Eisenhower and the Supreme Command

by Forrest C. Pogue

Narrative version (without the maps and tables) of the US Army Green book. This version describes the political intrigues and organisation of SHAEF. Everything is here, from Overlord to the politics of the Battle of the Bulge the occupation of Germany.

Genres: World War II

726 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 16, 2012

About the author

Forrest Carlisle Pogue Jr. was an official United States Army historian during World War II. He was a proponent of oral history techniques, and collected many oral histories from the war under the direction of chief Army historian S. L. A. Marshall. He also served for many years as the Executive Director of the George C. Marshall Foundation as well as Director of the Marshall Library located on the campus of Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, Virginia.