The Folly of Generals: How Eisenhower's Broad Front Strategy Lengthened World War II

by David Colley

Book Overview

Imagine how many lives would have been saved had the war in Europe finished in December 1944 instead of five months later... David Colley analyzes critical mistakes made by the Allied supreme commander, General Dwight Eisenhower, in the last nine months of the war. He argues that had Eisenhower been more adept at taking advantage of several potential breakthroughs in the Siegfried Line in the fall of 1944 the war in the European Theater of Operations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612009743
• ISBN13: 9781612009742
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Casemate
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"