Lewis Sorley

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  • Sorley, Lewis, editor. The Vietnam War: An Assessment by South Vietnam's Generals. Lubbock, Tex: Texas Tech University Press, 2010. ISBN   9780896726437 OCLC   262883089
  • Honor Bright: History and Origins of the West Point Honor Code and System. Columbus: McGraw Hill, 2008. ISBN   9780073537788
  • Vietnam Chronicles: the Abrams Tapes, 1968–1972. Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2004. ISBN   0896725332 OCLC   54391939
  • A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Vietnam. Orlando: Houghton Mifflin, 1999. ISBN   0151002665 OCLC   40609184
  • Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Johnson and the Ethics of Command. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1999. ISBN   0700608869 OCLC   38043059
  • Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. ISBN   0671701150 OCLC   25549278
  • Arms Transfers Under Nixon: A Policy Analysis. Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1981 ISBN   978-0813104041 OCLC   973117620
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    Lewis Sorley
    Born (1934-08-03) August 3, 1934 (age 89)
    Academic background
    EducationPh.D., Johns Hopkins University
    Alma mater United States Military Academy
    Army War College