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Lewis Sorley (1934-2024) Historian. Lewis Sorley was born in West Point, New York, and died in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

Full Name

Lewis Stone Sorley III

Locations

Orange

Author's Timeline

1934

Birth

Orange County: Lewis Stone Sorley III was born in West Point, New York, on August 3, 1934.

1956

Other Life Event

Orange County: Mr. Sorley received a bachelor of science degree in military engineering from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, in 1956.

1981

Literary Work

Arms Transfers Under Nixon: A Policy Analysis
University Press of Kentucky
0813104041 / 978-0813104041
Nonfiction.

1992

Literary Work

Thunderbolt: General Creighton Abrams and the Army of His Times
Simon and Schuster
0671701150 / 978-0671701154
Nonfiction.

1998

Literary Work

Honorable Warrior: General Harold K. Johnson and the Ethics of Command
University Press of Kansas
0700608869 / 978-0700608867
Nonfiction.

1999

Literary Work

A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America’s Last Years in Vietnam
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0151002665 / 978-0151002665
Nonfiction.

2004

Literary Work

Vietnam Chronicles: The Abrams Tapes, 1968-1972
Texas Tech University Press
0896725332 / 978-0896725331
Nonfiction.

2008

Literary Work

Honor Bright: History and Origins of the West Point Honor Code and System
Learning Solutions
0073537780 / 978-0073537788
Nonfiction.

2011

Literary Work

Westmoreland: The General Who Lost Vietnam
Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0547518269 / 978-0547518268
Nonfiction.

2024

Death

Lewis Sorley died at his home in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on September 25, 2024.

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