Masters and commanders : how Roosevelt, Churchill, Marshall, and Alanbrooke won the war in the West
2008, First Edition. London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Not price-clipped. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #472531
Physical description; xl, 673 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-624) and index. Contents; Enchantment -- First encounters: 1880-June 1940 -- Collecting allies: June 1940-December 1941 -- Egos in Arcadia: December 1941-February 1942 -- Brooke and Marshall establish dominance: February-March 1942 -- Gymnast falls, Bolero returned: February-April 1942 -- II: Engagement -- Marshall's mission to London: April 1942 -- The commanders at Argonaut: April-June 1942 -- The masters at Argonaut: June 1942 -- Torch reignited: July 1942 -- The most perilous moment of the war: July-November 1942 -- The Mediterranean garden path: November 1942-January 1943 -- The Casablanca conference: January 1943 -- The hard underbelly of Europe: January-June 1943 -- The overlordship of overlord: June-August 1943 -- III: Estrangement -- From the St. Lawrence to the pyramids: August-November 1943 -- Eureka! at Teheran: November-December 1943 -- Anzio, Anvil and Culverin: December 1943-May 1944 -- D-Day and dragoon: May-August 1944 -- Octagon and Tolstoy: August-December 1944 -- Autumn mist: December 1944-February 1945 -- Yalta requiem: February-May 1945 -- Conclusion: the riddles of the war. Subjects; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (1882-1945). Churchill, Winston (1874-1965). Marshall, George C. (1880-1959). Alanbrooke, Alan Brooke, Viscount (1883-1963). World War, 1939-1945. Diplomatic history. Combined operations (Military science). Military leadership. Biography. 20th century. Illustrated. Maps. Portraits.
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