Lewis Sorley

Lewis Sorley

Lewis Sorley, a former soldier, is a graduate of West Point and holds a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins. His Army service included tank and armored cavalry units in Germany, Vietnam, and the U.S., Pentagon staff duty, and teaching at West Point and the Army War College.

His books include two biographies, Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times and Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Johnson and the Ethics of Command. The Johnson biography received the Army Historical Foundation's Distinguished Book Award. An excerpt of the Abrams biography won the Peterson Prize as the year's best scholarly article on military history. He has also been awarded the General Andrew Goodpaster Prize for military scholarship by the American Veterans Center.

His book A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. His edited work Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972 received the Army Historical Foundation's Trefry Prize for providing a unique perspective on the art of command. He has also written Honor Bright: History and Origins of the West Point Honor Code and System and edited a two-volume work entitled Press On! Selected Works of General Donn A. Starry. He is currently researching a biography of General William C. Westmoreland.

Customers Also Bought Items By

H.R. McMaster	Walter R. Born...
Mark Moyar	Thomas E. Ricks
Mark Bowden	Gregory A. Daddis
Brian VanDeMark	Neil Sheehan
Robert S. McNa...	James Stavridis
Roberts McNamara	Bernard B. Fall
Gordon M. Gold...	David Halberstam
Andrew F. Krep...	Nick Turse

Are You an Author?

Help us improve our Author Pages by updating your bibliography and submitting a new or current image and biography.

› Learn more at Author Central

$10.83
Paperback
$2.63
Hardcover
$10.99
Kindle Edition
$19.95
Paperback
$0.99
Paperback
Hardcover
$40.00
Hardcover
$16.42
Paperback

Books by Lewis Sorley

Showing 8 Results Books : Advanced Search

A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam
Apr 10, 2007
by Lewis Sorley
Paperback
^$ 10 ⁸³ $16.95
FREE Shipping on eligible orders
In Stock
More Buying Choices
$1.33used & new(128 offers)
Kindle Edition
^$ 12 ⁰²
Whispersync for Voice-ready
Other Formats:Paperback, Hardcover, Audible Audio Edition
126
Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Time
Sep 1, 1992
by Lewis Sorley
Hardcover
$2.63used & new(79 offers)
Paperback
^$ 19 ²⁰ $24.00
FREE Shipping on eligible orders
Only 6 left in stock - order soon.
More Buying Choices
$6.47used & new(50 offers)
20
Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam
Oct 11, 2011
by Lewis Sorley
Kindle Edition
^$ 12 ⁵⁰
Auto-delivered wirelessly
Paperback
^$ 5 ⁸⁷ $15.95
FREE Shipping on eligible orders
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
More Buying Choices
$1.00used & new(80 offers)
Other Formats:Hardcover
117
Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Johnson and the Ethics of Command (Modern War Studies (Paperback))
Apr 30, 1998
by Lewis Sorley
Paperback
^$ 19 ⁹⁵
FREE Shipping on eligible orders
Only 6 left in stock - order soon.
More Buying Choices
$9.15used & new(16 offers)
Hardcover
^$ 39 ⁹⁴
FREE Shipping on eligible orders
Only 1 left in stock - order soon.
More Buying Choices
$16.94used & new(24 offers)
14
LSC Honor Bright: History and Origins of the West Point Honor Code and System (CPS2 - USMA)
Aug 5, 2008
by Lewis Sorley
Paperback
$0.99used & new(18 offers)
5
Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times by Lewis Sorley (2008-02-26)
1750
by Lewis Sorley
Paperback
$26.74used & new(16 offers)
Audio Cassette
$19.00used & new(1 offer)
Arms Transfers under Nixon: A Policy Analysis
Dec 31, 1981
by Lewis Sorley
Hardcover
^$ 40 ⁰⁰
FREE Shipping on eligible orders
Temporarily out of stock. Order now and we'll deliver when available.
More Buying Choices
$5.98used & new(26 offers)
Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times by Sorley Lewis (2008-02-26) Paperback
1726
by Lewis Sorley
Paperback
$16.42used & new(27 offers)

See search results for author "Lewis Sorley" in Books