| 紀錄類型: |
書目-電子資源
: 單行本
|
| 副題名: |
the life of general Walter Bedell Smith |
| 作者: |
CrosswellD. K. R., |
| 其他團體作者: |
Project Muse |
| 出版地: |
Lexington |
| 出版者: |
University Press of Kentucky; |
| 出版年: |
c2010 |
| 面頁冊數: |
1 online resource (xvii, 1070 p.)maps. : |
| 集叢名: |
American warriors |
| 標題: |
Statesmen - Biography - United States - |
| 標題: |
Generals - Biography - United States - |
| 標題: |
United States - History, Military - 20th century - |
| 標題: |
Smith - Walter Bedell - |
| 電子資源: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780813126500/ |
| 附註: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 1045-1052) and index |
| 摘要註: |
The first full biography of Smith, a fascinating American soldier and diplomat who began his career in 1911 as a private in the Indiana National Guard, and retired as a four-star general |
| ISBN: |
9780813126500electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9780813126494hbk. |
| ISBN: |
0813126495hbk. |
| 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 clmpaign. "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 clmpaign. 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 |