- Max Boot
Max Boot (born 1969 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is an American author, editorialist, lecturer and military historian. He has been a prominent advocate for neoconservative foreign policy, once describing his own position as support for the use of "American might to promote American ideals" throughout the world. He is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, a contributing editor to "The Weekly Standard", … - George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945) was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II in campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany, 1943-45. In World War I he was a senior commander of the new tank corps and saw action in France. After the war he was an advocate of armored warfare but was reassigned to the cavalry. In World War II he commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. - Gordon R. Sullivan
General Gordon R. Sullivan was born September 25, 1937 in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Quincy. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of Armor and awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Norwich University in 1959. He holds a Master of Arts degree in political science from the University of New Hampshire. His professional military education includes the U.S. Army Armor School Basic and Advanced Courses, the Command and General Staff College, … - Creighton Abrams
Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a United States Army general who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968-72 which saw U.S. troop strength fall from 530,000 to 30,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1972 until shortly before his death in 1974. In honor of Abrams, the U.S. Army named the XM1 main battle tank after him as the M1 Abrams. - Lesley J. McNair
General Lesley James McNair (May 25, 1883 - July 25, 1944) was an American Army officer who served during World War I and World War II. - Jack Keane
John (Jack) Keane (born 1945) is a retired four-star general and former Vice Chief of Staff of the United States Army, and a defense analyst. Keane attended Fordham University, graduating with a bachelor's degree in accounting in 1966. He then attended Western Kentucky University, graduating with a master's degree in philosophy. He then attended Army War College and the Command and General Staff College. Keane served in the Vietnam War as a paratrooper. - Hunter Liggett
Hunter Liggett (March 21, 1857- December 30, 1935) was a lieutenant general of the United States Army. His forty-two years of service spanned the period from the Indian campaigns to trench warfare. Liggett was born in Reading, Pennsylvania. After his graduation from West Point as an infantry lieutenant in 1879, field service in the American West, the Spanish American War, and the Philippine-American War honed his skills as a troop leader. - George Joulwan
George Alfred Joulwan (born November 16, 1939, Pottsville, Pennsylvania) was a United States Army general, and is now a businessman. Joulwan, of Lebanese origin, studied at the United States Military Academy and Loyola University. He served from June 1966 to November 1967 and from June 1971 to January 1972 in Vietnam. He attended the Army War College, and served on the Staff and Faculty until 1979. He commanded the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized), … - Matthew Bogdanos
Col. Matthew Bogdanos has been an Assistant District Attorney in Manhattan since 1988. A colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserves, middleweight boxer, author, and native New Yorker, he was raised waiting tables in his family’s Greek restaurant in lower Manhattan and attended Don Bosco High School. He was graduated cum laude, receiving a Phi Beta Kappa award, with honors in Classics, from Bucknell University in 1980. - Donn A. Starry
General Donn Albert Starry (1925-), perhaps best remembered for his influence on the Army as commander of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1948 as a second lieutenant of Armor, after having enlisted as a private in 1943. His early career included staff and command positions in the United States, Europe, and Korea. - Leslie Groves
Leslie Richard Groves (August 17, 1896 - July 13, 1970) was a United States Army officer who oversaw the construction of the Pentagon and was the primary military leader in charge of the Manhattan Project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II. Descended from French Huguenots who came to America in the 17th century, Leslie Groves was the son of a U.S. Army chaplain. - Franklin L. Hagenbeck
Lieutenant General Franklin L. Hagenbeck assumed duties as the 57th Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, in June 2006. Previous to his assignment at West Point, he was the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1 United States Army, Washington, D.C. General Hagenbeck was born on November 25, 1949, in Morocco to a U.S. Navy family. He attended high school in Jacksonville, Florida, and was commissioned from the U.S. Military Academy in 1971. - Robert L. Eichelberger
Robert Lawrence Eichelberger (9 March 1886 - 26 September 1961) was a general in the United States Army, who commanded the US Eighth Army in the South West Pacific Area during World War II. Eichelberger was born at Urbana, Ohio. He entered the Army as an infantry lieutenant from the U.S. Military Academy in 1909. For the next several years, he saw service in Panama and the U.S.-Mexico border before joining the American Expeditionary Force Siberia. - Nobuyuki Abe
"'"', (24 November 1875-7 September 1953) was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, Governor-General of Korea, and 36th Prime Minister of Japan from 30 August 1939 to 16 January 1940. - Jack N. Merritt
General Jack N. Merritt (October 23, 1930 in Lawton, Oklahoma -) entered the Army as a private in 1952 at the height of the Korean War and over the next thirty-five years rose to 4-star rank. From battery command in Korea to the 1st Cavalry Division Artillery at Fort Hood, Texas, he commanded at every level in the Field Artillery. He was the Honor Graduate of his Officer Candidate School class in 1953, top graduate of his Artillery Advance Course, … - Ben Lear
Benjamin Lear was a U.S. Army General. Ben Lear was born in Hamilton, Ontario on 12 May 1879. His military service began in 1898, when he enlisted with the 1st Colorado Infantry, USV, for the Spanish-American War as a First Sergeant. He was promoted to second lieutenant during the Philippine-American War in the 1st Colorado and later in the 36th Infantry, USV, but joined the regular army as a sergeant at the end of the war. - Ahmad Faruqui
Ahmad Faruqui is a defense analyst and economist. He is a frequent contributor to Daily Times (Lahore, Pakistan, www.dailytimes.com.pk.). He has authored "Rethinking the National Security of Pakistan" (Ashgate Publishing, 2003). He has contributed op-ed pieces on national security issues to Asia Times (Hong Kong), The News Sentinel (Fort Wayne, Indiana), Journal Star (Peoria, Illinois), The Contra Costa Times (Danville, California), The Friday Times (Lahore, Pakistan), … - Troy H. Middleton
Lieutenant General Troy Houston Middleton (October 12, 1889-October 9, 1976) was a distinguished soldier-educator who served as a corps commander in Europe during World War II and, later, as President of Louisiana State University (LSU). Commissioned in the United States Army in 1912, Middleton rose to the rank of colonel by 1918, the youngest officer of that rank in the American Expeditionary Forces. - Preston Brown
Preston Brown (1872-1948) was an American army officer, born in Lexington, Kentucky. He graduated from Yale in 1892 and entered the army as a private. He was commissioned 2d lieutenant in 1897 and rose through the various grades; he became a major in 1916 and a lieutenant-colonel in 1917. In 1918 he was appointed colonel of the national army and in August of the same year was promoted to be brigadier-general. - John Wilson Ruckman
John Wilson Ruckman (1858-1921), was born at Deers, Illinois, a flag-station just southeast of the University of Illinois. Biographies, however, usually list his place of birth as Sidney, Illinois (Champaign County). His parents, Thomas and Mary O'Brien Ruckman, were farmers. - William Veazie Pratt
William Veazie Pratt (28 February 1869 - 25 November 1957) was an admiral in the United States Navy. He served as the president of the Naval War College and as the Chief of Naval Operations. Pratt was born in Belfast, Maine. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1889, he served in several cruisers and gunboats, visiting Europe, South America and Asia. During 1895-97, Ensign Pratt had the first of three instructor tours at the Naval Academy. - Samuel Baldwin Marks Young
Samuel Baldwin Marks Young (January 9, 1840 - September 1, 1924) was a United States Army general. He also served as the first president of Army War College between 1902 and 1903. He then served from 1903 until 1904 as the first Chief of Staff of the United States Army. Young was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to John Young Jr. and Hannah Scott Young. He was educated at Jefferson College (now Washington & Jefferson College) and married Margaret McFadden in 1861. - Robert C. Richardson Jr.
General Robert Charlwood Richardson, Jr. was a U.S. Army general and commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific (Hawaiian Department) during the height of World War II in 1943 until his retirement in 1946. During that time he was also named military governor of Hawaii and Commanding General of U.S. Army Forces in the Pacific Ocean Areas. This latter position did not entail operational control, however. Commissioned from the United States Military Academy in 1904, … - George S. Simonds
George S. Simonds was a U.S. Army General. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1899. After graduation he was assigned to the 22d Infantry. He served in the Philippines and China. He returned to West Point in 1904 as an instructor in the Department of Law. In addition from 1915 to 1917 he also taught in the Department of Tactics. When World War I began, he was sent to France as an observer. - John E. Hull
General John Edwin Hull (May 26, 1895 in Greenfield, Ohio - June 10, 1975) was a U.S. Army general, former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, commanded Far East Command from 1953-1955 and the U.S. Army, Pacific from 1948-1949. He served in both world wars and was a contemporary of General George Marshall and General Omar Bradley. Because of his primary role in planning Allied operations throughout World War II, … - Paul D. Adams
General Paul DeWitt Adams was born in Alabama on October 6, 1906. After graduating from Marion Military Institute in 1924, he entered the United States Military Academy and graduated in 1928, receiving his commission in the Infantry. He served with the 1st Special Service Force during their invason of Kiska in 1943. Following that assignment, he was made Commanding Officer, … - Charles L. Bolte
General Charles Lawrence Bolte began his military career in 1916 when he earned a commission in the Army as a second lieutenant. Two years later, he shipped off for France and saw action in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne offensive as a member of the 58th Infantry, 4th Division. Bolte returned to the United States as a captain in 1919, completed the Infantry Advanced Course at Fort Benning in 1930, … - James F. Collins
General James F. Collins commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific from April 1961 until his retirement in 1964, and was President of the American Red Cross from 1964 until 1970. A graduate of the United States Military Academy, he gained his commission in 1927 into the Field Artillery. He later attended the National War College. He also worked in the Hawaiian Division before the outbreak of World War II, during which he served exclusively in the Pacific Theater. - Heitaro Kimura
Born in 1888, Heitaro Kimura graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1908, and from Army War College in 1916. In the late 1920's he was attached to the Inspectorate of Artillery and an instructor at the Field Artillery School. In 1929 he was attached to the General Staff and was a member of the Japanese Delegation to the London Disarmament Conference from 1929 to 1931. From 1931 to 1932 he commanded the 22nd Artillery Regiment, … - Charles T. Menoher
Major General Charles T. Menoher (1862-1930) was a U.S. Army general and commanded the U.S. Army Hawaiian Department from 1924-1925. The son of a Civil War veteran, was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1886 with a commission in the Artillery. He later graduated from the Army War College and was selected for the original General Staff Corps where he served from 1903-1907. - Dwight E. Beach
General Dwight Edward Beach commanded the U.S. Forces Korea from 1965-1966 and U.S. Army, Pacific from September 1966 to July 1968. He gained his commission in 1932 into the Field Artillery. He served in World War II in the Pacific theater, participating in four amphibious assaults, as well as in the Korean War. Beach was born in Chelsea, Michigan, on July 20, 1908, … - Ralph E. Haines Jr.
General Ralph E. Haines, Jr. was Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, and commanded the U.S. Army, Pacific from August 1968 to October 1970. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1935 with a commission in the Infantry. He later attended the Armed Forces Staff College, the Army War College, the National War College and the Army Management School. Prior to World War II he served in the Philippine Scouts and during the war he served in Italy. - Jakob Meckel
Klemens Wilhelm Jacob Meckel; (28 March 1842 - 5 July 1905) was a general in the Prussian army and foreign advisor to the government of Meiji period Japan. Meckel was born in Koln, Germany. He graduated from the Prussian Army Staff College in 1867. After the government of Meiji period Japan decided to model the Imperial Japanese Army after the Prussian army, following the German victory over the French in the Franco-Prussian War, … - Prince Takeda Tsunehisa
was the founder of the Takeda-no-miya ōke branch of Japanese Imperial Family. - Toshizo Nishio
was a Japanese general, considered to be one of the Imperial Japanese Army's most successful and ablest strategists during the Second Sino-Japanese War, who commanded the Japanese Second Army during the first years of the China Incident. Nishio was born in Tottori Prefecture, and was a graduate of the 14th class of the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1902, and the 22nd class of the Army War College (Japan). - Torashiro Kawabe
(1890-1960) was a Japanese general and served as Deputy Chief of Army General Staff within the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second World War. He was also the younger brother of General Masakazu Kawabe. Born in Toyama prefecture, Kawabe entered the Imperial Japanese Army Academy graduating in 1912. After completing his studies at the Artillery and Engineers School in 1915, and later the Army War College in 1921, … - Takeshi Mori
Lieutenant General "'"' (1894-15 August 1945) was the commander of the Japanese Empire's First Imperial Guards Division, at the end of World War II. Mori taught at the Army War College in 1938, and held a number of other military roles before becoming commander of the First Imperial Guards in 1945. *1941-1942: Deputy Chief of Staff 6th Army, Manchuria *1942-1943: Chief of Staff 6th Army, … - Hatazō Adachi
Hatazō (Hotaze) Adachi was a Japanese General during World War II. Born in Ishikawa Prefecture, he graduated from the Imperial Japanese Army Academy in 1910 and from the Army War College in 1922. He was made a Colonel in 1934, and a Lieutenant-General in 1940, was chief of staff of the North China Area Army (Army group) from 1941-1942, commander of the 18th Army on Rabaul and the North coast of New Guinea from 1942-1945. - John E. Dahlquist
General John Ernest Dahlquist was a U.S. Army general and World War II divison commander. In the course of his career, he commanded three different army divisions, commanded at the corps and field army level, and rose to 4 star rank. Dahlquist was born on March 12, 1896 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He graduated from the University of Minnesota and served in the occupation forces in Germany after World War I. He received a direct commission in 1917. - James Edward Moore
General James Edward Moore (United States Army) was born on November 29, 1902 in New Bedford, Massachusetts and died on January 28, 1986. General Moore graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1924 and served in the Army until his retirement in 1963. Notable assignments include: Chief of Staff, 35th Infantry Division 1942, Chief of Staff, 30th Infantry Division 1942-43, Chief of Staff, XII Corps 1943, Chief of Staff, 4th US.Army 1943-44, Chief of Staff, …
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