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Marshall and His Generals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 440

Marshall and His Generals

General George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U.S. Army during World War II, faced the daunting task not only of overseeing two theaters of a global conflict but also of selecting the best generals to carry out American grand strategy. Marshall and His Generals is the first and only book to focus entirely on that selection process and the performances, both stellar and disappointing, that followed from it. Stephen Taaffe chronicles and critiques the background, character, achievements, and failures of the more than three dozen general officers chosen for top combat group commands—from commanders like Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur to some nearly forgotten. Taaffe explores how ...

Notes and Queries
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 714

Notes and Queries

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  • Published: 1874
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Irish landed gentry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 789

The Irish landed gentry

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The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 810

The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry when Cromwell Came to Ireland

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1892
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 352

The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-1778

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2003
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Engagingly recounts how this often underestimated Revolutionary War campaign became a critical turning point in the war that led to the ultimate victory of the Continental Army over the British forces.

Notes and Queries: A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, Etc
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 696
Army History
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 454

Army History

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Commanding the Pacific
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 213

Commanding the Pacific

The Marine Corps covered itself in glory in World War II with victories over the Japanese in hard-fought battles such as Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Iwo Jima. While these battles are well known, those who led the Marines into them have remained obscure until now. In Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps Generals in World War II, Stephen R. Taaffe analyzes the fifteen high-level Marine generals who led the Corps' six combat divisions and two corps in the conflict. He concludes that these leaders played an indispensable and unheralded role in organizing, training, and leading their men to victory. Taaffe insists there was nothing inevitable about the Marine Corps' success in World War II. The smal...

MacArthur's Korean War Generals
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 278

MacArthur's Korean War Generals

Wedged chronologically between World War II and Vietnam, the Korean War—which began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea in June of 1950—possessed neither the virtuous triumphalism of the former nor the tragic pathos of the latter. Most Americans supported defending South Korea, but there was considerable controversy during the war as to the best means to do so—and the question was at least as exasperating for American army officers as it was for the general public. A longtime historian of American military leadership in the crucible of war, Stephen R. Taaffe takes a close critical look at how the highest ranking field commanders of the Eighth Army acquitted themselves in the fir...

MacArthur's Jungle War
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 338

MacArthur's Jungle War

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1998
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  • Publisher: Unknown

His book tells not only how victory was gained through a combination of technology, tactics, and army-navy cooperation but also how the New Guinea campaign exemplified the strategic differences that plagued the Pacific War, since many high-ranking officers considered it a diversionary tactic rather than a key offensive.