Dogface soldier
Subtitle: the life of General Lucian K. Truscott, Jr.
By: Wilson A. Heefner.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Columbia, MO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 377
ISBN-13: 9780826218827
Subjects: Truscott, Lucian King, -- 1895-1965; United States. -- Army -- Biography; Generals -- United States -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, to think like an army; title: The early years; title: On the road to high command; title: Prelude to war; title: Birth of the rangers; title: Operation torch : the invasion of North Africa; title: Duty with Ike; title: Operation Husky : the battle for Sicily; title: Fighting on the "boot"; title: Operation Shingle : an end run; title: Southern France; title: Army command; title: The final offensive; title: The postwar years; title: Duty with the CIA; title: The last years.