Douglas V. Mastriano Pershing's Lieutenants (Hardback)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Pershing's LieutenantsCondition: NewEAN: 9781472838636ISBN: 9781472838636Publisher: Osprey PublishingFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 11/26/2020Item Height: 234mmItem Length: 153mmItem Weight: 672gContributor: Douglas V. Mastriano (Volume editor), Timothy P. White (Contributions by), David T. Zabecki (Volume editor), James S. Corum (Contributions by), Glenn K. Cunningham (Contributions by), Patrick Gregory (Contributions by), Mark Jackson (Contributions by), Holt D. Theis (Contributions by), Jerry D. Morelock (Contributions by), William H. Van Husen (Contributions by), Kenneth S. Shaw (Contributions by), Robert J. Laplander (Contributions by), Mark E. Grotelueschen (Contributions by), Sebastian H. Lukasik (Contributions by), Kevin E. McCall (Contributions by), Carlo D'Este (Contributions by), Robert A. Doughty (Foreword by), Carl Otis Schuster (Contributions by), Derek Varble (Contributions by)Language: EnglishSubtitle: American Military Leadership in World War IISBN-10: 1472838637Description: Pershing's Lieutenants details the history of the key leaders working for and with the American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing, several of whom went on to become important figures in World War II.World War I had a profound impact on the United States of America, which was forced to ‘grow’ an army almost overnight. The day the United States declared war on Germany, the US Army was only the 17th largest in the world, ranking behind Portugal – the Regular Army had only 128,00 troops, backed up by the National Guard with some 182,000 troops. By the end of the war it had grown to 3,700,000, with slightly more than half that number in Europe.Until the United States did so, no country in all history had tried to deploy a 2-million-man force 3,000 miles from its own borders, a force led by American Expeditionary Forces Commander-in-Chief General John J. Pershing. This was America's first truly modern war and rising from its ranks was a new generation of leaders who would control the fate of the United States armed forces during the interwar period and into World War II. This book reveals the history of the key leaders working for and with John J. Pershing during this tumultuous period, including George S. Patton (tank commander and future commander of the US Third Army during World War II); Douglas MacArthur (42nd Division commander and future General of the Army) and Harry S. Truman (artillery battery commander and future President of the United States). Edited by Major General David T. Zabecki (US Army, Retired) and Colonel Douglas V. Mastriano (US Army, Retired), this fascinating title comprises chapters on individual leaders from subject experts across the US, including faculty members of the US Army War College.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: Law & PoliticsTopic: History, Military HistoryAuthor: Douglas V. MastrianoRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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