Generals of the Bulge
Leadership in the U.S. Army's Greatest Battle
Author: Jerry D. Morelock, Carlo D'Este and Martin Blumenson
A critical examination of the leadership successes and failures of senior American commanders during the largest battle fought by the U.S. Army in World War II, the December 1944-January 1945 Battle of the Bulge.
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A critical examination of the leadership successes and failures of senior American commanders during the largest battle fought by the U.S. Army in World War II, the December 1944-January 1945 Battle of the Bulge.
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The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.S. Army's largest and bloodiest battle of World War II. This innovative study of American military leadership in action during the battle examines the performance of six generals in the days and weeks after the German attack in December 1944. Generals covered include Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, among others Five levels of command are studied: supreme coalition, army group, army, corps, and division/armored combat command * A unique and important history that will appeal to buffs, scholars, and soldiers
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“Jerry D. Morelock's Generals of the Bulge is a fine and useful addition to the enormous body of literature about the biggest battle in American military history.”
Jerry D. Morelock’s Generals of the Bulge is a fine and useful addition to the enormous body of literature about the biggest battle in American military history. -- Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Liberation Trilogy
This is great: One of the best books about the U.S. Army in World War II is revised, and made better. You can’t understand the war without reading this. -- Thomas E. Ricks, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Fiasco and The Generals
This is a superb account of selected generals leading American forces during the Battle of the Bulge. Morelock explores the character and careers of these men and explains why some of them failed as leaders during the bitter fighting in the Ardennes while other succeeded. Cracking good history and a fascinating discussion of the extraordinary demands of leadership—when lives are on the line. -- John W. Mountcastle, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Ret.), former Army Chief of Military History
About the Author
Jerry D. Morelock, a graduate of West Point, spent thirty-six years in the U.S. Army, including decorated combat service in Vietnam, duty at the Pentagon, and the directorship of the Combat Studies Institute at the Command and General Staff College, where he also taught military history and served as editor in chief of the CGSC Press. Following retirement from active duty, Morelock was executive director of the Winston Churchill Memorial & Library. He holds a PhD from the University of Kansas and has also written Great Land Battles from the Civil War to the Gulf War. He lives in Fulton, Missouri. Carlos d'Este is the author of Eisenhower and Decision in Normandy.
The Battle of the Bulge lives in history as the U.S. Army's largest and bloodiest battle of World War II. This innovative study of American military leadership in action during the battle examines the performance of six generals in the days and weeks after the German attack in December 1944. Generals covered include Dwight Eisenhower and Omar Bradley, among others Five levels of command are studied: supreme coalition, army group, army, corps, and division/armored combat command * A unique and important history that will appeal to buffs, scholars, and soldiers
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