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Partners in Command: George Marshall and Dwight Eisenhower in War and Peace. By Mark Perry. New York: The Penguin Press, 2007. ISBN 978-1-59420-105-9. Photographs. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Pp. xvii, 472. $ 29.95.
Some stories are too good to be told just once. Such a tale is that of American leadership at the highest levels of the United States Army during World War II: a tale of competence, accomplishment, integrity, and selflessness that continues to excite our admiration. No two American leaders demonstrated these qualities more than generals George C. Marshall, the Army's Chief of Staff, and Dwight D. Eisenhower, who served as American and Allied commander in North Africa and Europe. In this lively and well-written account, journalist/ historian Mark Perry, who has authored several books on topics ranging from the American...