Eisenhower: At War 1943-1945
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the theatre of the Second World War's most decisive years, Eisenhower: At War 1943–1945 chronicles the supreme Allied commander's pivotal role in orchestrating the campaigns that would ultimately determine the fate of Western Europe. David Eisenhower — grandson of the general himself — draws on previously classified documents, personal diaries, and extensive military archives to reconstruct with remarkable precision the strategic decisions, political pressures, and battlefield realities that defined Dwight D. Eisenhower's command from the invasion of Sicily through the final collapse of Nazi Germany. Written with the authority of privileged access and the rigour of a serious military historian, this landmark work illuminates the profound tensions between Allied commanders — Montgomery, Patton, and Churchill among them — and the immense burden shouldered by a single man tasked with holding a fractious coalition together under the weight of war. David Eisenhower presents his subject neither as myth nor monument, but as a complex military statesman navigating an almost impossible confluence of ego, politics, and carnage. For anyone seeking to understand how the war in Europe was truly won, the answer may be more complicated — and more fascinating — than history has previously allowed.
Author: David Eisenhower
Format: Hardback
Published: 1991, Wings Books
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
In the theatre of the Second World War's most decisive years, Eisenhower: At War 1943–1945 chronicles the supreme Allied commander's pivotal role in orchestrating the campaigns that would ultimately determine the fate of Western Europe. David Eisenhower — grandson of the general himself — draws on previously classified documents, personal diaries, and extensive military archives to reconstruct with remarkable precision the strategic decisions, political pressures, and battlefield realities that defined Dwight D. Eisenhower's command from the invasion of Sicily through the final collapse of Nazi Germany. Written with the authority of privileged access and the rigour of a serious military historian, this landmark work illuminates the profound tensions between Allied commanders — Montgomery, Patton, and Churchill among them — and the immense burden shouldered by a single man tasked with holding a fractious coalition together under the weight of war. David Eisenhower presents his subject neither as myth nor monument, but as a complex military statesman navigating an almost impossible confluence of ego, politics, and carnage. For anyone seeking to understand how the war in Europe was truly won, the answer may be more complicated — and more fascinating — than history has previously allowed.