Beetle = the life of general Walter ...
Crosswell, D. K. R.

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  • Beetle = the life of general Walter Bedell Smith /
  • 紀錄類型: 書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
    正題名/作者: Beetle/ D.K.R. Crosswell.
    其他題名: the life of general Walter Bedell Smith /
    作者: Crosswell, D. K. R.
    出版者: Lexington :University Press of Kentucky, : c2010.,
    面頁冊數: 1 online resource (xvii, 1070 p.) :maps.
    內容註: Epilogue as prologue : soldier, diplomat, spymaster. Soldier turned diplomat ; Expecting the worse ; Dulles's number two ; The Geneva Conference ; "Ike's prat boy" -- Officership in the army ofthe "long generation," 1917-1939. Born to be a soldier ; The summons to war ; "They don't make 'em any better than Smith" ; "Expunge the bunk, complications, and ponderosities" ; The other class stars fell on ; "No one ever graduates" -- The towering figure : George C. Marshall. The chief's apprentice ; Forging the mold ; "Exceptionally qualified for service as Chief of Staff" -- The Mediterranean campaign. "Smith will save Ike" ; "We areon the threshold of a magnificent success" ; "Thank God you are in London" ; "We shall continue to flounder" ; "Allies are very difficult people to fight with" ; The many travails of an Allied Chief of Staff ; The road to Messina ; The Italian job ; "A feeling of restrained optimism" ; "We conduct our wars in a most curious way" -- France 1944. The Supreme Command ; "Enough to drive you mad" ; "It's go" ; Normandy deadlock ; What has the Supreme Command amounted to? ; End the War in '44 ; "The logistical bottleneck now dictates strategy" ; Apres le deluge -- The victory campaign. One desperate blow ; Dejà vu all over again ; The German is a whipped enemy ; Mission fulfilled -- Appendixes. Marshall's reorganized War Department General Staff ; AFHQ command and staff structure ; SHAEF command and staff structure.
    標題: Statesmen - Biography - United States -
    標題: United States - Economic policy - 1981-1993 -
    電子資源: http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813126500/Full text available:
    ISBN: 9780813126500 (electronic bk.)
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