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Loading... General Fox Conner: Pershing’s Chief of Operations and Eisenhower’s Mentor (Leadership in Action) (original 2016; edition 2021)by Steven Rabalais (Author)
Work InformationGeneral Fox Conner: Pershing’s Chief of Operations and Eisenhower’s Mentor (Leadership in Action) by Steven Rabalais (2016)
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Winner of the 2016 Army Historical Society Distinguished Writing Award. "Anyone interested in American military history will find it a treasure" (Karl Roider, Alumni Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University). During World War I, Gen. Conner served as chief of operations for the American Expeditionary Force in Europe. Gen. Pershing told Conner: "I could have spared any other man in the A.E.F. better than you." In the early 1920s, Conner transformed his protégé Dwight D. Eisenhower from a struggling young officer on the verge of a court martial into one of the American army's rising stars. Eisenhower acknowledged Fox Conner as "the one more or less invisible figure to whom I owe an incalculable debt." This book presents the first complete biography of this significant, but now forgotten, figure in American military history. In addition to providing a unique insider's view into the operations of the American high command during World War I, General Fox Conner also tells the story of an interesting life. Conner felt a calling to military service, although his father had been blinded during the Civil War. From humble beginnings in rural Mississippi, Conner became one of the army's intellectuals. During the 1920s, when most of the nation slumbered in isolationism, Conner predicted a second world war. As the nation began to awaken to new international dangers in the 1930s, Pres. Roosevelt offered Fox Conner the position of army chief of staff, which he declined. Poor health prevented his participation in World War II, while others whom he influenced, including Eisenhower, Patton, and Marshall, went on to fame. "A biography that is both dramatic and compelling." --Mark Perry, author of The Pentagon's Wars No library descriptions found. |
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On the flip side, it was interesting to read about areas where things were not so positive. He coordinated and ordered the last American offensive of WWI just hours prior to the signing of the Armistice on Nov 11, 1919. He was raked over the coals by Congress for that decision. Also he seemed to have various health problems that vexed him during his Army career and after.
But by and large, I enjoyed reading about Fox Conner and how he influenced various major military personalities including Pershing, (George) Marshall, Patton and especially Eisenhower. The shape and direction of Allied efforts during WWII can be traced back to Fox Conner (at least in part). Interesting book to read to better appreciate military history. ( )