A GENERAL'S LIFE - An Autobiography by Bradley, Omar N., and Clay Blair

Simon & Schuster, NY, 1983. US first edition, hard bound in dust jacket, VG/VG CONDITION, 752 pages, illus., maps, notes, bibliog., index.-----------------------------------------------------Omar Nelson Bradley (February 12, 1893 – April 8, 1981) was one of the main U.S. Army field commanders in North Africa and Europe during World War II, and a General of the Army in the United States Army. He was the last surviving five-star commissioned officer of the United States and the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.------------------------------------His posthumous autobiography, A General's Life, was published in 1983; the book was begun by Bradley himself, who found writing difficult, and so Clay Blair was brought in to help shape the autobiography; after Bradley's death, Blair continued the writing, making the unusual choice of using Bradley's first-person voice. The resulting book is highly readable, and based on extremely thorough research, including extensive interviews with all concerned, and Bradley's own papers.