An anthology of Army Magazine puffs of various more or less
unappealing and intellectually deficient commanders. Though the
Roman general Sulla is included, the emphasis is on
straight-talking, quick-thinking, tough-as-hell Americans. There
was World War I platoon leader Woodfill, for example, whose
predilection for daredevil action got him rehired by the Army to
tell and retell his exploits to recruits; Lieutenant Robert C.
Kingston, known as "the Chink-killer"; maverick Charley Stone, who
commanded the National Guard during the Detroit riots; and twenty
more you wouldn't want your son to emulate. Actual military science
is sloughed off with short-cut judgments that Eisenhower, for
example, drew criticism from the jealous. However, the
"best-loved-officer" roll call is spiked by the inclusion of one
North African major general who seems to have been hopelessly
manic-depressive and managed to do everything wrong. The real fault
of the book is its own disdain for the serious dimension of its
subject. (Kirkus Reviews)
A wide-ranging series of essays on military leaders, ancient and
modern, whose actions and personalities provide insights into the
interplay of time, circumstance, and individual character and
ability that makes for success or failure. The authors cover "some
masters of the art" including Sulla, Saxe, Thomas, Huebner etc,
"masters of mobile warfare" such as Iberville, Crook, Wolseley,
Hart, Montgomery, Patton, and experts in "coalition warfare" such
as Rochambeau, Eisenhower. This book provides a study of the
historical fields of battle, intended to appeal to the military
professional or student of military history.
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