Roosevelt's centurions
Subtitle: FDR and the commanders he led to victory in World War II
By: Joseph E. Persico
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 650
ISBN-13: 9781400064434; 9780679645436
Subjects: Campaigns; Generals; Admirals; World War, 1939-1945; Diplomatic history; Military leadership; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The day we almost lost the army; title: An end of neutrality; title: From Barbarossa to the Atlantic Charter; title: An undeclared war; title: Pearl Harbor; title: The president and general Macarthur; title: Philippines lost, China on the brink; title: Europe a debate : Pacific a victory; title: North Africa, FDR versus the generals; title: Sea war, air war; title: Torch : the political education of Dwight Eisenhower; title: The home front; title: Unconditional surrender; title: From Pacific islands to desert sands; title: Italy invaded, Germany blasted; title: From Tarawa to Tehran; title: D-day; title: Macarthur verus king : FDR's decision; title: Europle : broad axe versus the spear; title: Stilwell leaves China : Macarthur returns to Philippines; title: From the homefront to Yalta; title: Leveling Japan, invading Okinawa; title: To take Berlin?; title: Death of the commander-in-chief; title: Anatomy of victory.