Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in World War II

Beginning of article

Old Glory Stories: American Combat Leadership in World War II by Cole C. Kingseed. Naval Institute Press (http://www.usni.org/press/press.html) , 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, Maryland 214025034, 2006, 280 pages, $36.95 (hardcover).

Although we have various works on leadership during World War II, Old Glory Stories by Col Cole C. Kingseed, USA, retired, is refreshing in dial, in a single volume, it evaluates combat leadership at die strategic, operational, and tactical levels of war. Moreover, the text goes beyond a mere historical review of leaders such as Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, and Ornar Bradley. Indeed, Colonel Kingseed provides insight into such lesser-known though …