journalist with Time magazine during the invasion of Iraq, where he traveled with the 101st Airborne Division. He is the author of Takedown, Fresh from the Fight, and the forthcoming Occupation of Iraq.

About General Wesley K. Clark

General Wesley K. Clark served in the United States Army for thirty-four years and rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He is author of A Time to Lead, as well as the bestselling books Waging Modern War and Winning Modern Wars. He lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.

About Tom Weiner

Tom Weiner, a dialogue director and voice artist best known for his roles in video games and television shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Transformers, is the winner of eight Earphones Awards and is an Audie Award finalist. He is a former member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael

Finally getting to know the man I've heard so much about, General John "Blackjack" Pershing. Jim Lacey's writing is smooth, technically solid and the book moves along well. Lacey doesn't spare the hero of his faults, but reasons as we all probably do, that no one is perfect. I think the account is b......more

Goodreads review by George

This was a very good book. I got it so that I could learn something about Pershing without listening to his (boring and long) memoirs. The book was only a 5+ hour listen and balanced his life without the detail of many tactical movements of Indians Wars, the Spanish American War, Pancho Villa's conf......more

Goodreads review by Dave

This was a very good book. It was good enough that I'm thinking of reading some more from this series (Great Generals). Pershing started his military career fighting Indians in the American South West. Then he moved to fighting the ghost dancers in South Dakota. From those beginnings, he moved onto f......more

Quotes

“A first-rate life of a great American general who is all too often overlooked or underestimated today.” Michael Korda, author of Ulysses S. Grant and Ike

“Well researched, well presented, and well reasoned.”  Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel: Men of War in the Twentieth Century 

“Jim Lacey has provided a wonderful study of Pershing and his generalship that is well researched, but even more important brings a real understanding of the art of leadership to the subject.”  Williamson Murray, author of A War To be Won 

“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.” AudioFile

“Lacey’s contribution to the Great Generals series substantially redresses the balance in Pershing’s favor by underlining his achievements.”  Booklist

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