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Type: documentary

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Author: Stephen E. Ambrose

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Tags: war new first soviet cold west north red general united korean war, third House, States, Pearl Harbor, Combined Army, Africa, white Beetle Chiefs, Department, Dwight Eisenhower, Office, Oval Point, Sherman Smith, Staff, Union, York,

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Description: In "Eisenhower" Geoffrey Perret gives an outstanding biography of a very interestingIn "Eisenhower" Geoffrey Perret gives an outstanding biography of a very interesting and important historical figure. Here we meet Ike from birth to death.
The reader is treated to an introduction to the Eisenhower family, to the father who could never be close to his sons, the mother who had little influence over them and the brothers with whom Ike grew up and continued his mutually supportive relationship through their highly successful careers.

The relationship with Mamie, their lost son, and son John, all reflect Ike's personal strengths and limitations.

Perret does equally well in telling the stories of the junior officer and the commander as well as those of the President and senior statesman.

Eisenhower's evaluations of many of the characters who crossed his path add to the allure of this book. Ike's admiration, followed by his contempt for MacArthur, his dislike of FDR, his lack of respect for Truman and his lack of affection for Nixon, all add to the insight into Ike's times. Omar Bradley, George Marshall, John Foster Dulles, Henry Cabot Lodge and Joseph McCarthy are just a sampling of the world characters who played on Eisenhower's stage.

Perret thoroughly reports each phase of Ike's life in a way as to maintain interest throughout. He comments on Eisenhower's rights and wrongs in a way which provokes thoughts, without seeming to be opinionated. I believe that this is what makes this biography superior so many others....

2006-12-22

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Author: William L. Shirer

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Description: Since its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer's monumental study of Hitler's GermanSince its publication in 1960, William L. Shirer's monumental study of Hitler's German Empire has been widely acclaimed as the definitive record of this century's blackest hours. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich offers an unparalleled and thrillingly told examination of how Adolf Hitler nearly succeeded in conquering the world. With millions of copies in print around the globe, it has attained the status of a vital and enduring classic....

2006-04-02

 

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Type: documentary

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Author: Paik Sun Yup

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Tags: korea korean war,

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Description: Probably one of the bet accounts I've erad of the Korea War - not for its completenessProbably one of the bet accounts I've erad of the Korea War - not for its completeness or prose - but due to the perspective of shoinw the Korea side. This memoir of the twenty-nine year-old man who became South Korea's first four-star general. With photographs and a foreword by the commanders of U.S. forces in the war. ...

2006-04-02

 

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Authors: Geoffrey Perret Geoffrey Perret

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Tags: commander combat historians artillery attack division holding replacements triangular

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Description: Startlingly, in World War II the U.S. Army lost not a single campaign--and only one major battleStartlingly, in World War II the U.S. Army lost not a single campaign--and only one major battle (Sidi Bou Zid in Tunisia)--out of more than 100 fought around the globe. Perret here describes how Gen. George C. Marshall, the Army chief of staff, created a magnificent field force in double-quick time with no precedent to guide him, developed a systematic approach to training, logistics and fighting, and oversaw victory in several theaters. The narrative is crowded with vivid portraits of the generals who fought in Marshall's army (Eisenhower, MacArthur, Bradley, Patton et al.) and contains a wealth of interesting facts. Perret gives a good account of the development of the Army's "table of organization & equipment" as well as tactical doctrine during the campaigns between 1942 and 1945. Included also is a stirring story of Marshall's role in bringing black and nisei GIs into combat formations. By the author of Days of Sadness, Years of Triumph , this is a vastly engrossing chronicle of the creation and deployment of the wartime U.S. Army. Photos.
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2005-09-02