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Contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi List of Abbreviations xv Introduction 1 Part One: Epilogue as Prologue— Soldier, Diplomat, Spymaster 1. Soldier Turned Diplomat 9 2. Expecting the Worst 31 3. Dulles’s Number Two 47 4. The Geneva Conference 71 5. “Ike’s Prat Boy” 95 Part Two: Officership in the Army of the “Long Generation,” 1917–1939 6. Born to Be a Soldier 109 7. The Summons to War 121 8. “They Don’t Make ’Em Any Better than Smith” 143 9. “Expunge the Bunk, Complications and Ponderosities” 163 10. The Other Class Stars Fell On 175 11. “No One Ever Graduates” 191 Part Three: The Towering Figure—George C. Marshall 12. The Chief’s Apprentice 205 13. Forging the Mold 229 14. “Exceptionally Qualified for Service as Chief of Staff” 257 Part Four: The Mediterranean Campaign 15. “Smith Will Save Ike” 287 16. “We Are on the Threshold of a Magnificent Success” 313 17. “Thank God You Are in London” 333 18. “We Shall Continue to Flounder” 355 19. “Allies Are Very Difficult People to Fight With” 387 20. The Many Travails of an Allied Chief of Staff 413 21. The Road to Messina 441 22. The Italian Job 469 23. “A Feeling of Restrained Optimism” 497 24. “We Conduct Our Wars in a Most Curious Way” 525 Part Five: France 1944 25. The Supreme Command 551 26. “Enough to Drive You Mad” 583 27. “It’s a Go” 607 28. Normandy Deadlock 627 29. What Has the Supreme Command Amounted To? 667 30. End the War in ’44 695 31. “The Logistical Bottleneck Now Dictates Strategy” 735 32. Après le Déluge 771 Part Six: The Victory Campaign 33. One Desperate Blow 801 34. Déjà Vu All over Again 829 35. The German Is a Whipped Enemy 865 36. Mission Fulfilled 889 Appendixes 1. Marshall’s Reorganized War Department General Staff 927 2. AFHQ Command and Staff Structure 928 3. SHAEF Command and Staff Structure 929 Notes 931 Sources and Further Reading 1045 Index 1053 ...

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