From national bestselling author and acclaimed military historian Robert L. O'Connell a
dynamic history of four military leaders whose extraordinary leadership and strategy led the
United States to success during World War I and beyond. By the first half of the twentieth
century technology had transformed warfare into a series of intense bloodbaths in which the
line between soldiers and civilians was obliterated resulting in the deaths of one hundred
million people. During this period four men exhibited unparalleled military leadership that
led the United States victoriously through two World Wars: Douglas MacArthur George Patton
George Marshall and Dwight Ike Eisenhower or as bestselling author Robert O'Connell calls
them Team America. O'Connell captures these men's unique charisma as he chronicles the path
each forged-from their upbringings to their educational experiences to their storied military
careers-experiences that shaped them into majestic leaders who would play major roles in saving
the free world and preserving the security of the United States in times of unparalleled
danger. O'Connell shows how the lives of these men-all born within the span of a decade-twisted
around each other like a giant braid in time. Throughout their careers they would use each
other brilliantly in a series of symbiotic relationships that would hold increasingly greater
consequences. At the end of their star-studded careers (twenty-four out of a possible
twenty-five) O'Connell concludes that what set Team America apart was not their ability to
wield the proverbial sword but rather their ability to plot strategy give orders and inspire
others. The key ingredients to their success was mental agility a gravitas that masked their
intensity and an almost intuitive understanding of how armies in the millions actually
functioned and fought. Without the leadership of these men O'Connell makes clear the world we
know would be vastly different.
