Book review: Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals

Authors

Wylie W. Johnson

Files

Description

Author: Doug Melville

Reviewed by: Reverend Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, chaplain (retired), US Army War College Class of 2010

Author Doug Melville’s multigenerational biography presents the little-known story of his family and two of its military veterans who always believed in the American dream—Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Sr., the first Black US Army general, and his son, General Benjamin O. Davis Jr., the first Black US Air Force brigadier general. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson reviewed the book because he was so impressed when he heard then–Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis Jr. speak in chapel at his evangelical college.

Copyright: ©2025 Wylie W. Johnson

Publication Date

1-31-2025

Keywords

Benjamin O. Davis Jr., buffalo soldiers, Red Tails, Tuskegee Airmen, military and society

Disciplines

Defense and Security Studies

Recommended Citation

Wylie W. Johnson, Book review: Invisible Generals: Rediscovering Family Legacy, and a Quest to Honor America’s First Black Generals ( US Army War College Press, 2025),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/73