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(0)John Eisenhower
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English
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John S.D. Eisenhower modestly explains General Ike as "a son's view of a great military leader -- highly intelligent, strong, forceful, kind, yet as human as the rest of us." It is that, and more: a portrait of the greatest Allied military leader of the Second World War, by the man who knew Ike best. General Ike is a book that John Eisenhower always knew he had to write, a tribute from an affectionate and admiring son to a great father. John chose...
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English
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From respected historian John S. D. Eisenhower comes a surprising portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman, the Civil War general whose path of destruction cut the Confederacy in two, broke the will of the Southern population, and earned him a place in history as "the first modern general." Yet behind his reputation as a fierce warrior was a sympathetic man of complex character. A century and a half after the Civil War, Sherman remains one of its most...
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English
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Presents a portrait of General Dwight D. Eisenhower by his son, telling of his relations with soldiers and statesmen, such as MacArthur, Patton, Montgomery, Churchill, and de Gaulle. Describes his relentless pursuit of the enemy from Normandy to the Bulge and beyond.
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Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
[1995], [1995], c1969
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English
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Presents a history of the Battle of the Bulge, waged in the Ardennes between the Nazis and the U.S. Army from December 1944 to January 1945, and discusses the impact of the campaign on the outcome of World War II.
