LEMAY: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay

by Warren Kozak

Regnery Publishing, Inc.; ISBN: 1596985690

Hardcover - 354 pages (May 2009)

General Curtis LeMay: Villain or Hero?

The firebombing of Tokyo. Strategic Air Command. Dr. Strangelove. George Wallace. All of these have one person in common: General Curtis LeMay—the most misunderstood military man in 20th century history.

Until now.

In his brand-new book, LEMAY: The Life and Wars of General Curtis LeMay, military biographer Warren Kozak traces the trajectory of America's most innovative—and vilified—military commander.

General Curtis LeMay is perhaps the most infamous general of the 20th century. Despite playing a major role in many important military events of the last century—from defeating Japan without a costly land invasion to being on the Joint Chiefs during the Cuban Missile Crisis—historians have been content to paint LeMay as a crude, trigger-happy, cigar-chomping general who joined political forces with one of the most famous racists in American history, George Wallace.

However, in LEMAY, Kozak reveals the LeMay that only those close to him knew—a commander who was gruff yet compassionate, brilliant, and accomplished. In LEMAY, you'll learn:

• How LeMay devised the plan to use incendiary bombs over Japan that killed hundreds of thousands but saved millions from an impending ground invasion
• How he turned the Strategic Air Command from a dismal failure into the deadliest fighting force in history
• Who really came up with the idea of bombing the North Vietnamese back into "the Stone Age"
• Why LeMay agreed to be George Wallace's running mate in the election of 1968—despite loathing Wallace and most of his policies

Giving an unprecedented glimpse into the might and mind of perhaps the most controversial general in our nation's history, Kozak shows why today, more than ever, America needs another man like Curtis LeMay.

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