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Allied master strategists : the Combined Chiefs of Staff in World War II / David Rigby.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rigby, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Combined Chiefs of Staff (U.S. and Great Britain).
- World War, 1939-1945--United States.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain.
- Military planning--United States--History--20th century.
- Military planning.
- Military relations.
- History.
- United States.
- Military planning--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- United States--Military relations--Great Britain.
- Great Britain--Military relations--United States.
- Great Britain.
- Strategy--History--20th century.
- Strategy.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- Boston-based independent scholar Rigby presents a detailed examination of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) and their key role in the outcome of WWII. Coverage includes biographical sketches of CCS members; workings of the CCS as an integral whole and as a modern bureaucracy; the CCS at work in the war in the Pacific; the CCS as a coalition building and its relative effectiveness in reducing inter-Allied friction; the author's perspective on the CCS organization--not politicians, diplomats, or bureaucrats--as the most important planning agency behind the victories of the Western Allies; methods used by the CCS to supervise subordinate commanders in the field; and how the CCS was increasingly involved in issues of production and diplomacy. Illustrated with b&w photographs. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- The Combined Chiefs of Staff : principals
- Organization, anatomy of a summit conference, and home base
- The Combined Chiefs of Staff and the war in the Pacific
- Related advantages : working with allies and mobilizing fully
- The Combined Chiefs of Staff and Overlord
- Keeping the armchair strategists at bay
- Delegation versus control from the center
- Production and diplomatic tasks for the Combined Chiefs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781612510811
- 1612510817
- OCLC:
- 785864450
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