TY - BOOK AU - RICKS Thomas E. TI - Generals: American military command from World War II to today SN - 9781594204043 (hbk.) : PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Books, KW - GENERALS KW - UNITED STATES KW - HISTORY KW - 20TH CENTURY KW - COMMAND OF TROOPS KW - CASE STUDIES N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -