A biography of the outstanding basketball player who joined the Boston Celtics in the 1956-1957 season and led the team to eleven NBA championships in the thirteen years he played.
An account of the Office of Strategic Services and its agents during the Second World War uses recently declassified government files to reconstruct exciting and dangerous missions that took place in North Africa, Europe, and the Far East
Traces the accomplishments of the 4th Armored Division under General Patton in its sweep into Brittany and its victory at Bastogne in the Battle of the Bulge.
Relates how "good pitching will always beat good hitting," by describing the careers of men like Whitey Ford, Don Drysdale, Denny McLain, Sandy Koufax, Cy Young, and others.