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Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine

by (Little, Brown and Company)

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The author of American Patriot details the life of an innovative U.S. Marine Corps veteran of World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.

From the earliest days of his thirty-four-year military career, Victor "Brute" Krulak displayed a remarkable facility for applying creative ways of fighting to the Marine Corps. He went on daring spy missions, was badly wounded, pioneered the use of amphibious vehicles, and masterminded the invasion of Okinawa. In Korea, he was a combat hero and invented the use of helicopters in warfare. In Vietnam, he developed a holistic strategy in stark contrast to the Army's "Search and Destroy" methods -- but when he stood up to LBJ to protest, he was punished.

And yet it can be argued that all of these accomplishments pale in comparison to what he did after World War II and again after Korea: Krulak almost single-handedly stopped the U.S. government from abolishing the Marine Corps.

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"Coram captures General Krulak's striding march across the Marine Corps, and across the American century... [and] is a meticulous investigator of the things that drove Brute Krulak, not all of them pretty... Brute is plainspoken and absorbing... and captures its subject in strokes that are sharp, simple and often funny."?Dwight Garner, TheNew York Times

"A well-written tale about a complicated yet admirable man." ?James Srodes, The Washington Times

"A revealing-and troubling-portrait of a much-revered figure." ?Kirkus Reviews

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  • Publication Date: November 10, 2010
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  • Print Length: 385 Pages
  • File Size: 50 KB

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