| Prologue: Captain William DePuy and the 90th Division in Normandy, summer 1944 |
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1 General George C. Marshall: The leader |
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17 | (23) |
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2 Dwight Eisenhower: How the Marshall system worked |
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40 | (19) |
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3 George Patton: The specialist |
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59 | (6) |
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4 Mark Clark: The man in the middle |
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65 | (8) |
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5 "Terrible Terry" Allen: Conflict between Marshall and his proteges |
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73 | (8) |
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6 Eisenhower manages Montgomery |
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81 | (15) |
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7 Douglas MacArthur: The general as presidential aspirant |
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96 | (10) |
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8 William Simpson: The Marshall system and the new model American general |
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106 | (15) |
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9 William Dean and Douglas MacArthur: Two generals self-destruct |
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121 | (14) |
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10 Army generals fail at Chosin |
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135 | (15) |
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11 O. P. Smith succeeds at Chosin |
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150 | (26) |
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12 Ridgway turns the war around |
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176 | (16) |
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13 MacArthur's last stand |
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192 | (11) |
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14 The organization man's Army |
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203 | (14) |
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15 Maxwell Taylor: Architect of defeat |
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217 | (14) |
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16 William Westmoreland: The organization man in command |
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231 | (10) |
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17 William DePuy: World War II-style generalship in Vietnam |
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241 | (11) |
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18 The collapse of generalship in the 1960s |
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252 | (33) |
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252 | (7) |
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259 | (15) |
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274 | (11) |
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19 Tet '68: The end of Westmoreland and the turning point of the war |
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285 | (8) |
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20 My Lai: General Koster's cover-up and General Peers's investigation |
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293 | (22) |
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21 The end of a war, the end of an Army |
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315 | (20) |
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22 DePuy's great rebuilding |
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335 | (19) |
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23 "How to teach judgment" |
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354 | (13) |
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PART V IRAQ AND THE HIDDEN COSTS OF REBUILDING |
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24 Colin Powell, Norman Schwarzkopf, and the empty triumph of the 1991 war |
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367 | (12) |
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25 The ground war: Schwarzkopf vs. Frederick Franks |
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379 | (9) |
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26 The post--Gulf War military |
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388 | (9) |
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27 Tommy R. Franks: Two-time loser |
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397 | (13) |
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28 Ricardo Sanchez: Over his head |
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410 | (16) |
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29 George Casey: Trying but treading water |
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426 | (6) |
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30 David Petraeus: An outlier moves in, then leaves |
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432 | (15) |
| Epilogue: Restoring American military leadership |
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447 | (16) |
| Acknowledgments |
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463 | (4) |
| Notes |
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467 | (66) |
| Index |
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