Rick Hillier

Broschiertes Buch

A Soldier First

Bullets, Bureaucrats and the Politics of War

Beschreibung

Canada's most popular military leader since World War II, General Rick Hillier tells his own story in A Soldier First--a frank, honest, eye-opening account of the General's quick climb through the ranks.

Autor

General Rick Hillier, born in Newfoundland and Labrador, enlisted in the Canadian Forces in 1973 through the Regular Officer Training Plan program. He graduated from Memorial University in 1975 with a B.Sc. degree. In May 2003 Hillier was appointed Commander of the Army, and in October 2003 he was selected as the Commander of the NATO-led International security Assistance Force (IsAF) in Kabul, Afghanistan. General Hillier was promoted to Chief of the Defence staff in February 2005 and stepped down in the summer of 2008.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Harper
• Seitenzahl: 552
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. März 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 770g
• ISBN-13: 9780062026675
• ISBN-10: 0062026674
• Artikelnr.: 29976632