Charles Sweeny, the Man Who Inspired Hemingway

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McFarland, 19 sept 2017 - 288 páginas

Charles Sweeny (1882-1963) was the heir to a fortune. Renouncing a life of comfort, he became a warrior for causes he believed in. Twice kicked out of West Point, he fought in revolts against three Latin American dictators. He was a decorated officer in the French Foreign Legion and in the U.S. Army during World War I, a brigadier general in the Polish-Soviet War and a military advisor in the Greco-Turkish War. He led a flying squadron in Morocco's Rif War, advised Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and spied for French intelligence during World War II.

Before America entered the war, he dodged FBI agents and U.S. neutrality laws to recruit American pilots to fight the Nazis and became a group captain in the R.A.F.'s Eagle Squadron. After Pearl Harbor, he worked with "Wild Bill" Donovan to devise guerrilla campaigns in North Africa and Eastern Europe. This richly detailed biography draws on Sweeny's personal papers, historical documents and photographs to chronicle the fascinating life of America's most celebrated soldier of fortune--a lifelong friend of Ernest Hemingway and a model for his fictional heroes.

 

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Preface
1
Heroes Role Models and Legends
5
1 Family Influences
19
2 His Early Years
37
3 West Point Cadet
43
4 Revolution in Mexico
52
A Stand Against a Tyrant
58
Deposing Zelaya
66
14 Dodging the FBI to Recruit Pilots for France
165
15 The Eagle Squadrons and the Battle of Britain
178
16 Wild Bill Donovan and the office of Strategic Services
196
17 Moment of Truth or How Sweeny Would Have Won World War II
203
18 A Thorn in the Side of Roosevelt
208
19 2600 Walker Lane
218
20 Defending Petain
221
21 Blaming FDR for Pearl Harbor
228

7 Paris Wife and Children
73
8 French Foreign Legion in the First World War
79
9 Over the Top with the US Army
112
10 PolishSoviet War
133
11 GrecoTurkish War
140
12 Morocco and the Rif War
145
13 Spanish Civil War
158
22 World Disorder and Revolution
237
23 Sweenys Last War
241
Chapter Notes
253
Bibliography
271
Index
275
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Charles Sweeny, the Man Who Inspired Hemingway
Charley Roberts,Charles P. Hess
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Sobre el autor (2017)

Charley Roberts is a journalist and military historian. He has been an investigative reporter and state capital correspondent for the Orange County Register and Washington bureau chief and executive editor of the Los Angeles Daily Journal. He lives in Roseville, California. Charles P. Hess is a business executive and historian and has published several books on historical characters in Utah. He lives in Taylorsville, Utah.

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TítuloCharles Sweeny, the Man Who Inspired Hemingway
AutoresCharley Roberts, Charles P. Hess
Ediciónilustrada
EditorMcFarland, 2017
ISBN147662884X, 9781476628844
N.º de páginas288 páginas
  
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