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GENERAL CREIGHTON ABRAMS

GENERAL CREIGHTON ABRAMS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE LEADERSHIP OF AN AMERICAN

Creighton W. Abrams was a graduate of the 1936 class of the United States Military Academy at West Point. Holding the rank of fourstar General, Creighton Abrams died in September 1974 while serving as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army. General Abrams was the last commander of American troops in Vietnam. Very early in Creighton Abrams Army career, he played an instrumental role in the relief of American forces at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. As Chief of Staff of the United States Army, General Abrams laid the plans for the buildup of the Army that occurred during the Reagan Administration, as well as defined the armororiented, mechanized character of the revitalized Army. Each of these three stages of the military career of Creighton Abrams provided unique opportunities for both the development and the application of the General's leadership skills.

This examination of the leadership practiced by Creighton Abrams covers the spectrum of the General's life. In the following chapter (Chapter 2) a brief biographical sketch of Creighton Abrams is presented, while the concept of leadership, particularly as that concept is applied in military organizations, is defined and examined in Chapter 3. Creighton Abrams strengths and weaknesses as a military leader, together with the General's accomplishments as a military commander, are reviewed in Chapter 4. A summary of the study, together with conclusions drawn from the study findings, are presented in the final chapter (Chapter 5).

Creighton W. Abrams did not descend from a long line of military officers, as did Douglas MacArthur and George Patton; nor was Abrams the son of an aristocratic family, as was William Westmoreland. Rather, Creighton Abrams was born in September 1914 into a middleclass family in New England. Abrams' father was a railroad repairman.

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