ISBN10: 0805056866, ISBN13: 9780805056860, [publisher: Henry Holt and Co., New York] Hardcover First Edition Oversized. Light edge wear to the DJ, which is in mylar cover for protection. Book has squared binding, sharp corners, clean covers. Solid hinges. Date in ink on ffep. No other interior markings or distractions. Extensive Notes, Sources and Selected Bibliography; Index. B&W Photographs 2.6 x 9.3 x 6.6 Inches 864 pages From the bestselling author of Patton: A Genius for War comes a compelling new account of the transformation of General Dwight D. Eisenhower, from apprehensive soldier to one of our greatest heros.In the weeks leading up to D-Day, Dwight D. Eisenhower seethed with nervous energy. He had not expected his military career to bring him to this moment. The son of pacifists, Ike graduated from high school more likely to teach history than to make it. Casting new light on this profound evolution, Eisenhower chronicles the unlikely, dramatic rise of the supreme Allied commander. Beginning with the lasting effect of Eisenhower's impoverished youth, bestselling biographer Carlo D'Este follows his subject through West Point and a sometimes troubled marriage; toil under MacArthur in the Philippines during the 1930s; the inner sanctums of the War Department; the general's painful North African apprenticeship; and, finally, the dramatic events leading to the Allied victory in May 1945.Exposing for the first time numerous myths that have ...
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