Pershing: A Biography: Lessons in Leadership

Front Cover
St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2008 M06 10 - 224 pages

The riveting story of General "Black Jack" Pershing, the first great modern commander to lead a major campaign in Europe.

In this persuasive biography, Jim Lacey sheds light on General Pershing's legacy as the nation's first modern combat commander, setting the standard for today's four-star officers. When the U.S. entered into WWI in 1917, they did so with inadequate forces. In just over a year, Pershing built and hurled a one million man army against forty battle-hardened German divisions, defending the hellish Meuse-Argonne and turning the tide of the war. With focus and clarity, Lacey traces the development of Pershing from Indian fighter, to guerrilla warrior against the Philippines insurgency to victorious commander in WWI.

 

Selected pages

Contents

Introduction
1
Born in War
7
The Splendid Little War
23
The Philippines Insurgency
33
Love Gained
49
Victory Gained and Love Lost
61
Chasing Villa
77
Entry into World War I
85
Building an Army
109
Into the Fight
129
The First Great Offensive
151
The MeuseArgonne Offensive
159
Chief of Staff
179
Notes
195
Index
201
Copyright

The Americans Arrive
99

Other editions - View all

Pershing: A Biography: Lessons in Leadership
Jim Lacey
No preview available - 2009

Common terms and phrases

Allied amalgamation Ameri American army Argonne army chief artillery asked assault assigned attack Baker battle battlefield became began Bullard cadets Cantigny captain casualties chief of staff Colonel combat command corps cotta dattos Dawes Despite enemy fight Filipinos fire Foch fought France French and British French Fourth Army French Second Army friends front George George Marshall German divisions going Haig Harbord headquarters Indians infantry John Pershing Jolo juramentados killed later logistics MacArthur machine guns Maciu major March Marshall Meuse River Meuse-Argonne Mexican Mihiel miles military months Moros move never offensive officers operations Pancho Villa Patton Pershing knew Pershing took Pershing's Petain Philippe Petain Philippines planning position president pushed regiment rifle Roosevelt sector sent shing Sibert Smythe soldiers soon Spanish tactical Tenth Cavalry tion told trench warfare U.S. Army United Vandiver Villa wanted warfare Warren Washington West Point Wilson World wrote

About the author (2008)

Jim Lacey is an analyst at the Institute for Defense Analyses and a professor of conflict and global issues at Johns Hopkins University. Lacey was an embedded journalist with Time magazine during the invasion of Iraq, where he traveled with the 101st Airborne Division. His opinion columns have been published in The Weekly Standard, The National Review, and The New York Post. Lacey is the author of Takedown, Fresh from the Fight, and Occupation of Iraq. He lives in Alexandria, VA.

General Wesley K. Clark served in the United States Army for thirty-four years and rose to the rank of four-star general as NATO's Supreme Allied Commander, Europe. He is author of A Time to Lead, as well as the best selling books Waging Modern War and Winning Modern Wars. He lives in Little Rock, AR.

Bibliographic information

TitlePershing: A Biography: Lessons in Leadership
Great Generals
AuthorJim Lacey
ContributorWesley K. Clark
Editionillustrated
PublisherSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2008
ISBN0230612709, 9780230612709
Length224 pages
  
Export CitationBiBTeX EndNote RefMan