Prologue. Captain William DePuy and the 90th Division in Normandy, summer 1944
pt. 1. World War II. General George G. Marshall : the leader ; Dwight Eisenhower : how the Marshall system worked ; George Patton : the specialist ; Mark Clark : the man in the middle ; "Terrible Terry" Allen : conflict between Marshall and his protégés ; Eisenhower manages Montgomery ; Douglas MacArthur : the general as presidential aspirant ; William Simpson : the Marshall system and the new model American general
pt. 2. The Korean War. William Dean and Douglas MacArthur : two generals self-destruct ; Army generals fail at Chosin ; O. P. Smith succeeds at Choisin ; Ridgway turns the war around ; MacArthur's last stand ; The organization man's Army
pt. 3. The Vietnam War. Maxwell Taylor: Architect of defeat ; William Westmoreland: The organization man in command ; The collapse of generalship in the 1960s a. At the top, b. In the field, c. In personnel policy ; Tet '68: The end of Westmoreland and the turning point of the war ; My Lai: General Koster's cover-up and General Peer's investigation ; The end of a war, the end of an army
pt. 4. Interwar. DePuy's great rebuilding
pt. 5. Iraq and the hidden costs of rebuilding ; Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, and the empty triumph of the 1991 war ; The ground war: Schwarzkopf vs. Frederick Franks ; The post-Gulf War military ; Tommy R. Franks: Two-time loser ; Ricardo Sanchez; Over his head ; George Casey: Trying but treading water ; David Petraeus: An outlier moves in, then leaves
Epilogue: Restoring American military leadership.
From the Large Print - Large print ed.
General George C. Marshall : the leader
Dwight Eisenhower : how the Marshall system worked
George Patton : the specialist
Mark Clark : the man in the middle
"Terrible Terry" Allen : conflict between Marshall and his protégés
Eisenhower manages Montgomery
Douglas MacArthur : the general as presidential aspirant
William Simpson : the Marshall system and the new model American general
William Dean and Douglas MacArthur : two generals self-destruct
Army generals fail at Chosin
O. P. Smith succeeds at Chosin
Ridgway turns the war around
The organization man's army
Maxwell Taylor : architect of defeat
William Westmoreland : the organization man in command
William DePuy : World War II-style generalship in Vietnam
The collapse of generalship in the 1960s
Tet '68 : the end of Westmoreland and the turning point of the war
My Lai : General Koster's cover-up and General Peers's investigation
The end of a war, the end of an army
Iraq and the hidden costs of rebuilding
Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, and the empty triumph of the 1991 war
The ground war : Schwarzkopf vs. Frederick Franks
The post-Gulf War military
Tommy R. Franks : two-time loser
Ricardo Sanchez : over his head
George Casey : trying but treading water
David Petraeus : an outlier moves in, then leaves.