The light of battle
Eisenhower D-Day and the birth of the American superpower
The light of battle
Eisenhower D-Day and the birth of the American superpower
Book - 2024
"A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history"--
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Mariner Books,
[2024]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
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| 300 | |a [xi], 507 pages : |b illustrations, maps ; |c 24 cm | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 419-489) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Prologue -- Keuren -- Dwight -- Supreme Allied Commander -- Solider of the empire -- Crusader -- Epilogue. | |
| 520 | |a "A thrilling new biography of Dwight Eisenhower set in the months leading up to D-Day, when he grew from a well-liked general into one of the singular figures of American history"-- |c Provided by publisher. | ||
| 520 | |a On June 6, 1944, General Dwight Eisenhower addressed the thousands of American troops preparing to invade Normandy, exhorting them to embrace the "Great Crusade" they faced. Then, in a fleeting moment alone, he drafted a resignation letter in case the invasion failed. In The Light of Battle, Michel Paradis, acclaimed author of Last Mission to Tokyo, paints a vivid portrait of Dwight Eisenhower as he learns to navigate the crosscurrents of diplomacy, politics, strategy, family, and fame with the fate of the free world hanging in the balance. In a world of giants--Churchill, Roosevelt, De Gaulle, Marshall, MacArthur--it was a barefoot boy from Abilene, Kansas, who would master the art of power and become a modern-day George Washington. Drawing upon meticulous research and a voluminous body of newly discovered records, letters, diaries, and firsthand accounts from three continents, Paradis brings Eisenhower to life, as a complicated man who craved simplicity, a genial cipher whose smile was a lethal political weapon. | ||
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