The War Managers
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1977. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 24 cm. ix, [3], 216 pages. Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. DJ is price clipped, worn and soiled. Gift inscription, not from author, on fep. Douglas Kinnard, a 1944 graduate of West Point, served in combat in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam, retiring as a brigadier general. After receiving a Ph.D. from Princeton, he taught at the University of Vermont, retiring as a professor emeritus of political science. Subsequently, he was on the faculty of the Naval War College and the National Defense University. The landmark work, revealing that a large percentage of the Army generals who managed the war were uncertain of its objective, was followed by other highly regarded books, including one that recast the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower in a more positive light, and “The Secretary of Defense,” an analysis of the evolution of the American national defense process. More