15 stars : Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall : three generals who saved the American century / Stanley Weintraub.
By: Weintraub, Stanley.
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BookPublisher: New York : Free Press, c2007Description: xvi, 541 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780743275279; 0743275276.Other title: Fifteen stars.Subject(s): MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 | Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 | Generals -- United States -- Biography | United States. Army -- Biography | Presidents -- United States -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns | MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 | Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959 | Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 | Generals -- United States -- Biography | United States. Army -- Biography | Presidents -- United States -- Biography | World War, 1939-1945 -- CampaignsDDC classification: 355.0092/2 | B Summary: Profiles the lives and careers of Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, and Dwight D. Eisenhower; and examines how their lives interconnected through two world wars and the Cold War, their individual personalities, and the circumstances that put them in the forefront in the last days of World War II.
Includes bibliographical references index.
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Profiles the lives and careers of Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, and Dwight D. Eisenhower; and examines how their lives interconnected through two world wars and the Cold War, their individual personalities, and the circumstances that put them in the forefront in the last days of World War II.
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