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050 00 $aE745$b.R47 2012
082 00 $a355.0092/2$aB$223
100 1 $aRicks, Thomas E.
245 14 $aThe generals :$bAmerican military command from World War II to today /$cThomas E. Ricks.
260 $aNew York :$bPenguin Press,$c2012.
300 $a558 p., [16] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [467]-532) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue. 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
520 $aAn epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq.
650 0 $aGenerals$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory, Military$y20th century$vCase studies.
650 0 $aCommand of troops$xHistory$y20th century$vCase studies.
852 00 $bglx$hE745$i.R47 2012