Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace
- ISBN-10
- 1594201056
- ISBN-13
- 9781594201059
- Category
- Generals
- Pages
- 472
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Author
- Mark Perry
Description
Profiles the fateful military partnership between the U.S. Army chief-of-staff and future president during World War II and into the Cold War years, citing their collaboration on major battles, Marshall's influence on Eisenhower's subsequent military and political career, and the reversal in their positions toward the end of the war.
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