Jacob L. Devers : a general's life /

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General Jacob L. "Jake" Devers (1897--1979) was one of only two officers -- the other was Omar C. Bradley -- to command an army group during the decisive campaigns of 1944--1945 that liberated Europe and ended the war with Nazi Germany. After the war, Devers led the Army Ground Forces in t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wheeler, James Scott (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, 2015.
Colección:American warriors (Lexington, Ky.)
Temas:
Devers, Jacob L. > (Jacob Loucks), > 1887-1979.
United States. > Army > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army.
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Biography.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Biographies.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
Generals.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:General Jacob L. "Jake" Devers (1897--1979) was one of only two officers -- the other was Omar C. Bradley -- to command an army group during the decisive campaigns of 1944--1945 that liberated Europe and ended the war with Nazi Germany. After the war, Devers led the Army Ground Forces in the United States and eventually retired in 1949 after forty years of service. Despite incredible successes on the battlefield, General George C. Marshall's "dependable man" remains one of the most underrated and overlooked figures of his generation. In this definitive biography, James Scott Wheeler delivers a groundbreaking reassessment of the American commander whose contributions to victory in Europe are topped only by General Dwight D. Eisenhower's. Wheeler's exhaustively researched chronicle of Devers's life and career reveals a leader who demonstrated an extraordinary ability to cut through red tape and solve complex problems. Nevertheless, Eisenhower disliked Devers -- a fact laid bare when he ordered Devers's Sixth Army Group to halt at the Rhine. After the war, Eisenhower's and Bradley's accounts of the generals' disagreements over strategy and tactics became received wisdom, to the detriment of Devers's reputation. An essential contribution to twentieth-century history, Jacob L. Devers provides a fresh and nuanced interpretation of the senior command during World War II and offers a new perspective on a highly accomplished soldier.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813166032
0813166039
9780813166049
0813166047
0813166020
9780813166025

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