The generals American military command from World War II to today
(2012)
By:
Ricks, Thomas E
Nonfiction
Audiobook CD
Call Numbers:
CD/355.00973/RICKS,T
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[Ashland, OR] : Blackstone Audio, [2012]
℗2012
℗2012
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION
14 audio discs (approximately 16 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9781470817275 7122, 1470817276, 9781470817275
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Compact disc
History has been kinder to the American generals of World War II - Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley - than to the generals of the wars that followed. Is it merely nostalgia? Thomas E. Ricks answers the question definitively: No, it is not, in no small part because of a widening gulf between performance and accountability. During the Second World War, scores of American generals were relieved of command simply for not being good enough
Duration: ca. 16:00:00
Unabridged
Read by William Hughes