Military Review English Edition November-December 2014 | Page 136

This insightful book demonstrates that Stavridis’ rise to command at U.S. Southern Command and later to become the first admiral to serve as SACEUR and USEUCOM commander was not, as the title suggests, an accident. Lt. Cmdr. Harold A. Laurence, U.S. Navy, Retired, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas THE GERMAN A L