Bibliograph

The generals, American military command from World War II to today, Thomas E. Ricks

Type

Label

The generals, American military command from World War II to today, Thomas E. Ricks

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The generals

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

780480462

Responsibility statement

Thomas E. Ricks

Sub title

American military command from World War II to today

Summary

History has been kinder to the American generals of World War II - Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley - than to the generals of the wars that followed. Is it merely nostalgia? Thomas E. Ricks answers the question definitively: No, it is not, in no small part because of a widening gulf between performance and accountability. During the Second World War, scores of American generals were relieved of command simply for not being good enough

Target audience

adult

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