Beetle by Crosswell, D.K.R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover American Warriors Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Epilogue as Prologue—Soldier, Diplomat, Spymaster

1. Soldier Turned Diplomat 2. Expecting the Worst 3. Dulles’s Number Two 4. The Geneva Conference 5. “Ike’s Prat Boy”

Part Two: Officership in the Army of the “Long Generation,” 1917–1939

6. Born to Be a Soldier 7. The Summons to War 8. “They Don’t Make ‘Em Any Better than Smith” 9. “Expunge the Bunk, Complications and Ponderosities” 10. The Other Class Stars Fell On 11. “No One Ever Graduates”

Part Three: The Towering Figure—George C. Marshall

12. The Chief’s Apprentice 13. Forging the Mold 14. “Exceptionally Qualified for Service as Chief of Staff”

Part Four: The Mediterranean Campaign

15. “Smith Will Save Ike” 16. “We Are on the Threshold of a Magnificent Success” 17. “Thank God You Are in London” 18. “We Shall Continue to Flounder” 19. “Allies Are Very Difficult People to Fight With” 20. The Many Travails of an Allied Chief of Staff 21. The Road to Messina 22. The Italian Job 23. “A Feeling of Restrained Optimism” 24. “We Conduct Our Wars in a Most Curious Way”

Part Five: France 1944

25. The Supreme Command 26. “Enough to Drive You Mad” 27. “It’s a Go” 28. Normandy Deadlock 29. What Has the Supreme Command Amounted To? 30. End the War in ‘44 31. “The Logistical Bottleneck Now Dictates Strategy” 32. Après le Déluge

Part Six: The Victory Campaign

33. One Desperate Blow 34. Déjà Vu All over Again 35. The German Is a Whipped Enemy 36. Mission Fulfilled

Appendixes

1. Marshall’s Reorganized War Department General Staff 2. AFHQ Command and Staff Structure 3. SHAEF Command and Staff Structure

Notes Sources and Further Reading 1045 Index