Ricks, Thomas E.
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
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Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-532) and index.
- 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.
- An epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to Iraq.
Subjects:
- Generals — United States — History — 20th century.
- United States — History, Military — 20th century — Case studies.
- Command of troops — History — 20th century — Case studies.
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