Generals : American military command from World War II to today / Thomas E Ricks.
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TextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2012Description: 558 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: - 9781594204043 (hbk.) :
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Study of American military leadership as shown by its generals from the Second World War onwards. Considers good and bad aspects of general officer command, their interaction with political leadership, the impact of defence cuts, and some problems - such as the gap between performance and accountability - which have still to be solved.
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