Eisenhower : A Soldier's Life
2003. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #478821
ISBN: 0304366048
Physical description: 880 p. ill. Contents: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Notice -- Dedication -- Prologue: “An Astonishing Man” -- I. THE EISENHOWERS, 1741–1909 -- 1 “Say Eisenhauer for Ironcutter.” -- 2 The Promised Land -- 3 “A Good Place for Boys to Grow into Men” -- 4 A Young Man’s Education -- II. THE ACCIDENTAL SOLDIER -- 5 Abilene to West Point -- 6 The Long Gray Line -- 7 “Popular but Undistinguished” -- 8 “1915—the Summer Dwight Came Back from West Point” -- 9 Miss Mamie Doud -- III. WORLD WAR I -- 10 Roses Have Thorns -- 11 “I … Will Make Up for This “ -- 12 “A Journey Through Darkest America” -- 13 A Friendship Forged -- IV. THE INTERWAR YEARS, 1920–39 -- 14 “The Man Who Made Eisenhower” -- 15 “A Watershed in My Life” -- 16 Fort Benning, Washington, and France, 1926–29 -- 17 “Nothing Short of a Genius” -- 18 The Indispensable Staff Officer -- 19 “Shame! Shame!” -- 20 Toiling for MacArthur -- 21 Mission Impossible. Subjects: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David) 1890-1969. United States. Army ; Biography. Generals United States ; Biography. World War, 1939-1945 ; Biography. United States History, Military 20th century.
Price: €12.95