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COMMAND DECISIONS
An analysis of 23 decisions reached by chiefs of state and their military subordinates during World War II. Concerned with important political, strategic, tactical, and logistical questions, they include the invasions of North Africa and Normandy, the use of the atomic bomb, the capture of Rome, the campaigns in the western Pacific, and the internment of Japanese-Americans.
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First published January 1, 1959
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February 13, 2021
Two quotes from their time:
General DeWitt explained what the California authorities proposed to do was to move both citizen and alien Japanese (voluntarily if possible, and in colloboration with American-born Japanese leaders) from urban areas and from along the seacoast to agricultural areas within the state. They wanted to do this in particular in order to avoid having to replace the Japanese with Mexican and Negro laborers who might have to be brought into California in considerable numbers. - page 136
Persistent dabbling by the British in this region raised, in American minds, the dread specter of military operations in the Balkan peninsula, a land of inhospitable terrain, primitive communications, and turbulent peoples. page 262
Note that a leading, maybe the, leading proponent of "Japanese removal" in 1942 was California's Attorney General, who rode the popularity of the action to the state Governorship that fall: noted "liberal" Earl Warren.
General DeWitt explained what the California authorities proposed to do was to move both citizen and alien Japanese (voluntarily if possible, and in colloboration with American-born Japanese leaders) from urban areas and from along the seacoast to agricultural areas within the state. They wanted to do this in particular in order to avoid having to replace the Japanese with Mexican and Negro laborers who might have to be brought into California in considerable numbers. - page 136
Persistent dabbling by the British in this region raised, in American minds, the dread specter of military operations in the Balkan peninsula, a land of inhospitable terrain, primitive communications, and turbulent peoples. page 262
Note that a leading, maybe the, leading proponent of "Japanese removal" in 1942 was California's Attorney General, who rode the popularity of the action to the state Governorship that fall: noted "liberal" Earl Warren.
October 22, 2023
Multiple central decision vignettes from World War II. It was a pretty good read, and I realize how the military and politics are interconnected.
April 4, 2017
This massive collection of essays is solid all around, explaining some of the key decisions of the war, mostly those made by America. The work takes a mostly policy-wonk approach and mostly fails to see the importance of personalities and cliques in deciding strategy.
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