Synopsis

How in the heck did a European prince-turned-stateless-penniless-WWII refugee become America’s highest-ranking general?

This question drives BOY ON THE BRIDGE, the first-ever biography of John Shalikashvili, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff (1993-97).

No boring military biography, it’s instead lively and nuanced character study. Check out the book trailer to meet the five spectacular people — a prince, three countesses, and a brassy teenage girl from the mid-west–who played a huge role in creating a very nontraditional national security leader.

How so? Gen. Colin Powell said of his successor: “He’s a quiet, decent man and a very hard worker. There is a mistaken notion that you have to have Pattonesque qualities to be a great general. You don’t need to rant and rave or be an arrogant jerk to be successful. Shali showed that.”

For more, visit: https://www.boyonbridge.com and https://www.facebook.com/Gen.Shali.Biography

To order:  https://www.amazon.com/Boy-Bridge-Shalikashvilis-American-Success/dp/0813178029/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1566999873&sr=8-2

Additional Book Details

Publish date

06/10/2019

Publisher

University Press of Kentucky

Producer

Andrew Marble

Producer Website

www.boyonbridge.com