CONTENTS

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Foreword

1 Abilene, West Point, World War I

2 Between the Wars

3 Preparing the First Offensive

4 North Africa, Sicily, and Italy

5 D-Day and the Liberation of France

6 The West Wall and the Battle of the Bulge

7 The Last Offensive

8 Peace

9 Columbia, NATO, and Politics

10 Candidate

11 Getting Started

12 The Chance for Peace

13 Peace in Korea—Coup in Iran—Atoms for Peace

14 McCarthy and Vietnam

15 ChiNats and ChiComs

16 The Geneva Summit and a Heart Attack

17 The 1956 Campaign

18 Little Rock and Sputnik

19 1958—A Most Difficult Year

20 A Revival

21 1960—High Hopes and Unhappy Realities

22 Transition and Assessment

23 Elder Statesman

Epilogue

Photographs

About the Author

Notes

Bibliography

Index

MAPS

North Africa and Sicily and the Invasion of France

The Defeat of Germany