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Carlo D'Este
Born
in Oakland, CA, The United States
January 01, 1936
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Patton: A Genius for War
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1995
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17 editions
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Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
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2002
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18 editions
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Decision in Normandy
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1983
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33 editions
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Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945
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2008
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Bitter Victory: The Battle for Sicily July-August 1943
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1988
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3 editions
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Fatal Decision: Anzio and the Battle for Rome
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1991
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14 editions
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World War II in the Mediterranean, 1942-1945
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1990
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4 editions
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Histoire du débarquement (TEMPUS t. 597) (French Edition)
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Anzio and the Battle for Rome
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Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War 1874-1945 Part 2 of 2
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“Connor, the new superintendent. After MacArthur refused to release him, Connor declined to give up, and in January 1937 again requested Eisenhower. MacArthur again adamantly refused, citing Eisenhower’s duties “of the gravest importance. He could not adequately be replaced.”26 It was Eisenhower’s only chance to have escaped MacArthur and the Philippines, but he would not have accepted the post if given the choice. As much as he had enjoyed his West Point experience, he had no interest in duty there, recalling that in his time, “the Commandant was merely the head of the ‘skinning’ department. … I had no ambition to get into that kind of business.”27 If Eisenhower had any regrets, they were never publicly articulated, other than a”
― Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
― Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
“British may be two peoples linked by a common language, but when it came to military doctrine they could have not been farther apart. American doctrine, evolved from the time of the Civil War, could best be described as the brute-force method employed by Ulysses S. Grant, and had all the subtlety of a sledgehammer: Mass a more powerful army than your enemy and overwhelm him with what in today’s sports parlance would be called smash-mouth tactics. Eisenhower, Marshall, Bradley, and other career infantrymen schooled at Fort Leavenworth were wedded to the unyielding principle of applying constant pressure across an entire front. Inaction was simply anathema to Eisenhower, who,”
― Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
― Eisenhower: A Soldier's Life
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| The History Book ...: 15. Military Series: BATTLE CRY... May 21st ~ May 27th ~~ Chapter SEVENTEEN (511 - 545); No Spoilers Please | 19 | 56 | Aug 14, 2012 06:12AM | |
| THE WORLD WAR TWO...: Recommended or Further Reading from "Inferno/All Hell Let Loose" | 12 | 116 | Oct 17, 2012 02:41AM | |
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| The History Book ...: SECOND WORLD WAR - THE LIBERATION TRILOGY - GLOSSARY - PART ONE ~ (SPOILER THREAD) | 153 | 273 | Jun 03, 2013 07:00PM | |
| The History Book ...: WOODROW WILSON: A BIOGRAPHY - GLOSSARY (SPOILER THREAD) | 345 | 157 | Jul 11, 2013 08:24AM | |
| THE WORLD WAR TWO...: 2014 - January Theme Read - Mediterranean Theatre | 411 | 128 | Feb 24, 2014 10:38PM |
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