Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine
A Biography, Military, Nonfiction book. BRUTE: A biography of Lt Gen Victor Brute Krulak by Robert CoramVictor Krulak was an...
From the earliest days of his thirty-four-year military career, Victor "Brute" Krulak displayed a remarkable facility for applying creative ways of fighting to the Marine Corps. He went on daring spy missions, was badly wounded, pioneered the use of amphibious vehicles, and masterminded the invasion of Okinawa. In Korea, he was a combat hero and invented the use of helicopters in warfare....
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Just couldn't get into this book at all. Robert Coram gives the impression of being a completely amateur author who can't decide whether he's writing history, biography, memoir, or some sort of technical guide to Marine Corp politics. There are nasty personal stories about Brute Krulak, but no sense of what really drove him. The history... As I mentioned in a note, the author's writing was not up to his subject. Gen. Krulak's career is an interesting story worthy of a biography but this book just didn't cut it. For someone really interested in a history of the USMC in the Twentieth Century this biography would be worth the read for background but probably more so for... BRUTE: A biography of Lt Gen Victor Brute Krulak by Robert CoramVictor Krulak was an unlikely candidate for the Naval Academy. His family were of Russian Jewish stock ( a fact he hid all of his life) and he only stood 54 tall and weighed in at 116 lbs. Technically too short and too light weight for the academy. With an average score...
