{"product_id":"the-generals-american-military-command-from-world-war-ii-to-today-1594204047","title":"The Generals: American Military Command from World War II to Today","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1594204047\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ricks, Thomas E.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the #1 bestselling author of Fiasco and The Gamble, an epic history of the decline of American military leadership from World War II to IraqHistory has been kind to the American generals of World War II-Marshall, Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley-and less kind to the generals of the wars that followed. In The Generals, Thomas E. Ricks sets out to explain why that is. In part it is the story of a widening gulf between performance and accountability. During the Second World War, scores of American generals were relieved of command simply for not being good enough. Today, as one American colonel said bitterly during the Iraq War,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003ewar, world, surrender, postwar, military, civil, | leadership, generalship, secret service, spies | espionage, treason, civil, betrayal, awol, | games, barracks, radio, radio silence, pearl harbor, | japanese, korea, vietnam, veteran,\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52106180198688,"sku":"NEW1594204047","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71Ir1XSYD4L.jpg?v=1785826483","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-generals-american-military-command-from-world-war-ii-to-today-1594204047","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}