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Chief of staff. Volume 2, World War II to Korea and Vietnam : the principal officers behind history's great commanders / David T. Zabecki.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Zabecki, David T.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Armed Forces--Officers--Biography.
- Armed Forces.
- Command of troops--Case studies.
- Command of troops.
- Generals--Biography.
- Generals.
- Leadership--Case studies.
- Leadership.
- Military history, Modern--19th century.
- Military history, Modern.
- Military history, Modern--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (257 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, [2008]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The two-volume Chief of Staff examines the history, development, and role of the military duty position of the chief of staff. Many books have studied history's great commanders and the art of command. None have focused exclusively on the chief of staff that key staff officer responsible for translating the ideas of the commander into practical plans that common soldiers can execute successfully on the battlefield. In some cases, it is almost impossible to think of certain great commanders without also thinking of their chief of staff. Napoleon's chief of staff Berthier and Eisenhower's chief
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Foreword by Professor Richard Holmes; Introduction; Index of Great Commanders ; Part One: World War II ; 1. Fritz Bayerlein; 2. Siegfried Westphal; 3. Hans Speidel; 4. Friedrich-Wilhelm von Mellenthin; 5. Eric Dorman-Smith; 6. Francis de Guingand; 7. Frederick Morgan; 8. Walter Bedell Smith; 9. Hobart R. Gay and Hugh J. Gaffey; 10. Aleksey Innokentevich Antonov; 11. Vasily Danilovich Sokolovsky; Part Two: Korea and Vietnam ; 12. Eugene M. Landrum; 13. Edward M. Almond; 14. Walter T. Kerwin Jr.; Contributors; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 3, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 1-61251-559-2
- OCLC:
- 862049226
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