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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/780480462 Title: The generals : American military command from World War II to today Author: Thomas E Ricks Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012. ISBN/ISSN: 9781594204043 1594204047 OCLC:780480462

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The generals : American military command from World War II to today

Author:	Thomas E Ricks
Publisher:	New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	An epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq.
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Genre/Form:	Case studies
Material Type:	Biography
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Thomas E Ricks Find more information about:
ISBN:	9781594204043 1594204047
OCLC Number:	780480462
Description:	558 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents:	Prologue. Captain William DePuy and the 90th Division in Normandy, summer 1944 -- pt. 1. World War II. General George G. Marshall : the leader ; Dwight Eisenhower : how the Marshall system worked ; George Patton : the specialist ; Mark Clark : the man in the middle ; "Terrible Terry" Allen : conflict between Marshall and his protégés ; Eisenhower manages Montgomery ; Douglas MacArthur : the general as presidential aspirant ; William Simpson : the Marshall system and the new model American general -- pt. 2. The Korean War. William Dean and Douglas MacArthur : two generals self-destruct ; Army generals fail at Chosin ; O. P. Smith succeeds at Choisin ; Ridgway turns the war around ; MacArthur's last stand ; The organization man's Army
Responsibility:	Thomas E. Ricks.

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From the #1 bestselling author of "Fiasco" and "The Gamble," an epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq. Read more...

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