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General Lesley J. Mcnair
Mark T. Calhoun
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Description for General Lesley J. Mcnair
Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBWN; HBWQ; JWK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 771.
George C. Marshall once called him “the brains of the army.” And yet General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944), a man so instrumental to America’s military preparedness and Army modernization, remains little known today, his papers purportedly lost, destroyed by his wife in her grief at his death in Normandy. This book, the product of an abiding interest and painstaking research, restores the general Army Magazine calls one of “Marshall’s forgotten men” to his rightful place in American military history. Because McNair contributed so substantially to America’s war preparedness, this first complete account of his extensive and varied career also leads ... Read more
George C. Marshall once called him “the brains of the army.” And yet General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944), a man so instrumental to America’s military preparedness and Army modernization, remains little known today, his papers purportedly lost, destroyed by his wife in her grief at his death in Normandy. This book, the product of an abiding interest and painstaking research, restores the general Army Magazine calls one of “Marshall’s forgotten men” to his rightful place in American military history. Because McNair contributed so substantially to America’s war preparedness, this first complete account of his extensive and varied career also leads ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700620692
SKU
V9780700620692
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About Mark T. Calhoun
After a twenty-year career as an Army Aviator and military operational planner, Mark T. Calhoun now serves as an associate professor at the United States Army’s School of Advanced Military Study.
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