General Mark Clark: Commander of U.S. Fifth Army and Liberator of Rome - Hardcover

Mikolashek, Jon B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1612001319 ISBN 13: 9781612001319

Publisher: Casemate Publishers, 2012

Synopsis

General Mark Clark Although not nearly as well known as other U.S. Army senior commanders, General Mark Clark is one of the four men - along with Eisenhower, Patton, and Bradley - who historian Martin Blumenson called "the essential quartet of American leaders who achieved victory in Europe." Eisenhower nicknamed him the American Eagle. Full description

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Review:

"... Jon B. Mikolashek, currently a professor of history at the U.S Army Command and General Staff College branch at Ft. Belvoir, VA, has given we history readers and buffs, as well as military historians a new introduction to a key American General of World War 2...Mikolashek neither venerates nor scourges Clark as a Commanding General nor what others have called a publicity seeker. Instead he seeks to contextualize Clark's decisions and actions within the dynamics of the Italian campaign - an increasingly second place campaign against the developing and then active Normandy/Central European campaign of 1944-1945 that caused not just his unit but the British to lose men and material in preparation for it. And he does so as he points out the strategic importance of the Italian theater of operations which pinned down numerous German divisions that would have been used against the Normandy invaders in the west and the eventually advancing Russians in the east... a 'great' read and one that students of history as well as military history and leadership studies will enjoy"--Jim Kane "1 Man and His Books "

"...makes a convincing case...provides an interesting perspective of Clark's generalship..."--ARMY

".. relates the World War II story of this "often ignored and nearly always forgotten" general... informative..."--The Journal of America's Military Past

From the Publisher:

Jon Mikolashek is a history professor at the U.S Army Command and General Staff College branch at Ft. Belvoir, VA, and also teaches history at American Military University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Casemate Publishers
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1612001319
• ISBN 13: 9781612001319
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352