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The Biographical Dictionary of World War II Generals and Flag Officers

The U.S. Armed Forces

Christine Miller author R Manning Ancell author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:16th Apr '96

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The first definitive collection of all American generals and flag officers who served in World War II.

A biographical dictionary of American generals and flag officers who served any active duty from December 7, 1941 to September 2, 1945. It includes officers of the US Army, the US Air force, the National Guard and the US Marine Corps.The enormous popularity of all aspects of World War II over the last half century has produced thousands of books but no single collection of biographies of American military and naval leaders during the war. This is the first definitive book containing biographical material on all of our country's generals and flag officers who served any active duty from December 7, 1941 to September 2, 1945. It includes general officers of the U.S. Army, the U.S. Air Force, the National Guard, and the U.S. Marine Corps and flag officers of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard. In addition to regular officers, it includes officers called to active duty from the Reserves, officers brought from retirement to temporary active duty, and officers promoted to high rank directly from civilian life. As the first and only definitive collection of all American generals and flag officers who served in World War II, the book will be a useful resource for both librarians and those interested in World War II.

Compilers Ancell and Miller present almost 2,400 biographical entries that represent, they believe, 99 percent of US generals and flag officers of WWII . . . this work will be of value in collections emphasizing history or biography of the US, military, or WWII. * Choice *
[A] useful complement in public and academic libraries to the standard military biographical dictionaries. * Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin *
An essential book of World War II buffs, military history readers and writers, wargamers, students, and researchers. * Amazon.com Books *
[I]mpressive. * Historical Journal of Massachusetts *

ISBN: 9780313295461

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 1077g

720 pages