Benjamin Runkle

Gebundenes Buch

Generals in the Making

How Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Their Peers Became the Commanders Who Won World War II

Beschreibung

Part military history and part group biography, Generals in the Making is the first comprehensive history of the United Statesâ World War II generals between the wars, covering not only the lives and careers of this brotherhood of officers, but also the crucible of military ideas and innovation in which they served.

Autor

BENJAMIN RUNKLE is a former paratrooper and presidential speechwriter with a Harvard PhD and a Bronze Star from Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has served as an official in the Department of Defense, as a director at the National Security Council, and as a professional staff member on the House Armed Services Committee. He is currently a senior policy fellow with Artis International and an adjunct lecturer in Johns Hopkins University’s Global Security Program. He is the author of Wanted Dead or Alive: Manhunts from Geronimo to Bin Laden (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), and his writing has appeared in Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, The National Interest, Military History Quarterly, and Joint Forces Quarterly, amongst other publications. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and two sons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Stackpole Books
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780811738507
• ISBN-10: 0811738507
• Artikelnr.: 54836029