Warren Kozak
Auteur van LeMay The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay
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Warren Kozak is an author and journalist who has written for television's most respected news anchors. Winner of the prestigious Benton Fellowship at the University of Chicago in 1993, he was an on-air reporter for NPR, and his work has appeared on PBS and in the Wall Street journal, the Washington toon meer Post, and the New York Sun as well as other newspapers and magazines. Warren Kozak was born and raised in Wisconsin. Visit his website at WarrenKozak.com. toon minder
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Lemay was a doer, not a talker, not a politician and not meant for small talk, he was like Patton well suited for the military and warfare, not as much for a peacetime service, although he postwar years were spent in making the U.S. Air Force a premier member of the armed forces.
Too often remember for a poor political association with George Wallace and for being considered character who inspired Dr. Strangelove, Lemay was rather a professional in every positive way, He would be given a problem and solve it. He had no problems to the end of his life with the firebombing of Tokyo, or the dropping of the atomic bombs. He was of the mindset that war was to be fully fought and was not in favor of limited war.
A controversial figure like George Patton, he made many contribution to the military, the Army Air Corps and the the Air Force but was poorly suited to peace. His importance however should not be dismissed.… (meer)