The American military command from World War II to today Ricks, Thomas E. creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Penguin Press 2012 monographic eng

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558 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. Prologue: Captain William DePuy and the 90th Division in Normandy, summer 1944 -- Pt. I. 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. II. 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 -- Pt. III. The Vietnam War : Maxwell Taylor: architect of defeat ; William Westmoreland: the organization man in command ; William DuPuy: World War II-style generalship in Vietnam ; The collapse of generalship in the 1960s: At the top, In the field, In personnel policy ; Tet '68: the end of Westmoreland and the turning point of the war ; My Lai: General Koster's cover-up and General Peers's investigation ; The end of a war, the end of an Army -- Pt. Iv. Interwar : DePuy's great rebuilding ; "How to teach judgment" -- Pt. V. Iraq and the hidden costs of rebuilding : Colin Powell, Norman Swartzkopf, and the empty triumph of the 1991 war ; The ground war: Swartzkopf vs. Frederick Franks ; The post-Gulf War military ; Tommy R. Franks: two-time loser ; Ricardo Sanchez: over his head ; George Casey: trying but treading water ; David Petraeus: an outlier moves in, then leaves -- Epilogue: Restoring American military leadership. Thomas E. Ricks. Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-532) and index. n-us--- Primera Jornada de Catalogacion Generals United States History 20th century United States History, Military 20th century Case studies Estados Unidos Historia militar Siglo XX Command of troops History 20th century Case studies Generales Estados Unidos Tropas de comandos 002 E 745 R539g 2012 355.00922 9781594204043 0143124099 9780143124092 2012015110 DLC 120423 20230404125816.0 114093