Geoffrey Perret
Geoffrey Perret served in the US Army from 1958 to 1961 and attended the University of Southern California, Harvard, and the University of California at Berkeley. His first book was the award-winning Days of Sadness, Years of Triumph, his account of America’s home front during World War II. He is author of numerous other books. He lives in England but frequently visits the United States.
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Old Soldiers Never Die
- By: Geoffrey Perret
- Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach
- Length: 29 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
Always colorful, always controversial, Douglas MacArthur is one of the dominant characters in American military history. To his admirers, he was the greatest American soldier; to his critics, he was a five-star fake. With unprecedented access to... Read more
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