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Jacob L. Devers
2015
Overview
General Jacob L. \"Jake\" Devers (1897-1979) was one of only two
officers-the other was Omar C. Bradley-to command an army group
during the decisive campaigns of 1944-1945 that liberated Europe
and ended the war with Nazi Germany. After the war, Devers led the
Army Ground Forces in the United States and eventually retired in
1949 after forty years of service. Despite incredible successes on
the battlefield, General George C. Marshall's \"dependable man\"
remains one of the most underrated and overlooked figures of his
generation.
In this definitive biography, James Scott Wheeler delivers a
groundbreaking reassessment of the American commander whose
contributions to victory in Europe are topped only by General
Dwight D. Eisenhower's. Wheeler's exhaustively researched chronicle
of Devers's life and career reveals a leader who demonstrated an
extraordinary ability to cut through red tape and solve complex
problems. Nevertheless, Eisenhower disliked Devers-a fact laid bare
when he ordered Devers's Sixth Army Group to halt at the Rhine.
After the war, Eisenhower's and Bradley's accounts of the generals'
disagreements over strategy and tactics became received wisdom, to
the detriment of Devers's reputation.
An essential contribution to twentieth-century history,
Jacob L. Devers provides a fresh and nuanced
interpretation of the senior command during World War II and offers
a new perspective on a highly accomplished soldier.
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky,University Press of Kentucky
Subject
ISBN
9780813166025, 0813166020
