A Question Of Loyalty: General Billy Mitchell & The Court Marshall That Gripped The Nation

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Documents the events surrounding the heated 1920s trial of World War I army air service leader Billy Mitchell who helped establish the modern Air Force, describing his personality, the dissatisfactions that prompted him to accuse the president and other officers of treason and criminal negligence, and his sensational seven-week court-martial. Repri

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Named to the Washington Post Book World's "Best of 2004" list -- Washington Post Book World

Named to the Chicago Tribune's "Best of 2004" list -- Chicago Tribune Books

Named to the Booklist Editors' Choice 2004 list -- Booklist

"Fascinating book" -- John Lehman (member of the 9/11 Commission), Washington Post Book World

"Waller has probably done his best work ever in this recounting of Mitchell's life and trial" -- Booklist (starred review)

"Facinating . . . A Question of Loyalty is a must-read" -- Wall Street Journal

"[A] fascinating well-told story of a military maverick's life" -- Chicago Tribune

"Don't pass up Douglas Waller's riveting read about the legendary Billy Mitchell, whose rebellion captivated a nation." -- Senator John McCain

"Buy this and get ready to hang on to your seats! A gripping true-life trial. I loved it." -- Greta Van Susteren, Fox News

Author Bio

Douglas C. Waller is the diplomatic correspondent for TIME magazine. Before joining TIME in 1994, he was a defense and foreign policy correspondent for Newsweek. Before joining Newsweek in 1988, he spend 8 years working in the U.S. Congress, for Rep. Edward J. Markey and Sen. William Proxmire. He is the author of THE COMMANDOS: The Inside Story of America's Secret Soldiers and AIR WARRIORS: The Inside Story of the Making of a Navy Pilot. He holds a B.A. in English from Wake Forest University and an M.A. in Urban Administration from the University of North Carolina.