Crusade in Europe: A Personal Account of World War II

by Dwight D. Eisenhower

Overview

A classic of World War II literature, an incredibly revealing work that provides a near comprehensive account of the war and brings to life the legendary general and eventual president of the United States. • "Gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life." —The New York Times

Five-star General Dwight D. Eisenhower was arguably the single most important military figure of World War II. Crusade in Europe tells the complete story of the war as he planned and executed it. Through Eisenhower's eyes the enormous scope and drama of the war—strategy, battles, moments of great decision—become fully illuminated in all their fateful glory. Penned before his Presidency, this account is deeply human and helped propel him to the highest office. His personal record of the tense first hours after he had issued the order to attack leaves no doubt of his travails and reveals how this great leader handled the ultimate pressure. For historians, his memoir of this world historic period has become an indispensable record of the war and timeless classic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593314852
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/14/2021
Pages:	720
Sales rank:	91,196
Product dimensions:	7.90(w) x 5.10(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER was born in 1890 in Denison, Texas, and grew up in Abilene, Kansas. He served as the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces during World War II and, from 1953 to 1961, as the thirty-fourth president of the United States. He died in Washington, DC, in 1969.

Table of Contents

1 Prelude to War 1

2 Global War 19

3 Command Post for Marshall 37

4 Platform for Invasion 59

5 Planning Torch 89

6 Invasion of Africa 115

7 Winter in Algiers 139

8 Tunisian Campaign 163

9 Husky 192

10 Sicily and Salerno 209

11 Cairo Conference 232

12 Italy 242

13 Planning Overlord 265

14 D-Day and Lodgment 304

15 Breakout 320

16 Pursuit and the Battle of Supply 347

17 Autumn Fighting on Germany's Frontier 386

18 Hitler's Last Bid 410

19 Crossing the Rhine 438

20 Assault and Encirclement 463

21 Overrunning Germany 483

22 Victory's Aftermath 510

23 Operation Study 535

24 Russia 546

Acknowledgments 571

Notes 573

Appendices 607

Glossary of Military Code Names 617

Index 623

Editorial Reviews

"Eisenhower gives the reader true insight into the most difficult part of a commander's life." 
—The New York Times

"This non-ghost-written book is as simple and as forthright as the innumerable admirers of its author have every right to expect it would be."
—New York Herald Tribune Weekly Book Review

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